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[native marten]

hi there!

can you share the request ID (req_xxx)? you can find it here https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs

[flint geode]

req_5NTQz6WzKoqvpr

[native marten]

the error message is pretty clear: you can't change the price itself

[flint geode]

so what can i do to update the price?

[native marten]

you can't. but you could add a new line item to the Invoice.

can you explain in more detail what is your use case?

[flint geode]

i want to update the invoice if there is any change in price with a new price id whenever our server receive invoice.created event

[native marten]

I don't really understand. but like mentioned above, you can't change the price itself, but you coudl add a new price to the invoice if needeD.

[flint geode]

i checked this docs, which mentions the price parameter here https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoiceitems/update

[native marten]

but how was your invoice created? by a subscription?

[flint geode]

yes with subscription cycle

[native marten]

then yes, you can't update the price

[flint geode]

When a customer is charged in a subscription cycle, but what if we've updated price for a subscription so we are fetching the subscription from our DB and if there is updated price then on every invoice.created webhook, we want to update the price.

on invoice.created event we checks if there is any updated price from our DB and if its there, then we want to update the invoice with the new price

[flint geode]

Is this clear now?

[native marten]

but what if we've updated price for a subscription so we are fetching the subscription from our DB and if there is updated price then on every invoice.created webhook, we want to update the price.
I don't understand. can you explain, step-by-step, with a concrete example?

[flint geode]

For example, let’s say we are currently charging $10 per subscription cycle. If we decide to increase the amount to $15 starting from the next cycle, we want to make sure that the next invoice reflects the updated amount instead of the old $10 charge.

To achieve this, whenever we update the subscription price, we create a new price object with the new amount (to maintain reference to previous price). When Stripe generates the next invoice for the upcoming subscription cycle, we update the subscription to use the new price, ensuring the customer is charged the correct, updated amount.

[pliant hamlet]

You'd need to update the subscription to the new price before the next billing cycle invoice

You're doing it the wrong way

Is this a user chosen upgrade, or are you just increasing the subscription price?

[flint geode]

we are increasing the subscription price

[pliant hamlet]

OK so if you want that to happen on a specific date (e.g. end of the next cycle) you should probably leverage a schedule to handle that: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules

But you shouldn't wait for the subscription to transition into a new period, generate the invoice and then update the sub

[flint geode]

ok . got it

so does this method allows us to update all subscription with a price id?

[pliant hamlet]

Yes, you'd 'schedule' the upgrade to occur at the end of a phase (i.e. current period)

[flint geode]

ok