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neat birch Jun 17, 2022, 9:03 PM

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I'm not sure. Let me dig on that for a minute

winged harness Jun 17, 2022, 9:10 PM

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👋 @grave karma

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Are you also on IRC or is it a pure coincidence? Someone asked me the same thing there

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yeah okay that's you

grave karma Jun 17, 2022, 9:10 PM

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yeah, that was me, told them that I would continue over here if that's ok

winged harness Jun 17, 2022, 9:11 PM

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yep I'm the same person 🙂

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Do you have an example subscriptionI can look at?

grave karma Jun 17, 2022, 9:14 PM

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not right now, let me try to get one!

grave karma Jun 17, 2022, 10:32 PM

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ok, I think I know what happened

Switching prices does not normally change the billing date or generate an immediate charge unless:
The subscription moves from free to paid, or paid to free.

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is there a way to not restart the billing cycle when moving from free to paid?

winged harness Jun 17, 2022, 10:33 PM

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unfortunately no, it's a core part of our upgrading logic

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best option is to switch to SubscriptionSchedules instead

grave karma Jun 17, 2022, 10:34 PM

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gotcha, thanks!

winged harness Jun 17, 2022, 10:34 PM

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https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules is a good doc to start. You "basically" plan a phase change at the end of the current cycle

grave karma Jun 17, 2022, 11:56 PM

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thx!, one follow up question.

when updating a metered subscription item from free to paid, the billing cycle will restart, is there a way to automatically carry over their usage? (it does automatically when updating from a paid price to another paid price)

winged harness Jun 17, 2022, 11:57 PM

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There isn't in that case as far as I know

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you could keep both Prices though right?

grave karma Jun 17, 2022, 11:59 PM

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but I want the usage records to be in the new price. The use case is for an upgrade so in this case, the higher price would have a higher tiered prices but still would like the already accounted free usage to be carried over

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thx, I think I can also create an usage record as part of the upgrade

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