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Hi there 👋 yeah, your approach of comparing the current_period_start to start_date is a valid approach. There are some scenarios where those dates may be different even though the Subscription didn't cycle to a new period normally, for instance adding a trial period to an existing Subscription would cause those values to misalign.
You can use Test Clocks to test out your flows in testmode and make sure that check returns the information you want for your flows.
https://docs.stripe.com/billing/testing/test-clocks
Another approach you can consider trying is looking at the latest_invoice on the Subscription:
https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/object#subscription_object-latest_invoice
Then check the billing_reason on that Invoice to see if it's set to subscription_cycle (as opposed to subscription_start)
https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/object#invoice_object-billing_reason
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