# AN-2026-0195: Stripe error code card_declined: The card has been declined. When a card is declined, the error returned also includes the decline_code attribute with the reason why the card was declined. To learn…

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- id: AN-2026-0195 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0195/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.stripe.com/error-codes#:~:text=card_declined>
- services: stripe-api
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Summary
```text
Stripe error-codes page, code card_declined. Description on the page: The card has been declined. When a card is declined, the error returned also includes the decline_code attribute with the reason why the card was declined. To learn more, see decline codes.
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. Stripe error-codes page, code card_declined. Description on the page: The card has been declined. When a card is declined, the error returned also includes the decline_code attribute with the reason why the card was declined. To learn more, see decline codes.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
The card has been declined. When a card is declined, the error returned also includes the decline_code attribute with the reason why the card was declined. To learn more, see decline codes.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `card_declined`

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from the vendor error-code catalog page opened 2026-10-28 (verbatim strings; linted)