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cyan nova
HI 👋
We don't have much insight into how these balances operate specifically. If you can share the API request ID for the payout creation I can take a look at that but for Account balance questions you will likely need to talk to Support https://support.stripe.com/contact
outer bolt
will this work for test environments?
cyan nova
Will what work? What specifically are you trying to do here?
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outer bolt
As I mentioned, I am testing stripe connect payout, and I am doing so locally, on my machine, in test mode (Stripe dashboard). I created a small application from which I created a customer and a connect account. I then initiated a payment intent from the customer to the connect account, resulting in the transfer funds to the connect account. I then tried to initiate a payout using stripe.payout.create (https://docs.stripe.com/api/payouts/create) and the payout failed.
rocky junco
👋 stepping in
As you noted above, the Connected Account only currently has instantly available balance
So to make a payout you would use method: 'instant': https://docs.stripe.com/api/payouts/create#create_payout-method
outer bolt
rocky junco
Otherwise you would need to wait for funds to become available to create a standard payout
outer bolt
The first image shows the error thrown by stripe's api when I initiate a payout
The second image shows the connect account's balance
outer bolt
Thank you, let me try it out
Is there a reason as to why all the connect accounts have instant balances, instead of regular balances?
rocky junco
They have both, as Instant Payouts are supported. You can read about Instant Payouts here: https://docs.stripe.com/payouts/instant-payouts#compare-instant-payouts-to-standard-payouts
outer bolt
Now I am getting this error: " Error: instant is not a supported method for payouts to a bank_account external account.
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rocky junco
Ah yeah that is true
You can see which ones support it here: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/instant-payouts#external-account-eligibility
This is all explained in that doc