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# Transaction simulators

Payment simulators are provided for card, PayPal, and SPEI payments, allowing you
to test card payments, redirect payments, and push payments respectively.

These simulators do not connect to any PSP and instead provide mocked responses
based on the amounts or other values passed in.

<Note>
  An [anti-fraud
  simulator](/guides/features/anti-fraud/simulator), [gift card
  simulator](/guides/features/gift-cards/simulator) and a way to [simulate
  real-time account
  updates](/guides/features/account-updater/real-time#simulator) are also provided.
</Note>

## Setup

To set up a simulator, head over to your sandbox dashboard and go to the connections catalog.
Once there, each simulator is available to set up with a custom merchant ID. This ID does
not serve any purpose.

Please note that simulators are not available in production environments.

## Test values

### Payments

When creating a payment, the following test values can be used to simulate various error codes.

| Simulator amount | `error_code`                       |
| :--------------- | :--------------------------------- |
| 200001           | `canceled_payment_method`          |
| 200002           | `disputed_transaction`             |
| 200003           | `duplicate_transaction`            |
| 200004           | `expired_authorization`            |
| 200005           | `expired_payment_method`           |
| 200006           | `incorrect_billing_address`        |
| 200007           | `incorrect_country`                |
| 200008           | `incorrect_currency`               |
| 200009           | `incorrect_cvv`                    |
| 200010           | `incorrect_expiry_date`            |
| 200011           | `insufficient_funds`               |
| 200012           | `issuer_decline`                   |
| 200013           | `other_decline`                    |
| 200014           | `requires_buyer_authentication`    |
| 200015           | `refused_transaction`              |
| 200016           | `service_decline`                  |
| 200017           | `suspected_fraud`                  |
| 200018           | `unavailable_payment_method`       |
| 200019           | `unknown_payment_method`           |
| 200020           | `unsupported_transaction`          |
| 200021           | `unsupported_payment_method`       |
| 200022           | `cancelled_buyer_approval`         |
| 300001           | `insufficient_service_permissions` |
| 300002           | `invalid_amount`                   |
| 300003           | `invalid_payment_method`           |
| 300004           | `invalid_service_configuration`    |
| 300005           | `invalid_service_credentials`      |
| 300006           | `invalid_service_response`         |
| 300007           | `invalid_tax_identifier`           |
| 300008           | `missing_billing_address`          |
| 300009           | `missing_cvv`                      |
| 300010           | `missing_shipping_address`         |
| 300011           | `missing_tax_identifier`           |
| 300012           | `refund_period_expired`            |
| 300013           | `service_error`                    |
| 300014           | `service_network_error`            |
| 300015           | `service_rate_limit`               |
| 400001           | `internal_error`                   |
| 400002           | `invalid_billing_address`          |
| 400003           | `invalid_operation`                |
| 400004           | `invalid_request_parameters`       |
| 400005           | `invalid_service_request`          |
| 400006           | `invalid_shipping_address`         |
| 400007           | `service_resource_conflict`        |
| 400008           | `unexpected_state`                 |
| 400009           | `unknown_error`                    |
| 400010           | `unknown_service_resource`         |
| 400011           | `unsupported_country`              |
| 400012           | `unsupported_currency`             |
| 400013           | `unrecognised_country`             |
| 400014           | `unrecognised_currency`            |
| 400015           | `unrecognised_payment_method`      |
| 400016           | `unrecognised_scheme`              |
| 400017           | `unsupported_scheme`               |

### Captures

When capturing an authorized payment, the following responses can be simulated.

When capturing a payment, the following test values can be used to simulate various error codes.

| Simulator amount | New transaction `status`  | `code`           |
| :--------------- | :------------------------ | ---------------- |
| 10               | `authorization_declined`  | `issuer_decline` |
| 20               | `capture_pending`         | -                |
| 30               | `authorization_succeeded` | `service_error`  |
| 40               | `authorization_succeeded` | `internal_error` |

<Warning>
  Transactions in a `capture_pending` state can be moved to the next state using
  [webhooks](./webhooks).
</Warning>

### Void

When voiding an authorized payment, the following responses can be simulated.

When creating a payment, the following test values can be used to simulate various error codes.

| Simulator amount | New transaction `status`     | `code`           |
| :--------------- | :--------------------------- | ---------------- |
| 10               | `authorization_declined`     | `issuer_decline` |
| 20               | `authorization_void_pending` | -                |
| 30               | `authorization_succeeded`    | `service_error`  |
| 40               | `authorization_succeeded`    | `internal_error` |

<Warning>
  Transactions in a `authorization_void_pending` state can be moved to the next
  state using [webhooks](./webhooks).
</Warning>

### Refunds

When refunding a card payment, the following responses can be simulated.

When creating a payment, the following test values can be used to simulate various error codes.

| Simulator amount | `status`     |
| :--------------- | :----------- |
| 1                | `declined`   |
| 2                | `processing` |
| 3                | `failed`     |
| 4                | `failed`     |