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[cobalt dew]

Hi! Do you have the payment ID?

[sullen basin]

Hi Sam, let me check it

Hi Sam, sorry for i waited your for minutes but this is the payment intent: pi_3SPG6xI4OhsE1p4I0jkMD5a0

[cobalt dew]

Thanks! I am just looking into it.

Thanks for waiting! Guest customers are created with Checkout Sessions that don't create or use existing Customer objects. The Express Checkout Element itself doesn't create guest customers.

[sullen basin]

Thanks for the clarification @cobalt dew

And one more thing @cobalt dew , does express checkout element uses checkout sessions api?

from what I've develop, I haven't use any checkout session, only the checkout element directly

[cobalt dew]

If you're creating the Express Checkout Element via Stripe JS (https://docs.stripe.com/js/element/express_checkout_element) then it doesn't use Chekcut Sessions at all.

[sullen basin]

yeah, i've processing payment using the Express Checkout Element via Stripe JS but why does it create a guest customer
from my flowchart in my development
after clicking the button for google pay, the UI show and then select a google pay wallets, in the confirmation part
i created a payment method, then create a client secret, and pass it to confirm payment api

[cobalt dew]

Where do you see a guest customer being created for your flow? Do you also have the guets customer object ID?

[sullen basin]

no, and i haven't pass any customer id in the request, we just happen to see the guest customer in the transaction in stripe dashboard
and in that customer, the payment method is being saved
we just want to confirm something that is it always create a guest customer for this if no customer attach to the api request

this is the guest customer id: gcus_1S3p72I4OhsE1p4IkuZQJJRb

[cobalt dew]

Aoologies as I was testing this. Using Express Checkout Element doesn't create a guest customer. But we do collate payments under guest customers: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout/guest-customers#grouping-guest-customers

So the charge was added to a guest customer due to some combination of data