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burnt ospreyBOT Oct 5, 2022, 10:41 PM

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tribal token Oct 5, 2022, 10:43 PM

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Hi, the default behavior is to create_prorations: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-proration_behavior

topaz tusk Oct 5, 2022, 10:43 PM

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thank you

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I have another question

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if I define proration_behaviour as always_invoice in an invoice preview it means that the upcoming invoice will be the invoice created by the prorations?

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and not the new billing cycle invoice?

tribal token Oct 5, 2022, 10:47 PM

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What does 'not the new billing cycle invoice' mean?

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Are you passing a billing_cycle_anchor, https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/billing-cycle#changing?

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Can you add more details to ensure that I'm providing the best answer?

topaz tusk Oct 5, 2022, 10:55 PM

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I want to get the upcoming invoice of a subscription

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in case I provide proration_behaviour as always_invoice does it mean that the upcoming invoice that I will get will be the invoice immediately created by prorations

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?

tribal token Oct 5, 2022, 10:58 PM

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Ah I see, I'll need to test this in my test environment.

topaz tusk Oct 5, 2022, 10:58 PM

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ok thanks

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please let me know

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Also I wanted to ask why every time I change the quantity I get two invoice items respectively:
Unused time on 5 × Custom Single Seats after 05 Oct 2022
Remaining time on 6 × Custom Single Seats after 05 Oct 2022.

In this case I changed the quantity from 5 to 6

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Why not getting only one invoice item that says:
Remaining time on 1 × Custom Single Seats after 05 Oct 2022.

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because we just incremented the quantity by 1

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if we would increment for example by 3:
Remaining time on 3 × Custom Single Seats after 05 Oct 2022.

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wouldn't it be more clear to the customer when he checks the invoice?

tribal token Oct 5, 2022, 11:18 PM

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I suspected this would be the case but I had to confirm... When you set proration_behavior: 'always_invoice' while updating a Subscription, the prorated amount would be invoiced and the upcoming invoice would be for the next billing cycle.

maiden oriole Oct 5, 2022, 11:19 PM

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I just tried and to me results the opposite

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while using always_invoice I get the prorated amount as invoice total

tribal token Oct 5, 2022, 11:20 PM

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Can you share the request id with me? Here's how you can find a request ID: https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

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I'm happy to further investigate once I have the request_id here.

topaz tusk Oct 5, 2022, 11:25 PM

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sure

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req_Ihvppf955IT3lG

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as you can see the subtotal is equal to the subscription item price amount - unused amount

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so it means that the upcoming invoice represents the prorated invoice amount and not the next billing invoice amount

tribal token Oct 5, 2022, 11:31 PM

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Comparing it to my request

maiden oriole Oct 5, 2022, 11:35 PM

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ok

tribal token Oct 5, 2022, 11:38 PM

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It looks like there a discount that was deleted from the subscription which is not what I my test did https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_frcegiegmAQegL

Can you share the exact flow you're goinng through so I can accurately try reproducing it?

maiden oriole Oct 5, 2022, 11:40 PM

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you can do a test in general

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to add a new subscription item

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to a subscription

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and check the upcoming invoice amount

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Is it the total billing cycle subscription amount or just the prorated amount

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would this be doable?

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and please tell about this

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lunar pawn Oct 5, 2022, 11:55 PM

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elBR-proration-preview

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👋 taking over, I'm happy to help but I'm struggling a bit to understand your real question

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But if you go from quantity 1 to quantity 2 and pass proration_behavior: 'always_invoice' then that Invoice would just contain the proration for the quantity change and be created/cut immediately yes

maiden oriole Oct 6, 2022, 12:01 AM

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Instead I get always two invoice items when I change the quantity from 1 to 2. I am referring to changing the subscription item’s quantity of an occurring subscription

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one that says unused time and one remaining time as I wrote before

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the amount is ok for the invoice

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but I don’t understand why the calculation is made in that way

lunar pawn Oct 6, 2022, 12:02 AM

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I'm sorry I don't really follow

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You have a $100 Price monthly. mid month you switch to a $450 Price. We owe the customer $50 in credit (what they overpaid for the first Price) and they owe you $225 (half the new Price)

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that creates 2 separate items

maiden oriole Oct 6, 2022, 12:04 AM

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is not the case

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as I told I am not switching

lunar pawn Oct 6, 2022, 12:04 AM

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you are

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you are switching the quantity, it works the exact same way

maiden oriole Oct 6, 2022, 12:05 AM

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I am just adding a new subscription item

lunar pawn Oct 6, 2022, 12:05 AM

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so you have Price A and then you add Price B mid-month?

maiden oriole Oct 6, 2022, 12:06 AM

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if the quantity is 50 and the customer decides to go to 55 than we can tell in the invoice that the amount he has to pay is remaining time for 5 items

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why we should tell:
this is for unused 50 itemes and this is for remaining 55

lunar pawn Oct 6, 2022, 12:06 AM

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so you do increase the quantity?

maiden oriole Oct 6, 2022, 12:06 AM

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we can just tell 5

lunar pawn Oct 6, 2022, 12:07 AM

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sure

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we can

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we don't though

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Like your approach could work, it's just not how we built this

maiden oriole Oct 6, 2022, 12:07 AM

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ok

lunar pawn Oct 6, 2022, 12:09 AM

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So you have to always get 2 line items, it's always how we do this

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