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storm fjordBOT Feb 20, 2025, 4:41 PM

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hume-jacob_api, 11 minutes ago, 33 messages

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tough cypress Feb 20, 2025, 4:41 PM

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Sorry to reopen, the old one got closed: #dev-help message

hearty yarrow Feb 20, 2025, 4:41 PM

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Hey again

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Yeah threads close after a period of inactivity, just fyi

tough cypress Feb 20, 2025, 4:42 PM

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I looked in the dashboard, but I didn't see anything there which I think makes sense in the checkout flow; when I use a declined card it doesn't let me add it as a payment method at all

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I tried a handful of them but maybe one of them would allow me to save, and then create a subscription against it

hearty yarrow Feb 20, 2025, 4:42 PM

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Are you using mode: setup for your Checkout Session?

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I assumed you are using mode: subscription

tough cypress Feb 20, 2025, 4:43 PM

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using mode: subscription

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I sort of suspect the original user may have used a real credit card in test mode, perhaps that does that (and then the subscription never has its invoice paid because it's not allowed to really charge real money in test mode)

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I could try that but it feels a little icky to use a valid card in test mode

hearty yarrow Feb 20, 2025, 4:45 PM

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The PaymentMethod won't be saved but the Subscription will still be created here.

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Can you share a Checkout Session ID that you tested with?

storm fjordBOT Feb 20, 2025, 4:45 PM

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tough cypress Feb 20, 2025, 4:46 PM

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So I think the other theory here is that I can't do it because I have an (what the UI calls active, but it's been cancelled and the period isn't up yet) subscription and I can't delete that payment method because it's still "active"

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If you think that's plausible I could probably create a new account to get into a more fresh state for checkout

safe brook Feb 20, 2025, 4:47 PM

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HI 👋

I'm stepping in as my colleague needs to go soon

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It looks like you are attempting to continue a conversation but it's not clear to me what your current question actually is.

Would you mind restating the current question regarding your Checkout Sessions?

storm fjordBOT Feb 20, 2025, 4:49 PM

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tough cypress Feb 20, 2025, 4:50 PM

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Basically, I'm trying to recreate a situation I had in test, with a Checkout Session, but I've not been able to yet. Someone was able to create a subscription but instead of using a valid card and having it go to status = active immediately, it stayed as incomplete and eventually lapsed to incomplete_expired and I'm wondering if there's a reliable way to get in that state in testing again to make sure I've handled this state transition correctly in my webhooks integration

storm fjordBOT Feb 20, 2025, 4:51 PM

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safe brook Feb 20, 2025, 4:52 PM

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You can use a test card for declined payments here. Another useful approach is when 3DS is required and we have test cards for that here

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For the 3DS case, you would click the "fail" option in the authentication modal window.

tough cypress Feb 20, 2025, 4:53 PM

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I can try that 3DS one

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Right now the issue I think I'm having is that I have a subscription already and I'm trying to change the payment method, but none of the declined cards work because (rightfully so) when I update to add a declined card it says it can't do it.

safe brook Feb 20, 2025, 4:55 PM

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We have a specific number that will successfully attach to a customer be fail when you attempt to charge it. That number is 4000000000000341

tough cypress Feb 20, 2025, 4:56 PM

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Ooh let me try that

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Going to try it on the newly created account

safe brook Feb 20, 2025, 5:06 PM

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Newly created Account? Or Customer?

tough cypress Feb 20, 2025, 5:08 PM

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Sorry, on your end it's going to be a new Customer, just so I'm not in a weird state from my own normal testing account/customer

safe brook Feb 20, 2025, 5:09 PM

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Okay, that makes sense

tough cypress Feb 20, 2025, 5:12 PM

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Alright, using the 4000000000000341 worked for me to get into the state I was looking for. Perhaps one of the other ones would have too, I think it was just complicated by the fact that I had an active subscription on that customer, but when I switched to a new customer, I could do it fairly easily.

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So I think I'm good here for now, thank you all!

safe brook Feb 20, 2025, 5:14 PM

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Great 🎉 I'm glad you can reproduce that odd state and I hope it allows you to design your integration to handle it effectively.

tough cypress Feb 20, 2025, 5:15 PM

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Thanks!

safe brook Feb 20, 2025, 5:17 PM

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Happy to help 🙂 It's why we're here.

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