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PDFA-CONTAINER-INVALID
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The container is not a valid PDF/A-3

A Factur-X invoice is an XML file embedded in a PDF/A-3 container. When the container fails PDF/A validation, the document is not compliant — even when the XML it carries is correct.

Only the issuer holds this value: Factlint reports it and never fabricates it. Test your invoice to find out whether it is affected.

Why this error happens

This code is returned when validation of the container fails as a whole: fonts not embedded, missing colour profile, non-compliant structure or metadata. The XML is validated separately, so a report may carry this error alone while every business rule passes.

How to fix it

The container must be regenerated by a chain that really produces PDF/A-3: embedded fonts, a declared OutputIntent, XMP metadata in step. The two most frequent causes have their own page: PDFA-FONT-NOT-EMBEDDED and PDFA-OUTPUTINTENT-MISSING.