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Once a dispute is created, there are multiple stages involved in Cashfree Payments until a resolution is reached. The status of the dispute will change according to the decisions taken by the parties involved. These stages are mentioned in the table below.

Dispute states

Your customer can raise a pre-arbitration or an arbitration even for a dispute that is Closed (Merchant Won).

Dispute states workflow

The image below depicts the dispute status.

Dispute Status

If you do not respond to a dispute within the deadline, you will lose the dispute and the amount will be refunded to the customer.