diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/warehouses/warehousePdf.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/warehouses/warehousePdf.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b18526f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/warehouses/warehousePdf.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+import type { WarehouseFeeInvoice, WarehouseInventoryItem } from '@/types/warehouse';
+import type { BookingDetail } from '@/types/booking';
+
+type PdfLine = { text: string; size?: number; bold?: boolean; x?: number; yGap?: number; color?: 'black' | 'green' };
+
+export interface WarehouseExitPaperContext {
+  invoice: WarehouseFeeInvoice;
+  releasedItem?: WarehouseInventoryItem;
+  inventory?: WarehouseInventoryItem;
+  booking?: BookingDetail | null;
+  releasedAt?: Date;
+}
+
+const escapePdfText = (value: string) =>
+  value.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/\(/g, '\\(').replace(/\)/g, '\\)');
+
+const money = (amount: unknown, currency = 'USD') =>
+  `${Number(amount ?? 0).toLocaleString()} ${currency === 'ETB' ? 'Birr (ETB)' : currency}`;
+
+const fmtDate = (value: unknown) => {
+  if (!value) return '-';
+  const date = new Date(value as string | Date);
+  return Number.isNaN(date.getTime()) ? '-' : date.toLocaleString();
+};
+
+const GREEN = '0 0.55 0.32';
+
+const circlePath = (cx: number, cy: number, r: number) => {
+  const k = 0.5522847498;
+  const c = r * k;
+  return [
+    `${cx + r} ${cy} m`,
+    `${cx + r} ${cy + c} ${cx + c} ${cy + r} ${cx} ${cy + r} c`,
+    `${cx - c} ${cy + r} ${cx - r} ${cy + c} ${cx - r} ${cy} c`,
+    `${cx - r} ${cy - c} ${cx - c} ${cy - r} ${cx} ${cy - r} c`,
+    `${cx + c} ${cy - r} ${cx + r} ${cy - c} ${cx + r} ${cy} c`,
+    'h',
+  ].join('\n');
+};
+
+const stampText = (text: string, x: number, y: number, size: number, bold = false) =>
+  `BT\n${GREEN} rg\n/${bold ? 'F2' : 'F1'} ${size} Tf\n${x} ${y} Td\n(${escapePdfText(text)}) Tj\nET`;
+
+const buildCircularSeal = (cx: number, cy: number, label: 'PAID' | 'CLEARED') =>
+  [
+    'q',
+    `${GREEN} RG`,
+    `${GREEN} rg`,
+    '2.2 w',
+    circlePath(cx, cy, 52),
+    'S',
+    '0.9 w',
+    circlePath(cx, cy, 42),
+    'S',
+    stampText('EDR FREIGHT', cx - 33, cy + 24, 9, true),
+    stampText(label, cx - (label === 'CLEARED' ? 36 : 21), cy - 4, label === 'CLEARED' ? 17 : 20, true),
+    stampText(label === 'CLEARED' ? 'GATE RELEASE' : 'WAREHOUSE', cx - (label === 'CLEARED' ? 34 : 32), cy - 25, 8),
+    'Q',
+  ].join('\n');
+
+function buildSimplePdf(lines: PdfLine[], rawOps: string[] = []): Blob {
+  let y = 800;
+  const streamLines = lines.map((line) => {
+    y -= line.yGap ?? 16;
+    const size = line.size ?? 10;
+    const font = line.bold ? '/F2' : '/F1';
+    const color = line.color === 'green' ? `${GREEN} rg` : '0 0 0 rg';
+    return `BT\n${color}\n${font} ${size} Tf\n${line.x ?? 46} ${y} Td\n(${escapePdfText(line.text)}) Tj\nET`;
+  });
+  const stream = [...rawOps, ...streamLines].join('\n');
+  const objects = [
+    '<< /Type /Catalog /Pages 2 0 R >>',
+    '<< /Type /Pages /Kids [3 0 R] /Count 1 >>',
+    '<< /Type /Page /Parent 2 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /Resources << /Font << /F1 4 0 R /F2 5 0 R >> >> /Contents 6 0 R >>',
+    '<< /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /BaseFont /Helvetica >>',
+    '<< /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold >>',
+    `<< /Length ${stream.length} >>\nstream\n${stream}\nendstream`,
+  ];
+
+  let pdf = '%PDF-1.4\n';
+  const offsets = [0];
+  objects.forEach((object, index) => {
+    offsets.push(pdf.length);
+    pdf += `${index + 1} 0 obj\n${object}\nendobj\n`;
+  });
+  const xref = pdf.length;
+  pdf += `xref\n0 ${objects.length + 1}\n0000000000 65535 f \n`;
+  offsets.slice(1).forEach((offset) => {
