---
title: captureSessionReject - Payments Apps API
description: |-
  Rejects an open capture session.

  After the `captureSessionReject` mutation completes on a given capture session, any
  `captureSessionResolve` mutation attempts will fail. Subsequent `captureSessionReject`
  mutation attempts will succeed, but the `reason` argument will be ignored.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: payments-apps
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/mutations/captureSessionReject
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/mutations/captureSessionReject.md
---

# capture​Session​Reject

mutation

Requires `write_payment_sessions` access scope.

Rejects an open capture session.

After the `captureSessionReject` mutation completes on a given capture session, any `captureSessionResolve` mutation attempts will fail. Subsequent `captureSessionReject` mutation attempts will succeed, but the `reason` argument will be ignored.

## Arguments

* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/scalars/ID)

  required

  The capture session ID.

* reason

  [Capture​Session​Rejection​Reason​Input!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/input-objects/CaptureSessionRejectionReasonInput)

  required

  The rejection reason.

***

## Capture​Session​Reject​Payload returns

* capture​Session

  [Capture​Session](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/objects/CaptureSession)

  The updated capture session.

* user​Errors

  [\[Capture​Session​Reject​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/objects/CaptureSessionRejectUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

***

## Examples

* ### captureSessionReject reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation captureSessionReject($id: ID!, $reason: CaptureSessionRejectionReasonInput!) {
  captureSessionReject(id: $id, reason: $reason) {
    captureSession {
      # CaptureSession fields
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "reason": {
    "code": "PROCESSING_ERROR",
    "merchantMessage": "<your-merchantMessage>"
  }
}
```

##### Variables

```
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "reason": {
    "code": "PROCESSING_ERROR",
    "merchantMessage": "<your-merchantMessage>"
  }
}
```

##### Schema

```
input CaptureSessionRejectionReasonInput {
  code: CaptureSessionStatusReasonRejectionCode!
  merchantMessage: String
}
```