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# creditAndRefundInvoice

If initiating the refund fails, a refundError will be returned but the credit invoice would be created nevertheless. It's possible that the refund status are open or pending until a final succesful payment status is received from your Payment Service Provider. This could take a couple of business days for certain payment methods, like SEPA direct debit.

### Arguments

| Argument                                                                                                      | Description                           |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| input ([CreditAndRefundInvoiceInput](/graphql-api/api-reference/objects/credit-and-refund-invoice-input.md)!) | Parameters for CreditAndRefundInvoice |

### CreditAndRefundInvoiceInput Arguments

| Argument                                                               | Description                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| invoiceId ([ID](/graphql-api/api-reference/objects/id.md)!)            | ID of the invoice to create credit invoice and refund for.   |
| refundReason ([String](/graphql-api/api-reference/objects/string.md)!) | Description to put as credit invoice note and refund reason. |

### Return fields

#### creditInvoice ([Invoice](/graphql-api/api-reference/objects/invoice.md))

#### invoice ([Invoice](/graphql-api/api-reference/objects/invoice.md))

#### refund ([Refund](/graphql-api/api-reference/objects/refund.md))

#### refundErrors (\[[ModelValidationError](/graphql-api/api-reference/objects/model-validation-error.md)!]!)

Errors while issuing the refund. Can also contain error messages from the payment service provider.