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# Refund Request Not Pending

> The refund request is not in a pending state and cannot be modified

## Cause

Only pending refund requests can be approved or denied. This request has already been processed.

## Fix

Check the current state of the refund request. Only requests in "pending" state can be approved or denied, then call the same operation again.

## Retry safety

Not retryable until the underlying state or request changes.

## Raised by

These operations can return this problem:

* [Approve a refund request](/api-reference/refunds/approve-a-refund-request)
* [Deny a refund request](/api-reference/refunds/deny-a-refund-request)

## Example

```json theme={null}
{
  "type": "https://docs.guile.app/problems/refundRequestNotPending",
  "title": "Refund Request Not Pending",
  "status": 409,
  "detail": "Only pending refund requests can be approved or denied. This request has already been processed."
}
```