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pseudo salmonBOT Jul 1, 2024, 2:27 PM

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earnest helm Jul 1, 2024, 2:27 PM

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eager cobalt Jul 1, 2024, 2:27 PM

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Hello

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The Invoice PDF is frozen once it is finalized. That is due to regulatory matteres with how Invoices work.

earnest helm Jul 1, 2024, 2:28 PM

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Here's extra screenshots from the problem. The first one is a generated invoice from Cashier Stripe. "Amount due" is the direct value of amount_due from the Stripe object.

eager cobalt Jul 1, 2024, 2:28 PM

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So none of that information changes, regardless of the acutal status of the Invoice

earnest helm Jul 1, 2024, 2:29 PM

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@eager cobalt I don't understand sorry. This hasn't gotten anything to do with the info on the invoice. It's the combination of paid and amount_due that's not expected.

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If the info is frozen, then why is it different in the stripe dashboard?

eager cobalt Jul 1, 2024, 2:31 PM

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Because the Stripe Dashboard can be dynamic -- it is not dictated by regulatory matters so it does update.

earnest helm Jul 1, 2024, 2:32 PM

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So, if I get that right, the amount due on stripe dashboard is a dynamically computed value?

eager cobalt Jul 1, 2024, 2:32 PM

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Yes

earnest helm Jul 1, 2024, 2:32 PM

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If so, how does Stripe determine it? Can it be accessed through the invoice object? And if not, how would you recommend we mimic this behavior?

eager cobalt Jul 1, 2024, 2:33 PM

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The amount_due should be returned dynamically via the API as well: https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/object#invoice_object-amount_due

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Are you not seeing that?

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It should only be the actual PDF itself that is frozen

earnest helm Jul 1, 2024, 2:34 PM

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@eager cobalt that's what I'm trying to explain (please see above). amount_due is 1000 for me, not 0 as indicated in the stripe dashboard. See in_1PXhAH4MjUVeuXeNXVXdglQI

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It's indeed the value of the invoice pdf

eager cobalt Jul 1, 2024, 2:35 PM

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Ah wait I might be wrong and that API value is also frozen. One moment let me double check

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Okay yeah sorry, we do not mutate that value in the API either

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So you would actually need to calculate this yourself by looking at whether it is paid or not

earnest helm Jul 1, 2024, 2:38 PM

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Right gotcha. Thanks for clearing that up @eager cobalt

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Just for the record: the invoice object represents the invoice PDF which is the document meant for a company's bookkeeping?

eager cobalt Jul 1, 2024, 2:39 PM

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Yeah pretty much

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(It is also meant for the Customer so not just the company's bookkeeping)

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