2029STK Push result

M-Pesa error 2029: Buy Goods till sent as a Paybill request (or vice versa)

This is an STK Push (Lipa na M-Pesa Online) result code — it comes back on the Daraja callback after the customer responds to the payment prompt.

What causes it

The shortcode is a Buy Goods till but the STK request used CustomerPayBillOnline (or a Paybill was sent as CustomerBuyGoodsOnline). Daraja rejects the transaction-type / shortcode mismatch.

How to fix it

Match the transaction type to the shortcode: CustomerBuyGoodsOnline + till number for a till, CustomerPayBillOnline + paybill for a paybill. Fix it in Credentials and retry.

How paylod handles this

With paylod you never parse this code by hand: the hosted M-Pesa callback decodes the STK Push result for you and returns a normalized status, so you handle a clean success or failed webhook instead of raw Daraja result codes.

See the paylod M-Pesa API

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