/v2/checkout/orders returned status: 422

[KesWalker1]

I am receiving the error code: 422 when clicking the paypal button or debit card option. It has been working fine when using sandbox client ID and secret. But now I have tried to use the Live credentials, it's throwing this error?  What can I do to solve this?

[curt_b]

I was getting this error because the total value of the order i was creating was not equal to the sum of the items and shipping cost on the order. So check for any discrepancies like that. 

[zolbayarq]

Really? 

I wonder why couldn't they just tell something like "Order amount mismatch..." in the response. 

[KBe_]

This error can be triggered when you have a "total" value with 3 decimal digits too. For example: USD 325.326. PayPal will only allow you to send numbers with 2 decimal digits, so you have to fix the number to 325.33.

[realtebo]

I faced exactly this issue.

I was sending 13.29999 and Paypal complained.

Side note

I hate the fact that this happened only in production. 

Our automated test caused ONLY payments with 2 decimals... statistically absurd, but true.

We added a test to force a number to be rounded.

[bmchavez]

very helpful, thanks!

[Salma_0]

I'm facing the same issue, could find a solution?

[dke01]

To view the exact error 

1. Open your web brewers inspector / debug window (press F12)
2. View the 'network' tab
3. Reproduce the error - by clicking the checkout / paynow paypal button
4. View the network traffic and click on the row that returns the HTTP 422 error
5. View the Response 
   1. pay attention to the fields: 
      1. issue
      2. description

[Jayesh1409]

I'm facing the same issue, could find a solution?

Uncaught Error: /v2/checkout/orders returned status 422 (Corr ID: f82369735659b).

Error: /v2/checkout/orders returned status 422 (Corr ID: f82369735659b).

{"name":"UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY","details":[{"field":"/purchase_units/@reference_id=='default'/payee","location":"body","issue":"PAYEE_ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED","description":"The merchant account is restricted."}],"message":"The requested action could not be performed, semantically incorrect, or failed business validation.","debug_id":"f82369735659b","links":[{"href":"https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/orders/v2/#error-PAYEE_ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED","rel":"information_link","method":"GET"}]}
at https://www.paypal.com/smart/buttons?style.layout=vertical&style.color=gold&style.shape=rect&style.t...
at n.dispatch (https://www.paypal.com/smart/buttons?style.layout=vertical&style.color=gold&style.shape=rect&style.t...

[suheal007]

same foe me 

1. {name: "UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY",…}
1. debug_id: "f365048b934ab"
2. details: [{field: "/purchase_units/@reference_id=='default'/payee", location: "body",…}]
3. links: [{href: "https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/orders/v2/#error-PAYEE_ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED",…}]
4. message: "The requested action could not be performed, semantically incorrect, or failed business validation."
5. name: "UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY"