# AN-2026-0336: Stripe error code terminal_reader_offline: Reader is currently offline. Ensure the reader is powered on and connected to the internet before retrying your request. See the integration guide for…

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- id: AN-2026-0336 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0336/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.stripe.com/error-codes#:~:text=terminal_reader_offline>
- 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 terminal_reader_offline. Description on the page: Reader is currently offline. Ensure the reader is powered on and connected to the internet before retrying your request. See the integration guide for details on how to handle this error.
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. Stripe error-codes page, code terminal_reader_offline. Description on the page: Reader is currently offline. Ensure the reader is powered on and connected to the internet before retrying your request. See the integration guide for details on how to handle this error.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Reader is currently offline. Ensure the reader is powered on and connected to the internet before retrying your request. See the integration guide for details on how to handle this error.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `terminal_reader_offline`

## 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)