#dorian_subscription-events
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hearty plank
@spark nacelle yes default_incomplete is what you want, and you'd get customer.subscription.updated.
I highly recommend justing testing this yourself end to end to self-serve an answer, it's likely as fast as asking us here
dorian_subscription-events
spark nacelle
Thnaks. Your answer was faster! 😄
hearty plank
I know, but still was important to say, as the developer it's good to self-serve most instead of just asking us
spark nacelle
Thnaks again
spark nacelle
Follow up question please @hearty plank - if payment fails, is tehre an option to retry x times before eventually canceling the sub?
hearty plank
you can retry for up to 24 hours, that's how long the incomplete status last. The idea is to use this when the customer is right there, on your app/website, trying to pay, where you can tell them if the payment failed
spark nacelle
Sorry another question. If I set the payment_behavior to default_incomplete, will Stripe still attempt to change the invoice automatically? I just tested this and I didnt see the payment attempted.
But I didnt pass the ollection_method=charge_automatically parameter - is that why?
hearty plank
I don't really get the question sorry
spark nacelle
I am running our subscription activation as a nightly cron job. The user isnt logged in at the time. So when I run the job, I want the subscription to be created and the payment method to be charged. But I only want the subscription to be activated if the payment attempt is successful.
hearty plank
Okay then yes payment_behavior: 'allow_incomplete' would work in that case
Make sure that your Customer object has a default_payment_method set, since that's what is used to pay the first Invoice
spark nacelle
Ah allow_incomplete, not default_incomplete. That will cause the payment to be charged immediately?
hearty plank
it would make us attempt to charge and it if fails it'd go to incomplete
hearty plank
yay!
spark nacelle
Great thanks
What status will the sub be in when you are attempting to charge the payment method? Espeically applicable for us_bank_account when processing takes days.
I can test that dont worry
Thanks again
hearty plank
yeah the whole "incomplete" flow only works for synchronous payment methods like card or Link.
spark nacelle
Oh so I can't pass a us_bank_account payment method and an allow_incomplete?
hearty plank
you can but it will mostly move to active in that case I think
spark nacelle
OK I'll test it thanks
Seems like maybe I should use Link instead of us_bank_account? I havent looked into Link yet.
hearty plank
us_bank_account is ACH Debit, Link is our own wallet (Stripe's)
spark nacelle
Right ok. And processes immediately. Presumably fees are higher?
hearty plank
Link fees are closer to card yes see https://stripe.com/pricing but I don't know much about fees
spark nacelle
OK thanks again! You are always very helpful.