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[crystal osprey]

      billing_address_collection: 'required',
      line_items: [
        {
          price: priceId,
          quantity: 1,
        },
      ],
      customer: customerId,
      mode: 'subscription',
      success_url: `someURL`,
      cancel_url: `someURL `,
      allow_promotion_codes: true,
      customer_update: {
        address: 'auto',
        name: 'auto',
      },
      subscription_data: {
        // billing_cycle_anchor: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 30,
        proration_behavior: 'none',
      },
    })```

This is my code currently for reference

[proven dust]

Can you share the request ID (req_xxx) of your request? Here’s how you can find it: https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

[crystal osprey]

req_Sa3li5toKca3cf

This was my last failed attempt

I have given my code for reference too

If I set the billing cycle anchor, it shows me that 0.00$ is due today and 0.10$ (product price) will be charged in the same date.

[proven dust]

With reference to the Checkout Session creation request: https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_Id5BKcxX9rLPmF, it's different from the code you showed. For example, I don't see subscription_data.proration_behavior in your actual request

[crystal osprey]

Let me create a new request right now and give you a new request I.

req_yGPgxJUQliSfhZ

The post body now has both billing cycle and the proration behaviour

[proven dust]

https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_yGPgxJUQliSfhZ showed the billing_cycle_anchor to be 1715564032 (2024-05-13 01:33:52) which was ~30 seconds seconds after the creation request at 1715564003 (2024-05-13 01:33:23)

https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/subscriptions/sub_1PFnluGei7MrDZax1ZdsssLM looks expected to me.

The billing cycle is set to a few seconds later, i.e. the next invoice will be billed only the specified timestamp with reference to billing_cycle_anchor. The initial checkout session will show the amount at the time of creation, i.e. $0 at that point

[crystal osprey]

If I want it to be charged immediately as the customer enters their card on the screen and charge monthly thereafter. How do I configure my payload ?

If I send an empty subscription_data object it will add today's invoice and the next month's invoice and bill it to the customer.

Whereas, I want the customer to pay $0.10 today and then get charged in a recurring manner

This is what I see when I send an empty subscription object:

For your reference : req_WtH7Et4gYHvOr9

I want to charge the customer's card then and there?

[proven dust]

If you want to charge the customer today and charge month afterwards, there is no need to set subscription_data.billing_cycle_anchor and subscription_data.proration_behavior

https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_WtH7Et4gYHvOr9 looks fine to me

Customer will be billed $0.10 every month afterwards

[crystal osprey]

The customer should be billed 0.10 today as well

[proven dust]

I'd recommend using test clock https://docs.stripe.com/billing/testing/test-clocks to advance the time and check how the subscription works

[crystal osprey]

That is what I am not being able to configure

It shows me 0.00 was paid today when I navigate to the customer

[proven dust]

Can you try a larger amount (more than $0.50) for your price? If the minimum amount is not met, it'll be billed to the next invoice: https://docs.stripe.com/currencies#minimum-and-maximum-charge-amounts

[crystal osprey]

This was it

Is this mentioned anywhere in the checkout session page and I missed ?

[proven dust]

This isn't explicit mentioned for Checkout Session specifically. The minimum amount is applied to all payment integrations by Stripe

[crystal osprey]

Thank you very much. Solves this issue.