+    pdf += `${String(offset).padStart(10, '0')} 00000 n \n`;
+  });
+  pdf += `trailer\n<< /Size ${objects.length + 1} /Root 1 0 R >>\nstartxref\n${xref}\n%%EOF\n`;
+  return new Blob([pdf], { type: 'application/pdf' });
+}
+
+export function buildWarehouseInvoicePdf(invoice: WarehouseFeeInvoice, kind: 'INVOICE' | 'RECEIPT') {
+  const paid = kind === 'RECEIPT' || invoice.status === 'PAID';
+  const lines: PdfLine[] = [
+    { text: 'Ethio-Djibouti Railway S.C.', size: 11, bold: true, yGap: 0 },
+    { text: `Warehouse Fee ${kind === 'RECEIPT' ? 'Receipt' : 'Invoice'}`, size: 22, bold: true, yGap: 26 },
+    { text: `Document No: ${invoice.invoiceNumber}`, bold: true, yGap: 34 },
+    { text: `Status: ${invoice.status.replace(/_/g, ' ')}` },
+    { text: `Invoice Type: ${invoice.invoiceType.replace(/_/g, ' ')}` },
+    { text: `Booking ID: ${invoice.bookingId ?? '-'}` },
+    { text: `Inventory ID: ${invoice.inventoryId}` },
+    { text: `Issued: ${fmtDate(invoice.issuedAt)}` },
+    { text: `Paid At: ${fmtDate(invoice.paidAt)}` },
+    { text: 'Items', size: 14, bold: true, yGap: 26 },
+    ...(invoice.items ?? []).flatMap((item) => [
+      { text: item.description, bold: true },
+      {
+        text: `${item.feeType.replace(/_/g, ' ')} | Qty ${Number(item.quantity ?? 0).toLocaleString()} | Rate ${money(item.unitRate, item.currency)} | Amount ${money(item.amount, item.currency)}`,
+        yGap: 13,
+      },
+    ]),
+    { text: 'Totals', size: 14, bold: true, yGap: 28 },
+    { text: `Subtotal: ${money(invoice.subtotalAmount, invoice.currency)}` },
+    { text: `Tax: ${money(invoice.taxAmount, invoice.currency)}` },
+    { text: `Total: ${money(invoice.totalAmount, invoice.currency)}`, bold: true },
+    { text: `Paid: ${money(invoice.paidAmount, invoice.currency)}` },
+    { text: `Balance: ${money(invoice.balanceAmount, invoice.currency)}`, bold: true },
+    { text: 'Prepared by EDR warehouse finance', yGap: 34 },
+    { text: 'Authorized seal / signature: ______________________________' },
+  ];
+  return buildSimplePdf(lines, paid ? [buildCircularSeal(462, 712, 'PAID')] : []);
+}
+
+const firstText = (...values: Array<unknown>) => {
+  for (const value of values) {
+    if (value !== null && value !== undefined && String(value).trim()) return String(value);
+  }
+  return '-';
+};
+
+const tons = (value: unknown) => {
+  const num = Number(value ?? 0);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(num) || num <= 0) return null;
+  return `${num.toLocaleString(undefined, { maximumFractionDigits: 3 })} ton`;
+};
+
+const containerSummary = (booking?: BookingDetail | null, inventory?: WarehouseInventoryItem) => {
+  const explicitNumber = (inventory as unknown as { containerNumber?: string | null })?.containerNumber;
+  if (explicitNumber) return explicitNumber;
+  const containers = booking?.bookingContainers ?? [];
+  if (!containers.length) return '-';
+  return containers
+    .map((item) => {
+      const type = item.containerType?.code ?? item.containerType?.label ?? item.containerTypeId;
+      return `${item.quantity} x ${type}`;
+    })
+    .join(', ');
+};
+
+export function buildWarehouseExitPaperPdf(input: WarehouseFeeInvoice | WarehouseExitPaperContext, releasedItemArg?: WarehouseInventoryItem) {
+  const context: WarehouseExitPaperContext =
+    'invoice' in input ? input : { invoice: input, releasedItem: releasedItemArg };
+  const { invoice, booking } = context;
+  const releasedItem = context.releasedItem;
+  const inventory = context.inventory ?? releasedItem;
+  const releasedAt = context.releasedAt ?? new Date();
+  const releaseReference = `REL-${invoice.inventoryId.slice(0, 8).toUpperCase()}`;
+  const customerName = firstText(
+    booking?.company?.name,
+    booking?.company?.companyName,
+    booking?.company?.label,
+    booking?.company?.contactPersonName,
