benoit-subscription-trial | Stripe Developers | Page 1

stable copperBOT Jul 31, 2023, 5:18 PM

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ivory plinth Jul 31, 2023, 5:19 PM

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Hi 👋

Can you share the API request ID for the request that creates this Subscription?

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

stable copperBOT Jul 31, 2023, 5:19 PM

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dense veldt Jul 31, 2023, 5:20 PM

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Hi !

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Seems to be that one : req_GYtxqodddCyHmJ

ivory plinth Jul 31, 2023, 5:21 PM

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There are no trial settings on that request: https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_GYtxqodddCyHmJ

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You will want to pass trial_period_days with a value of 7 to get the outcome you are looking for. https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-trial_period_days

simple blade Jul 31, 2023, 5:23 PM

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benoit-subscription-trial

dense veldt Jul 31, 2023, 5:24 PM

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I never had to specify the trial period, as i have defined it when i created the plan (long time ago). It worked before i update my code to use the Stripe Payment Element form

simple blade Jul 31, 2023, 5:25 PM

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@dense veldt https://stripe.com/docs/upgrades#2018-05-21

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specifically this change:

When creating or updating subscriptions, the default value of trial_from_plan is now false, meaning that a subscription will not automatically inherit a plan’s trial_period_days. If a subscription is already trialing, switching to a new plan without specifying trial_from_plan will maintain the trial. We recommend setting an explicit trial per subscription instead of setting trials on plans.

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My guess is that you recently upgraded your integration to use the most recent version of stripe-node which is pinned to the latest API version by default which would include this change from 5 years ago.

dense veldt Jul 31, 2023, 5:26 PM

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Indeed, i upgraded from v6 to v12.10.0

simple blade Jul 31, 2023, 5:27 PM

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Looking at your requests, you were already using that version back in June so it's not recent at least

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But yeah when you switched you missed that the latest version is pinned to the latest API version and I assume you used to have a really old API version

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That would apply to all your API requests which also would change the shape/behaviour

dense veldt Jul 31, 2023, 5:27 PM

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i was on the NPM Stripe v6 until this May

simple blade Jul 31, 2023, 5:29 PM

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Look at the changelog: https://github.com/stripe/stripe-node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
The most recent version for v6 is 6.36.0 https://github.com/stripe/stripe-node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#6360---2019-05-14 which was released in May 2019, over 4 years ago
You just jumped to v12 which is recent so you jumped through 4 years of numerous API changes and breaking changes

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https://github.com/stripe/stripe-node/wiki has the list of all migration guides

dense veldt Jul 31, 2023, 5:30 PM

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Yes, i jumped to v12.10.0 this May

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(But i never tried to subscribed to my old "trialed" plans, that's why i didn"t see my problem)

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Could you tell we why the trial period is still possible to set via the Dashboard, if this trial period cannot be used by default when i subscribe to the plan via the API ?

simple blade Jul 31, 2023, 5:33 PM

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Mostly for old compatibility for old platforms/code that relies on this.

dense veldt Jul 31, 2023, 5:33 PM

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Ok, like mine until some month ago

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Ok, i understand, i will do what must be done, thank you very much for your answers !

simple blade Jul 31, 2023, 5:39 PM

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Sure thing, sorry this was confusing, it's tough when you just many major versions at once without realizing the impact

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