#kostas-sioupoulis_code
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willow rivet
Hi! Can you elaborate more on what you mean by:
Does the current_period change when I cancel the renewal of the subcription and re-enable it?
fair laurel
I mean that for some reason the current_period_end seems to change when I modify a stripe subscription
willow rivet
Modify how? Specifically what are you modifying?
An example API request would help (req_xxx)
fair laurel
modify like this for example if request:
subscription = stripe.Subscription.modify(
stripe_subscription.subscription_id,
payment_behavior = 'pending_if_incomplete',
items=[{
'id': subscription['items']['data'][0].id,
'price': stripe_price.id,
}],
proration_behavior= proration_behavior,
proration_date=request.session['proration_date'],
)
else:
subscription = stripe.Subscription.modify(
stripe_subscription.subscription_id,
payment_behavior = 'pending_if_incomplete',
items=[{
'id': subscription['items']['data'][0].id,
'price': stripe_price.id,
}],
proration_behavior=proration_behavior,
)
So you're downgrading/upgrading the items, yes? What is the value of proration_behavior?
fair laurel
it is set dynamically if renewal:
proration_behavior = 'none'
else:
proration_behavior = 'always_invoice'
subscription = stripe.Subscription.modify(
stripe_subscription.subscription_id,
cancel_at_period_end=cancel_at_period_end,
)
willow rivet
Seems expected then as if you prorate then we will reset the billing anchor and start a new period
fair laurel
Is there a way to not do that?
willow rivet
Can you share an example request ID (req_xxx) where the period reset unexpectedly
fair laurel
Yes give me one second to find one.
It should be the last request on this subcription sub_1P3FydIqJXTh2k1UQHDTq0ZZ
willow rivet
fair laurel
Actually it was this one. https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_VRIXFHCAtIhcdB
What I want to acheive is re-enable the renewal of a customer's subcription without updating the billing period
willow rivet
I don't understand what you mean by 're-enable'? That request there updates the item from a free plan to a paid plan
We'll always immediately bill in those scenarios:
From a subscription that doesn’t require payment (for example, due to a trial or free subscription) to a paid subscription
https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/upgrade-downgrade#immediate-payment
fair laurel
Okey I see, there is no way to overrule that?
Because in my implementation a stripe subscription is linked to multiple products in my site , for which the user can cancel the renewal of them
willow rivet
You can leverage a 'free trial' so that the billing anchor is fixed: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/billing-cycle#add-a-trial-to-change-the-billing-cycle
fair laurel
Okey I see, there is no way to overrule that?
So I just edit the price of the subcription.
willow rivet
No, not without additional parameters (linked above)
fair laurel
Okay, is there a way to not invoice when changing from a 0 amount price to a 10$ (for example) price subcription??
willow rivet
You can leverage a 'free trial' so that the billing anchor is fixed: https://doc...
I just told you how
The issue is that the billing cycle resets immediately and we send an invoice for the new plan. If you want to persist the current billing cycle, then you need to trick it by including a trial period in your update that ends at the current billing cycle
fair laurel
Okayy, I think I get it.
willow rivet
That, or you can use a schedule to set the update to occur at a time in the future: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules/use-cases#upgrading-subscriptions
fair laurel
Thank you very much for your help.
Something that is related to this in consideration to my implementation
Is there a way to set the amount of the subcription that I want to be renewed at the end of the billing cycle? Instead of changing the subcription price
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willow rivet
What do you mean by 'amount of the subscription'?
You can't apply a fixed cost to renew though. It's a sum of all the items etc
You can of course apply a discount to reduce the amount
fair laurel
I mean my subscription price is actually a sum of the vms my customer buys.
Say for example 50 X 5 but if he chooses that he wants to renew only 4 of them then I change the price of the subscription to 50 X 4
willow rivet
Then you'd set the items[][quantity] to be 4 in your update
narrow meteor
👋 taking over for my colleague. Let me know if there's any follow-up Qs I can answer!