+    invoice.customerId,
+  );
+  const weightTons = firstText(tons(booking?.cargoTotalWeightVgm), tons(inventory?.weight));
+
+  return buildSimplePdf([
+    { text: 'Ethio-Djibouti Railway S.C.', size: 11, bold: true, yGap: 0 },
+    { text: 'Warehouse Release / Exit Paper', size: 22, bold: true, yGap: 26 },
+    { text: `Release Reference: ${releaseReference}`, bold: true, yGap: 34 },
+    { text: `Invoice No: ${invoice.invoiceNumber}` },
+    { text: `Booking Reference: ${firstText(booking?.reference, (inventory as unknown as { bookingReference?: string })?.bookingReference, invoice.bookingId, releasedItem?.bookingId)}` },
+    { text: `Customer: ${customerName}` },
+    { text: `Warehouse: ${firstText(inventory?.warehouse?.name, inventory?.warehouse?.code, invoice.warehouseId, releasedItem?.warehouseId)}` },
+    { text: `Yard: ${firstText(inventory?.yard?.name, inventory?.yard?.code, invoice.yardId, releasedItem?.yardId)}` },
+    { text: `Zone: ${firstText(inventory?.zone?.name, inventory?.zone?.code, invoice.zoneId, releasedItem?.zoneId)}` },
+    { text: `Booking Container: ${containerSummary(booking, inventory)}` },
+    { text: `Weight: ${weightTons}` },
+    { text: `Inventory Status: ${releasedItem?.status ?? inventory?.status ?? 'RELEASED'}` },
+    { text: `Release Date & Time: ${fmtDate(releasedAt)}` },
+    { text: 'This document authorizes the listed booking/goods to leave the warehouse gate.', yGap: 30 },
+    { text: 'Warehouse officer name / signature / date: ______________________________', yGap: 40 },
+    { text: 'Customer or driver name / signature / date: ______________________________', yGap: 28 },
+  ], [buildCircularSeal(462, 712, 'CLEARED')]);
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/warehouses/WarehouseInvoicesPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/warehouses/WarehouseInvoicesPage.tsx
index 6b93abc70..e03c4ef2a 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/warehouses/WarehouseInvoicesPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/warehouses/WarehouseInvoicesPage.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { PageContainer, PageHeader } from '@/components/page';
 import { useMutation, useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 
 import { api } from '@/services/api';
+import { bookingsService } from '@/services/bookings.service';
 import { warehouseService } from '@/services/warehouse.service';
 import { useToast } from '@/hooks/use-toast';
 import {
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ import {
   type WarehouseInvoiceStatus,
 } from '@/types/warehouse';
 import { openPdfBlob } from '@/components/warehouses/pdf';
+import { buildWarehouseExitPaperPdf, buildWarehouseInvoicePdf } from '@/components/warehouses/warehousePdf';
+import { extractErrorMessage } from '@/components/warehouses/options';
 
 const STATUS_COLOR: Record<WarehouseInvoiceStatus, string> = {
   DRAFT: 'gray',
@@ -167,21 +170,26 @@ function InvoiceDetailModal({ id, onClose }: { id: string | null; onClose: () =>
   const canGateClear = inv?.status === 'PAID' && Boolean(inv.inventoryId);
 
   const downloadInvoicePdf = async (invoice: WarehouseFeeInvoice) => {
-    try {
-      const response = await warehouseService.downloadInvoiceDocument(invoice.id);
-      openPdfBlob(response.data, `warehouse-invoice-${invoice.invoiceNumber}.pdf`);
-    } catch (e) {
-      toast({ variant: 'destructive', title: 'Invoice download failed', description: (e as Error)?.message });
-    }
+    const blob = buildWarehouseInvoicePdf(invoice, 'INVOICE');
+    openPdfBlob(blob, `warehouse-invoice-${invoice.invoiceNumber}.pdf`);
   };
 
   const downloadReceiptPdf = async (invoice: WarehouseFeeInvoice) => {
-    try {
-      const response = await warehouseService.downloadInvoiceReceipt(invoice.id);
