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empty bramble Mar 10, 2022, 7:07 AM

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heya @elfin veldt , can you share the subscription id for me to take a closer look? it'd look like sub_123

elfin veldt Mar 10, 2022, 7:09 AM

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sub_1KbfnrKV2haFIg73JGo2F4y3

empty bramble Mar 10, 2022, 7:11 AM

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If you're looking for the flow for one time payments for BECS, these docs would probably help :
https://stripe.com/docs/payments/au-becs-debit
https://stripe.com/docs/payments/au-becs-debit/accept-a-payment

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gimme a couple of minutes to take a look at your subscription

elfin veldt Mar 10, 2022, 7:15 AM

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I need to implement both actually. I'm just unsure at which point I can be 100% sure that the payment is successful

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usually its when subscription has active status as it was when I implemented card payments. But in this case it goes from active to unpaid/failed state

empty bramble Mar 10, 2022, 7:21 AM

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so, for bank debit payment methods, when starting a subscription, Stripe immediately initiates a debit against the default payment method on file.The subscription’s status is active while payment is pending, then stays active. It moves in to failed state if the payment fails later.

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you can be 100% sure that the payment is successful when you receive the payment_intent.succeeded event : https://stripe.com/docs/payments/au-becs-debit/accept-a-payment#web-confirm-success

elfin veldt Mar 10, 2022, 7:28 AM

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So if I've understood correctly, even though the payment_intent is in processing state, the subscription can still be in active till the processing completes?

empty bramble Mar 10, 2022, 7:28 AM

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yes, that's right

elfin veldt Mar 10, 2022, 7:33 AM

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So my usual flow is to route the customer to the paid invoice after payment is made. But in this case, I reckon most business just route the customer to a success page and then send email later on if the direct debit setup is successful because its delayed notification?
In a live environment, if the debit request processing takes a few seconds, I can still use my existing flow. Would that be the case in live environment or it usually takes some time to go from processing to success/fail in most cases?

empty bramble Mar 10, 2022, 8:48 AM

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BECS Direct Debit is a delayed notification payment method, which means that funds aren’t immediately available. A BECS Direct Debit PaymentIntent typically remains in a processing state for 3 business days after submission to the BECS network. So this would always happen in live environment.

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i would actually suggest that you route the customer to a page that displays the PaymentIntent status which would be "Processing". I wouldn't show that the payment is successful because that could be misleading.

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