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woven jasperBOT Mar 2, 2023, 6:09 PM

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open bane Mar 2, 2023, 6:09 PM

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Hmmm, how far apart are the 2 Setup Intents being created?

native pond Mar 2, 2023, 6:10 PM

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~50 seconds apart

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open bane Mar 2, 2023, 6:11 PM

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Those wouldn't be created by Stripe as far as I can tell, so it's likely that your integration is calling the API twice

native pond Mar 2, 2023, 6:12 PM

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ok i'll look into it! by the way, I'm seeing a lot of chatter in the channel about Subscriptions creating SetupIntents. Is this only applicable when the Subscription is a trial?

open bane Mar 2, 2023, 6:13 PM

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That's a common case for creating a Payment Method when Subscriptions are trialing (since that doesn't happen by default)

native pond Mar 2, 2023, 6:24 PM

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just curious, how bad is it to have this extra SetupIntent?

fair star Mar 2, 2023, 6:30 PM

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Hello! I'm taking over and catching up...

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Ah, it sounds like you're seeing the pending_setup_intent created by the Subscription: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/object#subscription_object-pending_setup_intent

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It's advisable to use that one if you can, but if that doesn't work for your flow you can ignore it. You don't need to do anything to clean them up or anything.

native pond Mar 2, 2023, 6:44 PM

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thanks @fair star that's a relief!

In the subscriptions guide it states:

Stripe automatically creates SetupIntents for subscriptions that don’t require an initial payment

I was thinking this does not apply to my scenario, since I'm creating a subscription with an initial payment. (although to be more precise, the initial payment in my scenario is $0.00)

Am I misinterpreting the above statement? Or is it just out of date?

fair star Mar 2, 2023, 6:45 PM

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That statement is correct. We don't consider a Subscription that requires $0.00 to be a payment. You can't really pay someone $0. 🙂

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Every Subscription, paid or not, will generate an initial Invoice. Some of them will be for $0, and will not require payment.

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