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[wide latch]

hi there!

is you set the payment method as the default one, then will be used for all future invoice of that customer. unless you already set a default payment method on the subscription itself, in which case it has priority.

[hoary thunder]

Hi Soma, got it!

So basically I can remove default_payment_method from here

const subscription = await stripe.subscriptions.create({
            customer: customerId,
            items: [{ price }],
            trial_period_days: trialPeriodDays,
            default_payment_method: paymentMethod,
            promotion_code: promotionCodeId,
            collection_method: "charge_automatically",
            automatic_tax: {
                enabled: true
            }
        });

... and Stripe will just use the customer default payment method?

[wide latch]

yes

and you can update the default payment method for existing subscriptions if needed

[hoary thunder]

Okay,

1. This way I can solve this problem for future users ✅
2. For the customer who has reported this issue, I can also manually change the payment method in the Stripe dashboard ✅
3. However, now we have like 100 customers and we've always set default_payment_method: paymentMethod, in every subscription. This means if they try to change their credit card, they will encounter the same issue as the customer who has reported it.

3a) is there a way to "unassign" the default payment method from each subscription and let each customer use their default customer payment method? Because I didn't find a way in the Stripe dashboard.
3b) or would the only solution be to always update the Stripe Subscription default payment method as well whenever the customer changes their payment method?

I hope you can understand my problem...

[wide latch]

is there a way to "unassign" the default payment method from each subscription
yes, but you need to use the Stripe API.

[hoary thunder]

Got it. Can I simply pass undefined to unassign it?

const subscription = await stripe.subscriptions.update(subscriptionId, {
    default_payment_method: undefined,
});

[wide latch]

no, you need to pass empty string ""

[hoary thunder]

Got it! That's all. I appreciate the help 🙏