Invoice Paid Time
Pronunciation: IN-voys payd tym
Definition
Invoice paid time is the authoritative timestamp at which the payment system changed an invoice into its paid or accepted payment state. It is usually set after the observed transfer satisfies amount, asset, network, attribution, and confirmation requirements.
Overview
Meaning in plain language
Invoice paid time is the authoritative timestamp at which the payment system changed an invoice into its paid or accepted payment state. It is usually set after the observed transfer satisfies amount, asset, network, attribution, and confirmation requirements.
How it works
It is usually set after the observed transfer satisfies amount, asset, network, attribution, and confirmation requirements. The timestamp may therefore occur later than the transaction broadcast time or block inclusion time.
The system should record the exact status transition, source event, transaction evidence, and time zone. Replayed webhooks must not create a different paid time, and later reversals or refunds should be represented as separate events.
Paid time is not necessarily the time the payer clicked send, the time the transaction entered a block, or the time funds settled to the merchant's preferred asset.
A transaction broadcast at 10:00 and confirmed at 10:05 may produce an invoice paid time of 10:15 when the required confirmation threshold is reached.
Where people get it wrong
A database update timestamp is not necessarily the moment funds first arrived. Distinguish created, observed, confirmed, accepted and paid times when investigating delays or calculating service metrics.
Related concepts
Invoice Payment Attempt, Invoice Payment Asset, Crypto Invoice.
Example
A transaction first appears in the mempool at 14:02, reaches the required confirmations at 14:16 and triggers a paid state at 14:17. The invoice-paid timestamp should reflect the business rule that changed the invoice state, while retaining the earlier blockchain times independently.
Comparison
This is the time a business condition became satisfied, not necessarily the first mempool observation or the settlement transfer time.
Key Takeaway
Invoice paid time is the authoritative timestamp at which the payment system changed an invoice into its paid or accepted payment state; its meaning and evidence must remain consistent across checkout, monitoring, fulfillment, and reconciliation.
Sources
- Payment Status Table — OxaPay (2026-08-02)
- Webhook — OxaPay (2026-08-02)
- Payment Information — OxaPay (2026-08-02)