Nadiya-subscription

[deft haven]

Hi! If you set the default_payment_method for the customer or subscription, then the following payments for the subscription should be done automatically.

Could you share a subscription ID where this happened (sub_xxx)?

[minor gorge]

sub_1KRaGQKWW6Esfew4fZnDXsVx

[deft haven]

This subscription belongs to a customer without a default payment method set, so it's expected that the following payment will fail.

So you need to set invoice_settings.default_payment_method on the customer https://stripe.com/docs/api/customers/update#update_customer-invoice_settings-default_payment_method

[minor gorge]

should i set 'default_payment_method' here?

[deft haven]

You can either set the default payment method on the customer or on the subscription.
You can see an example of this in the documentation here: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/build-subscription?ui=elements#default-payment-method

[minor gorge]

actually its ok to fail for the past subscriptions (as we're on test mode now). but would like to have future subscriptions work properly

[minor gorge]

thanks, let me check

[deft haven]

Yes, everything is explained in the doc I shared above.

To summarize:

1. listen to the invoice.payment_succeeded webhook event
2. update the default_payment_method of the subscription

[minor gorge]

well.. i'm in a situation where i can't use webhook

[deft haven]

In that case I would recommend to create subscriptions with Checkout Session, that will automatically set the default payment method for you.
Here's the documentation: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/build-subscription?ui=checkout

The other option would be to run a cron at the end of every day, to find all new active subscriptions, and set their default payment method.