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# Expire Checkout

> Expire a pending checkout wallet before its scheduled expiry

<ParamField header="x-api-key" type="string" required>
  Your existing active FossaPay API key with full permission.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  The checkout `id` returned when the checkout was created.
</ParamField>

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST https://api-production.fossapay.com/api/v1/checkouts/35f5f6fb-0c8d-4e96-ba4a-c04750724ff6/expire \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": "success",
  "statusCode": 200,
  "message": "Checkout session expired successfully",
  "data": {
    "id": "35f5f6fb-0c8d-4e96-ba4a-c04750724ff6",
    "reference": "ORDER-10025",
    "status": "expired",
    "amount": "5000.00",
    "fee": "80.00",
    "amountPayable": "5080.00",
    "settlementAmount": "5000.00",
    "feeBearer": "customer",
    "currency": "NGN",
    "account": {
      "type": "temporary",
      "bankName": "Sterling Bank",
      "accountName": "FOSSAPAY CHECKOUT",
      "accountNumber": "9541382701",
      "expiresAt": "2026-09-11T10:30:00.000Z"
    },
    "customer": null,
    "metadata": null,
    "transactionId": null,
    "providerCheckoutReference": "CHK202609111000001234567",
    "expiresAt": "2026-09-11T10:30:00.000Z",
    "completedAt": null,
    "failedAt": null,
    "reversedAt": null,
    "createdAt": "2026-09-11T10:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-09-11T10:12:00.000Z"
  }
}
```

Expiring a checkout emits a `checkout.expired` webhook. Only a checkout currently in `pending` status can be expired.

| HTTP status | When it occurs                                                                     |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `401`       | Missing, invalid, or inactive API key.                                             |
| `403`       | Merchant is not eligible.                                                          |
| `404`       | Checkout does not exist for the authenticated merchant.                            |
| `409`       | Checkout is already `processing`, `completed`, `failed`, `expired`, or `reversed`. |