# AN-2026-0245: Stripe error code invalid_source_usage: The source can’t be used because it isn’t in the correct state (for example, a charge request is trying to use a source with a pending, failed, or consumed…

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- id: AN-2026-0245 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0245/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.stripe.com/error-codes#:~:text=invalid_source_usage>
- 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 invalid_source_usage. Description on the page: The source can’t be used because it isn’t in the correct state (for example, a charge request is trying to use a source with a pending, failed, or consumed status). Check the status of the source you’re attempting to use.
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. Stripe error-codes page, code invalid_source_usage. Description on the page: The source can’t be used because it isn’t in the correct state (for example, a charge request is trying to use a source with a pending, failed, or consumed status). Check the status of the source you’re attempting to use.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
The source can’t be used because it isn’t in the correct state (for example, a charge request is trying to use a source with a pending, failed, or consumed status). Check the status of the source you’re attempting to use.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `invalid_source_usage`

## 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)