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Now with confirm = false, I'm following this flow: Create Payment Intent (BE) -> Generate PaymentElement (FE) -> Confirm Payment

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This is correct and recommended

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Creating a PaymentIntent with confirm=true, meaning you want to both creating and confirming at the same time, hence require a PaymentMethod (a Payment Method is required anyway when you want to confirm)

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it's used in this flow (https://stripe.com/docs/payments/accept-a-payment-synchronously?platform=web) which is not recommended

Finalize payments on the server

Learn how to confirm a payment on your server and handle card authentication requests.

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That way you create collect Card Information beforehand, then pass to server and let server handle both creation and confirmation at the same time based on the provided PaymentMethod Id

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