Hi, We’ve encountered a case where our customer was able to complete a payment even after the payment link was deleted using the Delete Payment Link API: DELETE /v2/online-checkout/payment-links/{id} - Square API Reference Deletes a payment link. According …

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I just tested DeletePaymentLink and the order_id was in the response. Do you have the payment_id of the failed payment and the payment_id for the successful payment? Also what’s the order_id of the payment link that you deleted? :slight_smile:

Is that information safe to share here?

Yes, anything that I ask for is absolutely safe to share. The one value that we ask that you never share is your access token. That is secret and should never be shared publicly. :slight_smile:

Here is the order ID and the payment IDs: Order ID: 55kxgKvDlhOUjdwEybuMNj9oRRIZY Failed Payment ID: 1M3P6X1J1KaWTmNjkbr22yMFHwZZY Successful Payment ID: Hb23Nki1bPLlMC5WXkcdGABUDqFZY

I just took a look at your API Logs and I don’t see any API calls to DeletePaymentLink with the order_id: 55kxgKvDlhOUjdwEybuMNj9oRRIZY. Are you sure it was called correctly?

Yes. Should I share the request and response logs with the payment link ID?

Yes, that would be helpful. :slight_smile:

Here are the logs: Request: {“url”:“https://connect.squareup.com/v2/online-checkout/payment-links/5KCK6T4LELEP7BGW”,“type”:“DELETE”,“header”:[“Authorization: Bearer TOKEN”,“Content-Type: application/json”],“data”:null} Respnse: {“id”:“5KCK6T4LELEP7BGW”} And I just noticed that my system has sen…

I’m checking with the team on this. :slight_smile:

Delete Payment Link API didn't return the cancelled_order_id and the link didn't expire

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kishanv April 17, 2025, 4:38am 14

Yes, it’s not happening with every request—only with a few requests.

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Delete Payment Link API didn't return the cancelled_order_id and the link didn't expire

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