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gentle saddleBOT Nov 5, 2025, 9:38 PM

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crawl_best-practices, 1 day ago, 25 messages

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compact pier Nov 5, 2025, 9:38 PM

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Hello there

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You can use test clocks to advance time: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/testing/test-clocks

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 9:46 PM

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compact pier Hello there

could you provide, curl example or anything that could help using this ?
is this in the dashboard ?

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like how do I simulate a subscription_cycle
using the test clock ?

compact pier Nov 5, 2025, 9:48 PM

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Yes it is in the Dashboard and there are API snippets at https://docs.stripe.com/billing/testing/test-clocks/api-advanced-usage?dashboard-or-api=api

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You create a Subscription and advance time past the renewal date

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 9:49 PM

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oh I see,
so i select run sim
then move the sim to past the date, and it should work ?

compact pier Nov 5, 2025, 9:49 PM

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Yep pretty much

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 9:51 PM

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compact pier Yep pretty much

I get this

type: 'StripeRateLimitError',
  raw: {
    message: 'Test clock advancement underway - cannot perform modifications: clock_1SQEXrLM4GHVXwuALGvVvrOX',
    request_log_url: 'https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_7rSgngZJTR8q41?t=1762379409',
    type: 'invalid_request_error',
    headers: {
      server: 'nginx',
      date: 'Wed, 05 Nov 2025 21:50:09 GMT',
      'content-type': 'application/json',
      'content-length': '267',
      connection: 'keep-alive',
      'access-control-allow-credentials': 'true',
      'access-control-allow-methods': 'GET, HEAD, PUT, PATCH, POST, DELETE',
      'access-control-allow-origin': '*',

}

gentle saddleBOT Nov 5, 2025, 9:51 PM

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brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 9:52 PM

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I guess this only work for monthly payment ?

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I selected a year from now

slate wraith Nov 5, 2025, 9:53 PM

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Hi there! I'll be taking over for Bismarck here, who needed to step away

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Usually you get that error when you try to modify a subscription or related objects while a test clock is turning its time forward, which can take a few minutes depending on the complexity of the scenario. Could you try again?

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 9:54 PM

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so my customer is kinda stuck in the future still

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how do I go back to today's date ?

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@slate wraith should I delete and start again ?

slate wraith Nov 5, 2025, 9:55 PM

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You can't turn a test clock back in time; you should start over

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 9:55 PM

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ah okk

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 10:35 PM

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@slate wraith
Ngl I have a hard time with this clock feature, is this stable ?

I just advanced for 1month, on a trial subscription monthly
and now it says that my next invoice is next year in. 2026

acct_1MVFwmLM4GHVXwuA/test/customers/cus_TMzAwJa7S1Vll3

slate wraith Nov 5, 2025, 10:39 PM

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Should be; I use it all the time. Can you share your exact Subscription?

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the id - sub_123

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 10:40 PM

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let me try again once more

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@slate wraith
cus_TMzLRmhlDj9Lhr

sub_1SQFN3LM4GHVXwuATAJecUls

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$21.98 on Dec 5 next invoice

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now I'm advancing for 1 month

and stripe webhook

2025-11-05 17:43:06  <--  [201] POST http://localhost:3000/services/stripe [evt_1SQFPxLM4GHVXwuAC4SYBUry]
2025-11-05 17:43:06   --> test_helpers.test_clock.created [evt_1SQFPyLM4GHVXwuACfwC5n1f]
2025-11-05 17:43:06  <--  [201] POST http://localhost:3000/services/stripe [evt_1SQFPyLM4GHVXwuACfwC5n1f]
2025-11-05 17:43:08   --> invoice.upcoming [evt_1SQFQ0LM4GHVXwuA7jZZ8wyz]
2025-11-05 17:43:08  <--  [201] POST http://localhost:3000/services/stripe [evt_1SQFQ0LM4GHVXwuA7jZZ8wyz]
2025-11-05 17:43:09   --> customer.subscription.trial_will_end [evt_1SQFQ1LM4GHVXwuAXkp5aR4O]
2025-11-05 17:43:09  <--  [201] POST http://localhost:3000/services/stripe [evt_1SQFQ1LM4GHVXwuAXkp5aR4O]
2025-11-05 17:43:11   --> invoice.created [evt_1SQFQ3LM4GHVXwuArVScqe57]
2025-11-05 17:43:11  <--  [201] POST http://localhost:3000/services/stripe [evt_1SQFQ3LM4GHVXwuArVScqe57]
2025-11-05 17:43:11   --> customer.subscription.updated [evt_1SQFQ3LM4GHVXwuAi3W96lnH]
2025-11-05 17:43:11  <--  [201] POST http://localhost:3000/services/stripe [evt_1SQFQ3LM4GHVXwuAi3W96lnH]
2025-11-05 17:43:16   --> test_helpers.test_clock.ready [evt_1SQFQ8LM4GHVXwuAYo3YVhHt]
2025-11-05 17:43:16  <--  [201] POST http://localhost:3000/services/stripe [evt_1SQFQ8LM4GHVXwuAYo3YVhHt]

slate wraith Nov 5, 2025, 10:44 PM

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that clock's time is frozen at 2025-12-05 currently

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 10:44 PM

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no invoice paid

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and then advancing the clock again give me a code error on the listener (webhook)

    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5) {
  type: 'StripeRateLimitError',
  raw: {
    message: 'Test clock advancement underway - cannot perform modifications: clock_1SQFPxLM4GHVXwuApIKrCzIC',
    request_log_url: 'https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_wN0h3H19mwf1HT?t=1762382701',
    type: 'invalid_request_error',
    headers: {

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is this the only way to test a trigger invoice.billing_reason === 'subscription_cycle'?

slate wraith Nov 5, 2025, 10:50 PM

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Without waiting for a month or week to pass, yes.

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Could you summarize what your current problem is, apart from the error?

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 10:51 PM

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when I receive a paid webhook, I'm making modification to the subscription
but it looks like we cannot make modifications to a sub that is in the future

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modifying a subscription that’s attached to a test clock that is currently advancing. While the clock is advancing, all those resources are locked.

slate wraith Nov 5, 2025, 10:53 PM

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that's correct and expected - have you considered adding a delay while you're testing or just doing the requests manually

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 10:53 PM

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hmmmm

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 10:54 PM

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slate wraith that's correct and expected - have you considered adding a delay while you're te...

so you mean, when receiving a invoice paid
I add a delay, wait for the clock to end, then process the invoice paid ?

slate wraith Nov 5, 2025, 10:58 PM

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Right, if you're trying to test webhooks with test clocks. the delay would need to be lengthy

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 10:58 PM

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like how much ?

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a 5min delay ?

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isnt going to hang the webhooks ?

slate wraith Nov 5, 2025, 11:00 PM

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I'd start at 30 seconds

brazen vault Nov 5, 2025, 11:05 PM

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okok

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let me try this

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@slate wraith also, is there a way to replay webhook on the local listener ?

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I could also close my server, and miss the webhook, then replay it 1min later

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oufff, I was able to test everything I wanted

@slate wraith I think something usefull for other dev is to add a copy saying that

you can't modifying a subscription that’s attached to a test clock that is currently advancing. While the clock is advancing, all those resources are locked. api/dashboard
then maybe explain that a turn arround is to accept the webhook but delay of 30sec the processing of it

slate wraith Nov 5, 2025, 11:22 PM

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That's great, glad to hear it

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