Close Billing Period

Advance a metering period one step: OPEN → CLOSING opens the late-arrival grace window, CLOSING → CLOSED seals it. Events already in flight still count during grace.

POST/api/v1/billing/dispatch

Request

curl -X POST "<BASE_URL>/api/v1/billing/dispatch" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-CQRS-Action: CLOSE_BILLING_PERIOD" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "current_status": "OPEN",
    "period_end": "2026-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "period_id": "7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7"
  }'

Authorization

Minimum role: FinanceThe caller must hold this role or a higher one.
Action: CLOSE_BILLING_PERIOD

Headers

AuthorizationstringRequired
Access token of the signed-in user, as a Bearer token. It identifies the user, their role and the workspace.
X-CQRS-ActionstringRequired
Names the command to run. Must be CLOSE_BILLING_PERIOD for this endpoint.
Content-TypestringRequired
Always application/json.
X-Idempotency-KeystringOptional
A key you choose that is unique to this attempt. A command repeated with the same key is not applied a second time.
X-Correlation-IdstringOptional
Your own identifier for the request. Returned in the x-correlation-id response header; generated when you leave it out.

Request body

current_statusenumRequired
A metering period's progress from open to invoiced.
Allowed values
- OPEN
- CLOSING
- CLOSED
- INVOICED
- NO_CHARGE
- CARRIED_FORWARD
OPEN
Accepting usage events.
CLOSING
Boundary passed; inside the late-arrival grace window.
CLOSED
Sealed. Late events go to the next open period.
INVOICED
Rated onto an invoice.
NO_CHARGE
Independently reviewed zero-charge period.
CARRIED_FORWARD
Positive charges retained for a subsequent invoice.
period_enddate-timeRequired
No description yet.
period_iduuidRequired
No description yet.
expected_versioninteger or nullOptional
CORE invariant: mutations carry the version they read. Absent preserves the worker.

Response

Status 202. The command was applied. The body reports the outcome and, where the command changes a record, that record's new state.

successbooleanRequired
true when the command was applied.
error_messagestringRequired
Empty when the command was applied.
projected_stateobjectOptional
The record as it stands after the command.
event_payloadobjectOptional
The event the command recorded.
insightsarray of objectOptional
Advisory notes about the result. Each has a code, a message and an impact number.

Errors

Every error carries an HTTP status. Where it also carries a code, branch on the code, not on the message.

400X-CQRS-Action is missing or names a command this route does not accept. Send CLOSE_BILLING_PERIOD.
400DOMAIN_ROUTINGThe body is not a valid command. Check the required fields and their types.
401The access token is missing, expired or not valid.
401L1_AUTHThe caller's role is below finance or the caller has no access to this record.
403L1_POLICYA business rule refused the command. The message names the rule.
409L1_VERSIONexpected_version is not the record's current version. Read the record again, then retry.
409L1_IDEMPOTENCYA command with this idempotency key was already applied.
409CONFLICTThe command would duplicate a record that must be unique.
500L3_COMMITThe command was valid but could not be saved.