#deathnfudge_best-practices
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pearl mango
hi there, unfortunately I don't believe there is any way to finalize subscription invoices manually. the closest we have is setting collection_method to send_invoice, but even that will only delay finalization by an hour. I would suggest testing your flow fully in sandboxes to confirm that it's working correctly for you. you can use test clocks to simulate the passage of time https://docs.stripe.com/billing/testing/test-clocks
granite coral
Ok. Thanks.
Is there a way to set what date the invoices are finalized or is that automatically set?
The test one I'm looking at says it will charge on March 5. Is that what we can expect typically? 5 days in? I'll experiment some more but wanting to give our accounting team proper expectations.
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worldly owl
Hi there. I'll be taking over for denton here
So as denton said, I don't think you can completely avoid finalization but we do have a newish feature called 'grace periods' that gives you a larger window before finalization on Subscription invoices to allow you do do business logic
Invoices are finalized according to the Subscription's billing cycle anchor and the interval of the price. we have a guide that talks about that here:
Also I highly recommend our test clocks feature for testing your subscription flows end-to-end to ensure that you're getting the behavior you think you're getting. https://docs.stripe.com/billing/testing/test-clocks