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rugged agate
do you have the Invoice ID in_xxx where this happened?
rugged agate
ok. And before I dig too much, your two questions are
- you expected to recieve an
invoice.createdevent but apparently didn't, why? - why is the
billing_reason:subscription:createfor that Invoice?
?
opal trench
Yes, though im more interested in the invoice.finalized event. But for this invoice.created is needed anyway I guess.
rugged agate
ok.
1)
there is both an invoice.created and an invoice.finalized event, they're here :
https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/events/evt_1NZrgOHurCsNkwAvn7KobXus
https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/events/evt_1NZrgOHurCsNkwAvwB4Qk3Tu
Note that here the Invoice is the first Invoice of a subscription(being created through Checkout), and the first invoice of a subscription is created and finalized immediately. https://stripe.com/docs/billing/invoices/subscription#new-subscription-invoices
Then, later, you are issuing a CreditNote to do a refund on the Invoice. That adjusts the Invoice and thus creates an invoice.updated event https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/events/evt_1NZrjVHurCsNkwAvBv1WMyNO
- it's
subscription_createbecause it's the first Invoice of a subscription(being created through Checkout)
opal trench
Ok, so I never receive an actual 'cancellation invoice' but the original invoice is updated to include the cancellation?
I expected to get a distinct invoice for cancellation.
rugged agate
to be honest I never use our CreditNotes API so I know little about it
was there some docs that implied a cancellation invoice should exist?
I appreciate you're probably not using Credit Notes directly, it's just what the Dashboard does when you click whatever buttons you clicked
opal trench
was there some docs that implied a cancellation invoice should exist?
Nothing, i expected that because its a new financial transaction.
opal trench
I appreciate you're probably not using Credit Notes directly, it's just what the...
I used the dashboard indeed, I went to "cancel subscription"
rugged agate
It likely depends how you cancel it really, like there's an option to refund or not. This is just the way the Dashboard has implemented the cancellation logic.
There can be a final invoice if you certain API parameters(https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/cancel#cancel_subscription-invoice_now) . I think the dashboard doesn't create one here because the Credit Note that it creates instead to issue a refund means there is nothing else to charge for.
opal trench
I set to refund in the dashboard but its obviously different than invoice_now
But there is something I really don't understand: I expected 'finalized' means the invoice will never be changed again, that's why I'm so suprised that it was updated.
rugged agate
yep, that is my intuition too
but Credit Notes are an exception and allow for the finalized invoice to be changed
as I said, I never really use them personally but I assume they are useful for certain use cases
to be clear nothing meaningful about the Invoice itself changes as far as I know. The credit note handles the refund, and the Invoice is just updating a specific field on itself : https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/object?lang=java#invoice_object-post_payment_credit_notes_amount
but the lines and other details don't change
https://support.stripe.com/questions/using-credit-notes-with-invoices-in-stripe-billing
opal trench
Probably the credit_note.created event will serve my needs too, I will have to further investigate this. Can I come back to this thread if I get stuck again? Thanks for your help anyway.
dawn sphinx
Hi, I will have to close the thread soon, but feel free to post in the main channel.