Paid and blocked: why your agent still gets a 402 after paying
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The x402 flow is three steps: the server answers 402 Payment Required with machine-readable payment requirements, the agent pays, the server verifies and serves. When it works, there is nothing to debug. Then one day your agent pays, the payment settles, and the retry comes back with a fresh 402. O…
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- 2026-10-13 00:41 · DEV Community — AI
Paid and blocked: why your agent still gets a 402 after paying