# INVOICE_REPLY_INVOICE_NOT_ISSUED

Replies can only be registered about an issued invoice: this one is a draft or is scheduled.

<Callout type="info">
**Category:** [Customer replies](/errors/category/replies)
</Callout>

| | |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | `409` Conflict |
| Retry | After fixing the cause |

## When it happens

The invoice is a draft or a scheduled invoice; replies are only registered about issued invoices.

## How to fix it

Register the reply once the invoice is issued.

## Retry

Not as is: the same request fails the same way. Fix the cause described above, then send the request again, under a new `Idempotency-Key` if the body changed.

## Returned by

The operations where this code is most likely. The list is not exhaustive.

- [`POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoice-replies`](/invoice-replies/createCompanyInvoiceReply)

## Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers `409` Conflict with a JSON body of this shape:

```json
{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/INVOICE_REPLY_INVOICE_NOT_ISSUED",
  "title": "INVOICE_REPLY_INVOICE_NOT_ISSUED",
  "detail": "Replies can only be registered about an issued invoice: this one is a draft or is scheduled.",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "INVOICE_REPLY_INVOICE_NOT_ISSUED",
    "message": "Replies can only be registered about an issued invoice: this one is a draft or is scheduled.",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}
```

The `type` URI is stable and always resolves to this page.

## Message

<Tabs items={["English", "Spanish", "Catalan"]}>
  <Tab value="English">{"Replies can only be registered about an issued invoice: this one is a draft or is scheduled."}</Tab>
  <Tab value="Spanish">{"Solo se registran respuestas sobre una factura emitida: esta es un borrador o está programada."}</Tab>
  <Tab value="Catalan">{"Només es registren respostes sobre una factura emesa: aquesta és un esborrany o està programada."}</Tab>
</Tabs>

Send the request with `Accept-Language: <es|en|ca>` to receive the message in your preferred language.

## Other errors in this category

<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3 not-prose">
  <Card title="INVOICE_REPLY_ATTACHMENT_NOT_FOUND" description="Invoice reply attachment not found." href="/errors/INVOICE_REPLY_ATTACHMENT_NOT_FOUND" />
  <Card title="INVOICE_REPLY_DUPLICATE" description="A reply with this channel and external identifier already exists." href="/errors/INVOICE_REPLY_DUPLICATE" />
  <Card title="INVOICE_REPLY_NOT_FOUND" description="Invoice reply not found." href="/errors/INVOICE_REPLY_NOT_FOUND" />
</div>

## Keep exploring

<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3 not-prose">
  <Card title="All Customer replies errors" description="Every code in this category in one table." href="/errors/category/replies" />
  <Card title="Error reference home" description="Browse every category or jump to the handling guide." href="/errors" />
</div>

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Full OpenAPI spec: https://docs.beel.es/api/openapi