Case study

A documentation-first payments integration + troubleshooting case study—meant to help teams navigate the common mishaps of working with a payment orchestrator.

Problem

Teams integrating with orchestrators often lose time in ambiguous docs, inconsistent sandbox behavior, and unclear failure ownership.

What it is

A documentation-first case study and playbook for integration and troubleshooting workflows around DEUNA and downstream providers.

Constraints

  • Must stay practical for operators under incident pressure.
  • Needs to be useful without a full product UI around it.
  • Has to connect request shapes with real-world failure diagnostics.

Architecture

Structured docs + request collections + SQL examples, organized as an operational troubleshooting reference instead of a deployed app.

  • requests/: step-by-step flow examples
  • sql/: incident and decline analysis queries
  • troubleshooting guide: DEUNA → PSP → issuer/network

Key decisions

  • Treat this as a case study/playbook, not a deployed checkout.
  • Organize by end-to-end flow sequence, not endpoint catalog.
  • Pair request examples with failure patterns and RCA queries.

What shipped

  • Step-by-step request-shape guidance for core payment/refund flow.
  • Common failure scenarios and where to investigate first.
  • SQL templates for declines, incident windows, and V2 anomalies.

What next

  • Expand webhook replay and idempotency troubleshooting.
  • Add deeper reconciliation templates for settlement operations.

Notes

  • This repo is a case study and playbook. It is not a deployed payment app.
  • Purpose: help teams navigate common mishaps when integrating with a payment orchestrator.