-      openPdfBlob(response.data, `warehouse-receipt-${invoice.invoiceNumber}.pdf`);
-    } catch (e) {
-      toast({ variant: 'destructive', title: 'Receipt download failed', description: (e as Error)?.message });
-    }
+    const blob = buildWarehouseInvoicePdf(invoice, 'RECEIPT');
+    openPdfBlob(blob, `warehouse-receipt-${invoice.invoiceNumber}.pdf`);
+  };
+
+  const getExitPaperContext = async (invoice: WarehouseFeeInvoice) => {
+    const [booking, inventoryRows] = await Promise.all([
+      invoice.bookingId
+        ? bookingsService.getById(invoice.bookingId).catch(() => null)
+        : Promise.resolve(null),
+      invoice.bookingId
+        ? warehouseService.listInventory({ bookingId: invoice.bookingId }).then((response) => response.data).catch(() => [])
+        : Promise.resolve([]),
+    ]);
+    const inventory = inventoryRows.find((item) => item.id === invoice.inventoryId) ?? inventoryRows[0] ?? undefined;
+    return { booking, inventory };
   };
 
   const handleGateClearance = async (invoice: WarehouseFeeInvoice) => {
@@ -196,17 +204,32 @@ function InvoiceDetailModal({ id, onClose }: { id: string | null; onClose: () =>
 
     const pdfWindow = window.open('', '_blank');
     try {
+      const releasedAt = new Date();
       const releasedItem = await gateClear.mutateAsync(invoice.inventoryId);
       let documentResponse: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof warehouseService.downloadReleaseDocument>>;
       try {
         documentResponse = await warehouseService.downloadReleaseDocument(invoice.inventoryId);
       } catch (documentError) {
-        pdfWindow?.close();
-        toast({
-          variant: 'destructive',
-          title: 'Exit paper failed',
-          description: (documentError as Error)?.message,
+        const context = await getExitPaperContext(invoice);
+        const fallbackBlob = buildWarehouseExitPaperPdf({
+          invoice,
+          releasedItem,
+          inventory: context.inventory,
+          booking: context.booking,
+          releasedAt,
         });
+        const opened = openPdfBlob(
+          fallbackBlob,
+          `release-${releasedItem?.booking?.reference ?? releasedItem?.bookingId ?? invoice.inventoryId}.pdf`,
+          pdfWindow,
+        );
+        toast({
+          title: 'Gate clearance recorded',
+          description: opened
+            ? 'The API exit paper failed, so a sealed fallback PDF opened instead.'
+            : `The API exit paper failed (${extractErrorMessage(documentError)}), so a sealed fallback PDF was downloaded.`,
+        });
+        onClose();
         return;
       }
       const filename = `release-${releasedItem?.booking?.reference ?? releasedItem?.bookingId ?? invoice.inventoryId}.pdf`;
@@ -223,7 +246,7 @@ function InvoiceDetailModal({ id, onClose }: { id: string | null; onClose: () =>
       toast({
         variant: 'destructive',
         title: 'Gate clearance failed',
-        description: (e as Error)?.message,
+        description: extractErrorMessage(e),
       });
     }
   };
@@ -241,7 +264,7 @@ function InvoiceDetailModal({ id, onClose }: { id: string | null; onClose: () =>
         toast({ title: 'Payment recorded' });
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      toast({ variant: 'destructive', title: 'Payment failed', description: (e as Error)?.message });
+      toast({ variant: 'destructive', title: 'Payment failed', description: extractErrorMessage(e) });
     }
   };
 
@@ -252,7 +275,7 @@ function InvoiceDetailModal({ id, onClose }: { id: string | null; onClose: () =>
       toast({ title: 'Invoice cancelled' });
       onClose();
     } catch (e) {
-      toast({ variant: 'destructive', title: 'Cancel failed', description: (e as Error)?.message });
+      toast({ variant: 'destructive', title: 'Cancel failed', description: extractErrorMessage(e) });
     }
   };