> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.light.inc/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Archive credit note > Archives the credit note. If the credit note has been posted, it will be reversed in the ledger. A credit note with active links to invoice payables cannot be archived — unlink first. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi-public.json post /v1/credit-notes/{creditNoteId}/archive openapi: 3.0.1 info: title: Light API version: 1.0.0 servers: [] security: - apiKeyAuth: [] - bearerAuth: [] paths: /v1/credit-notes/{creditNoteId}/archive: post: tags: - v1 - Credit Notes summary: Archive credit note description: >- Archives the credit note. If the credit note has been posted, it will be reversed in the ledger. A credit note with active links to invoice payables cannot be archived — unlink first. operationId: archiveCreditNote parameters: - name: creditNoteId in: path required: true schema: type: string format: uuid responses: default: description: default response content: application/json;charset=UTF-8: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExternalCreditNoteV1Model' components: schemas: ExternalCreditNoteV1Model: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Unique identifier for the object format: uuid companyId: type: string description: ID of the company format: uuid companyEntityId: type: string description: ID of the entity format: uuid nullable: true amount: type: integer description: Total credit note amount in cents format: int64 nullable: true businessPartnerName: type: string description: Name of the vendor nullable: true businessPartnerId: type: string description: ID of the vendor format: uuid nullable: true status: type: string description: >- Status of the credit note ⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future. nullable: false deprecated: false enum: - DRAFT - APPROVAL_PENDING - APPROVED - POSTED - PARTIALLY_CLEARED - CLEARED - ARCHIVED description: type: string description: Description of the credit note nullable: true currency: type: string example: USD postingDate: type: string description: Date when the credit note should be posted to the ledger format: date nullable: true documentDate: type: string description: Date when the credit note was issued format: date nullable: true valuationDate: type: string description: Date used when applying foreign exchange rate format: date nullable: true areLinesWithTax: type: boolean description: >- Whether the credit note line amount is inclusive of tax or not. True means tax is already included in the line amount and will not be added on top, false means tax will be added on top of the line amount lines: type: array description: List of credit note line items items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExternalCreditNoteLineV1Model' createdAt: type: string description: Timestamp when the credit note was created format: date-time updatedAt: type: string description: Timestamp when the credit note was last updated format: date-time updatedBy: type: string description: ID of the user who last updated the credit note format: uuid nullable: true localCurrencyFxRate: type: number description: FX rate applied for the ledger's local currency nullable: true groupCurrencyFxRate: type: number description: FX rate applied for the ledger's group currency nullable: true senderEmail: type: string description: >- The email of the user who sent the document that this credit note was created from nullable: true documentName: type: string description: The name of the document that this credit note was created from nullable: true ExternalCreditNoteLineV1Model: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Unique identifier for the object format: uuid companyId: type: string description: ID of the company format: uuid creditNoteId: type: string description: ID of the credit note this line belongs to format: uuid grossTransactionAmount: $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectedAmount' netTransactionAmount: $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectedAmount' description: type: string description: Description of the credit note line item nullable: true ledgerTaxId: type: string description: ID of the tax code format: uuid nullable: true taxTransactionAmount: $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectedAmount' ledgerAccountId: type: string description: ID of the ledger account format: uuid nullable: true costCenterId: type: string description: ID of the cost center format: uuid nullable: true createdAt: type: string description: Timestamp when the credit note line item was created format: date-time updatedAt: type: string description: Timestamp when the credit note line item was last updated format: date-time accrualTemplateId: type: string description: ID of the accrual template format: uuid nullable: true accrualStartDate: type: string description: Start date for accrual format: date nullable: true accrualEndDate: type: string description: End date for accrual format: date nullable: true accrualDefaultDuration: type: integer description: Default duration for accrual in months format: int32 nullable: true DirectedAmount: type: object properties: amount: type: integer format: int64 dcSign: type: string description: >- ⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future. enum: - D - C securitySchemes: apiKeyAuth: type: apiKey description: >- Basic authentication header of the form **Basic** ****, where **** is your api key. name: Authorization in: header bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: JWT ````