PerkOSCommerce
Settlement and delivery
Distinguish validation, broadcast, confirmation, receipt and resource delivery.
| State | Meaning | May deliver? |
|---|---|---|
| Quoted | Server issued a signed, bounded offer | No |
| Validated | Submitted transaction matches the intent | No |
| Broadcast | Network accepted the transaction submission | No |
| Pending | Transaction has no canonical terminal result yet | No |
| Confirmed | Canonical execution succeeded | Not until receipt exists |
| Receipted | Durable signed settlement receipt exists | Yes |
| Delivered | Stable delivery record and response digest exist | Yes, idempotently |
| Failed | Transaction aborted, dropped or violated policy | No |
The settlement identifier is stable across polling. Retrying a confirmed request returns the same delivery rather than broadcasting or charging again.
Application rule
Treat 202 as an instruction to poll the supplied same-origin Location. Never interpret it as
success. Treat 409 as terminal for that settlement identifier and obtain a fresh challenge before
trying another payment.