---
title: "The creator recorded that they paid an affiliate."
method: POST
path: "referral.payout_recorded"
tags: ["referral.* events"]
---

# The creator recorded that they paid an affiliate.

`POST referral.payout_recorded` (webhook)

### When this fires

The creator recorded a payout against an affiliate, in one currency, from whichever surface they used. The amount is checked against what the affiliate is owed in that currency, then the oldest payable commissions are marked paid while the amount lasts; `rewards_paid` says how many it covered.

> **Subscriby moved no money.** The payout is the creator's own statement that money left, however they agreed to pay the affiliate.

### Caveats

- **A payout above the balance is refused** and emits nothing, as is one of nothing.
- **A clawback is paid too.** A negative row is covered in its turn, which is how a refund after a payout nets off against the next one.

### Related events

- `referral.reward_approved`: what becomes payable.
- `referral.reward_reversed`: what gets netted off.

## Headers

- `SB-Signature` string, required
- `SB-Event-Id` string, required
- `SB-Event-Name` string, required
- `Content-Type` string, required
- `User-Agent` string, required

## Payload

- object: The envelope every event is delivered in.
  - `id` string, required: A ULID unique to the event, prefixed `evt_`. Every retry carries the same id, so it is the key to deduplicate on.
  - `type` 'referral.payout_recorded', required: The event name, always `referral.payout_recorded` here.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required: When the event was emitted, server time, ISO 8601.
  - `api_version` string, required: The contract version of the payload shape, `2026-05-01` today. A breaking change to a shape ships under a new version.
  - `project_id` string, uuid, nullable, required: The project the event belongs to; null for team-scoped and billing events.
  - `data` object, required: The event-specific payload. Keys that do not apply to a given emission are omitted rather than sent as null, so check for presence.
    - `payout_id` string, uuid, required: The payout row.
    - `affiliate_id` string, uuid, required: The affiliate paid.
    - `amount` string, decimal, required: What was paid, four decimal places.
    - `currency_id` string, uuid, required: The currency it was paid in; balances are kept per currency.
    - `reference` string, nullable, required: The creator's own reference for the transfer. `null` when none was given.
    - `rewards_paid` integer, required: How many commission rows the payout covered, clawbacks included; a remainder smaller than the next row stays on the balance.

## Acknowledgement `2XX`

Your endpoint acknowledged the delivery. Any 2xx status within 30 seconds marks it delivered; the response body is ignored.

## Other responses

- `default`: Any other status, a connection failure, or no answer within 30 seconds counts as a failed attempt. The delivery is retried 8 times, after 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 2 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 1 day, 3 days; the last failure dead-letters it, and it can be retried from the dashboard or `POST /v1/webhook-deliveries/{delivery}/retry`. After 20 consecutive failures the endpoint is paused until it is resumed.

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