# paymentSessionPending - payments-apps - MUTATION
Version: 2024-10

## Description
Change a payment session status to pending.

Upon receiving the response from the `PaymentSessionPending` mutation,
you must redirect the customer back to Shopify, using `redirectUrl` in `nextAction`.

Upon completion, pending payments must be finalized into either a successful or failed state using
the `paymentSessionResolve` or `paymentSessionReject` mutations.
Both `sale` and `authorization` payments can be marked as pending.

### Access Scopes
`write_payment_sessions` access scope.


## Arguments
* [id](/docs/api/payments-apps/2024-10/scalars/ID): ID! - The payment session ID.
* [pendingExpiresAt](/docs/api/payments-apps/2024-10/scalars/DateTime): DateTime! - The date and time when the pending payment expires, recommended to be within 3 days.
* [reason](/docs/api/payments-apps/2024-10/enums/PaymentSessionStatePendingReason): PaymentSessionStatePendingReason! - The reason the payment is pending.


## Returns
* [paymentSession](/docs/api/payments-apps/2024-10/objects/PaymentSession): PaymentSession The updated payment session.
* [userErrors](/docs/api/payments-apps/2024-10/objects/PaymentSessionPendingUserError): PaymentSessionPendingUserError! The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.


## Examples