observer-98_best-practices

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[drifting ruin]

hey there! the difference between 'refunding' and 'cancelling' payments is laid out in this section

it's only possible to cancel payments that have not yet succeeded

https://docs.stripe.com/refunds?dashboard-or-api=api#cancel-payment

in your flow, it's unclear what parameters you pass to the Create PaymentIntent API in the second step ('Stripe processing a payment'), but the 'Cancel' approach would only be relevant if you were (a) for cards, passing capture_method: 'manual' or (b) using asynchronous payment methods that involve a processing status (such as ACH debit)

for payments in a succeeded status, it's not possible to cancel, so the only option is to refund

[vital girder]

Hi, thank you very much. Now everything is clear 🙌