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strange raftBOT Feb 7, 2025, 8:45 AM

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worthy stirrup Feb 7, 2025, 8:51 AM

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hello! Usage based billing doesn't support proration, so what you want to do is unlikely to work : https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/prorations#when-prorations-are-applied

Prorations

Use Stripe Billing to manage how your customers are charged for partial use of their subscriptions.

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let me think if there's a way to achieve what you want

rose geyser Feb 7, 2025, 8:51 AM

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i just wanna backdate the upgrade

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am i able to add a subscription item backdated + cancel the usage for the first item?

strange raftBOT Feb 7, 2025, 9:02 AM

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pulsar star Feb 7, 2025, 9:03 AM

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Depends when the meter events were created as they're immutable after 24 hours. You'd need to create a negative event to offset the usage you want to 'cancel'

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This should all be explained here I think: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/usage-based/manage-billing-setup

Manage your usage-based billing setup

Use Stripe Billing to create your usage-based billing model and then handle related tasks, such as canceling subscriptions, making mid-cycle updates, and backdating subscriptions when you create them.

rose geyser Feb 7, 2025, 9:08 AM

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okay, i can do the negative event thing

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i see that i can backdate a subscription and it'll pick up the usage, but can you backdate a subscription item?

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i sure hope rate cards makes this easier to deal with

pulsar star Feb 7, 2025, 9:10 AM

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rose geyser i see that i can backdate a subscription and it'll pick up the usage, but can yo...

You'd use proration_date in the update call: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/backdating#backdating-update

Backdate subscriptions

Learn how to backdate subscriptions.

rose geyser Feb 7, 2025, 9:10 AM

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and that would work to pick up the usage?

pulsar star Feb 7, 2025, 9:11 AM

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I don't think so:

On future invoices, we reflect only usage that occurs after the update. For example, say you have a monthly subscription that you switch from price A to price B on 16 January. At the end of the month, the invoice includes usage from 16 January to 31 January at price B. Usage from 1 January to 16 January isn’t billed.

I'd recommend just testing all this out. It's a pretty unique edge case that I'm not familiar with

rose geyser Feb 7, 2025, 9:12 AM

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kk i'll do so

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i don't know how we managed to paint ourselves into a corner where our whole billing system is a fat edge case

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thanks for your help!

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