# invalid_status_transition (/en/docs/errores/invalid_status_transition)

`PATCH /v1/empresas/\{id\}` was sent a `status` other than `active` or `archived`.

|                |                                                         |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Code**       | `invalid_status_transition`                             |
| **Type**       | `invalid_request_error` — Malformed or incomplete input |
| **HTTP**       | `400`                                                   |
| **Retriable?** | No                                                      |

## What to do [#what-to-do]

Only the archive/reactivate transition is caller-driven; `onboarding` and `suspended` are consequences the system sets on its own.

> **Warning**
>
> Retrying the same request will fail the same way. Change the request, not the frequency.

## The envelope [#the-envelope]

```json
{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "invalid_status_transition",
    "message": "…",
    "hint": "Only the archive/reactivate transition is caller-driven; `onboarding` and `suspended` are consequences the system sets on its own.",
    "retriable": false,
    "doc_url": "https://docs.facturia.cl/errors/invalid_status_transition",
    "request_id": "req_01K2R7Q9M4T2VB"
  }
}
```

Program against `code`, never against `message` — the prose can be rewritten, the code cannot (§5.8).

`hint` and `retriable` arrive in the response with these exact values: they are a function of `code` and come from the same dictionary `GET /v1/error_codes` serves, so the envelope and the dictionary cannot disagree. Both are English on the wire by design — one registry, one language. More in [The error envelope](/en/docs/errores).

## See also [#see-also]

- [Every code](/en/docs/errores/codigos): The full table, grouped by where you will run into it.

- [The error envelope](/en/docs/errores): The nine types, the request_id and how to handle them in practice.

The machine-readable copy of this page lives at `GET /v1/error_codes`, unauthenticated.