Vortex Release Version (September 15, 2025)

• Updated AVS validation in eos-payment-api-acs-stripe to handle non-boolean types on authorization, ensuring consistent processing of the avsChecks object for address, postal code, and CVC.
• Adjusted failure messaging in eos-payment-api-broker so void attempts on declined authorizations now return 422 with a clear error message indicating reversal is not possible.
• Refined refund (return) handling of declined sales in eos-payment-api-broker to return 422 with an accurate error message clarifying that declined payments cannot be refunded.

Impact

These updates strengthen the reliability of Vortex payment handling within MXM by improving AVS validation consistency and enhancing transparency in error messaging. Merchants and developers will now benefit from more predictable validation outcomes when processing address and postal code checks, reducing confusion around authorization failures. The new error handling ensures that both void and refund operations against declined transactions return accurate and actionable responses, preventing unnecessary troubleshooting. This improves overall integration clarity, allowing support teams to resolve issues faster and with fewer escalations. In addition, merchants gain greater confidence in transaction workflows, since system feedback now aligns more closely with expected business logic. Over time, these refinements will reduce support tickets, streamline payment reconciliation, and improve the end-user checkout experience.