VOID_DATE_BEFORE_ISSUE

The void date cannot be before the issue date

Category: Invoices


HTTP status	`422` Unprocessable Content
Retry	After fixing the cause

When it happens

The void request carries the deprecated void_date with a date earlier than the invoice's issue date.

How to fix it

Drop void_date: the void is always recorded with the instant it takes place, returned as voided_at.

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}/invoices/{invoice_id}/void

Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers 422 Unprocessable Content with a JSON body of this shape:

{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/VOID_DATE_BEFORE_ISSUE_DATE",
  "title": "VOID_DATE_BEFORE_ISSUE_DATE",
  "detail": "The void date cannot be before the issue date",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VOID_DATE_BEFORE_ISSUE_DATE",
    "message": "The void date cannot be before the issue date",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}