#mir_subscription-cancellation
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winter oracle
Hey @slender matrix
upbeat geyser
Hi, you can end the trial by passing: https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/update#update_subscription-trial_end. Can you try this when updating the subscription please?
upbeat geyser
Do you have billing settings on your account that specified to cancel the subscription? We document a bit more about subscription trials here: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/trials. Can you check the customer has a payment method saved? Can you share the request if where this happened? Here's how you can find a request ID: https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request
winter oracle
want to allow customers who are currently on a free trial for a subscription to end their trial early, start paying immediately, and continue their subscription with the same price plan. The goal is to charge the customer without canceling their subscription or affecting the recurring billing cycle.
winter oracle
Do you have billing settings on your account that specified to cancel the subscr...
req_oCcJpabyLTjYpt
And req_9vXAOQtMDIiob2
here it charge customer: req_9vXAOQtMDIiob2
here stripe cancel subscription : req_oCcJpabyLTjYpt
upbeat geyser
Taking a look
slender matrixBOT
winter oracle
This might help you to understand
What i Want:
Customer Decides to Pay Early: The customer decides they want to start using the "Pro Plan" immediately without waiting for the trial to end. They want to pay the $10 right now and start the monthly billing.
End Trial and Charge Immediately:
i want to end their free trial immediately, charge them $10 for the current month, and start their subscription.
The customer should be billed immediately for the full $10, and their subscription should continue to bill $10 per month thereafter, as if the trial never existed.
Subscription Continuity:
After this charge, the customer's subscription should remain active with the same price_id (no changes to the plan), and they should continue to be billed $10 per month on the regular billing cycle.
upbeat geyser
I tested this on my end, and passing trial_end: 'now', does not immediately delete the subscription. I'm looking if a setting is at play here, hang tight
honest crow
To be clear, the deletion is not from Stripe? Like that request you shared came from your code
mir_subscription-cancellation
https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_oCcJpabyLTjYpt this is the request you shared. It's not our doing. It's a real API request sent by your code (or a third-party you use) in Node.js
winter oracle
<https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_oCcJpabyLTjYpt> this is the request ...
This was the guidance i was looking for .
i figured it out.
I am using below code:
const updatedSubscription = await newStripe.subscriptions.update(
subscription.id,
{
trial_end: 'now',
billing_cycle_anchor: 'now',
proration_behavior: 'create_prorations',
}
);
sure thing!
winter oracle
What should be ideal:
proration_behavior
and billing_cycle_anchor
values for my case?
THis is my usecase:
What i Want:
Customer Decides to Pay Early: The customer decides they want to start using the "Pro Plan" immediately without waiting for the trial to end. They want to pay the $10 right now and start the monthly billing.
End Trial and Charge Immediately:
i want to end their free trial immediately, charge them $10 for the current month, and start their subscription.
The customer should be billed immediately for the full $10, and their subscription should continue to bill $10 per month thereafter, as if the trial never existed.
Subscription Continuity:
After this charge, the customer's subscription should remain active with the same price_id (no changes to the plan), and they should continue to be billed $10 per month on the regular billing cycle.
honest crow
I mean what you have is totally fine? Just do not cancel that Subscription
honest crow
If you hit another error though I am happy to look but what you mentioned is correct
in a way you technically only need trial_end: 'now'
winter oracle
Okay, one last question: How can I verify if the charge was successful? Should I rely on a webhook to check this, or will I receive any confirmation in the response when I update the subscription?
honest crow
The Subscription has the latest_invoice property which is the id of the most recent Invoice. That Subscription is ending a trial so an Invoice would be issued.
It also has status which shows the current status of the Subscription such as trialing, active or past_due
So what you can do is look at status and also then look at the associated Invoice to see what happened.
And the Invoice itself has a PaymentIntent that would show succeeded or not in its own status.
https://docs.stripe.com/payments-api/tour is a good watch if you haven't already
winter oracle
I can do this:
expand: ['latest_invoice.payment_intent'],
right?
honest crow
exactly!
winter oracle
payment_intent.payment_intent status is success means payment done.
right?
honest crow
yes