Mercado Pago · status_detail

What pending_waiting_payment means in Mercado Pago

Payment status: pending

Short answer

Offline payment: it stays pending until the buyer makes the payment.

If you are the buyer

Complete the payment with the offline method you chose.

If you are the seller

Do not ship or deliver yet. Wait until the payment is approved.

If you are the developer

General engineering advice (not from Mercado Pago's documentation): Not a failure and not final. Keep the order pending, do not create a second payment, and update the order when the notification for this payment arrives (verify the signature first).

Source

The meaning comes from the Mercado Pago developer documentation, verified on 2026-11-04. Buyer and seller steps follow from it; developer notes are general engineering practice, not Mercado Pago documentation.

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