STATUS_NOT_DELETABLE

When it happens

Only an invoice that is not yet a fiscal record can be deleted: a DRAFT, a SCHEDULED invoice or an ACTIVE proforma. An issued invoice has a number in its series and has to stay.

How to fix it

To cancel an issued invoice, void it. To correct its amounts or data, create a corrective invoice from it.

Retry

Do not retry. The outcome is final: sending the same request again gets the same answer.

Returned by

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

• DELETE /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}

Rules that cite this code

• LIF-001 An issued invoice is never edited or deleted

Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers 400 Bad Request with a JSON body of this shape:

{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/STATUS_NOT_DELETABLE",
  "title": "STATUS_NOT_DELETABLE",
  "detail": "Cannot delete an invoice in status ‹status›",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "STATUS_NOT_DELETABLE",
    "message": "Cannot delete an invoice in status ‹status›",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

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

Message

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Placeholders are filled in at runtime:

• ‹status› — the invoice's current status, for example PAID.

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