Invoice.refund · StartupBuilder

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`invoice`	Invoice	required	The paid Invoice.
`amount`	`money`		The amount. Defaults to the full payment; pro rata takes the unused part of the Period.
`reason`	`text`	required	Why the money goes back, kept on the Invoice.

Output	Type	Required	Description
`invoice`	Invoice	required	The Invoice, with its refunded amount.

Emits Invoice.refunded.
Performed by the Billing Specialist.
One-way (money, customer): it waits out its delay window, and runs in the send and do modes.
Checks the refund Limit; above it, opens an Approval for the Finance Lead and the Action waits.
Waits the refund delay window before the money moves.
Refuses while a Dispute on the Invoice is open.
Returns money to the original payment only, never to a balance.
Adds the amount to the Invoice’s refunded total.

Check	Error	Fix	Then call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.	`forbidden`	Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.	Invoice.refund
A Dispute on the Invoice is open	`refused`	Clear what the check names, then call it again.	Invoice.refund

Gate	Default
Decision class	Medium: one-way, bounded (money, customer)
Delay window	1 business hour, in which a watcher can pause, redirect or cancel it; then it runs.
Limit	The spend Limit of the Permission or Mandate it runs under.
Over the Limit	It waits `pending` for an Approval from the Finance Lead. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends `refused` with `limit-exceeded`; unanswered by its deadline, it ends `canceled`.