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Client-Controlled Payment Redirects

client-controlled-redirect-proof-of-payment

Client-controlled redirect parameters (e.g., Pay success_url / paystate) get treated as proof of payment even though webhook events can arrive out of order and clients can spoof or miss network states, leading to false confirmations and fraud paths.

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Updated6/26/2026

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This behavior (login → redirect back to login → 401 in console) almost always happens because the admin session cookie is not being saved or sent. — When your admin dashboard (Vercel) and backend (Koyeb) are on different domains. Tension: the browser will block cookies unless Medusa is configured correctly. Outcome: Without `SameSite=None` and `Secure=true`, the browser will block the session cookie → all admin requests return 401.

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try separating your sign-in and sign-up pages — In addition to defining the path in env. Tension: This seems to have solved the redirects for me. Outcome: update the sign-in, sign-up paths in the dashboard.

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I added the below redirect URL to the Web Platform in the Api App registration. Tension: AADSTS9002325: Proof Key for Code Exchange is required for cross-origin authorization code redemption. Outcome: http://localhost:8000/docs.

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You can use the `redirect` option to keep the customer on the page when confirming the checkout — when confirming the checkout. Tension: This only works for payments that can happen entirely on your page. Outcome: const result = await checkout.confirm({ redirect: 'if_required' });.

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Instead, it is now recommended you leveraging the Invoice Payments API — to retrieve details about payments for a specific endpoint. Outcome: retrieve details about payments for a specific endpoint.

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you want to listen for `checkout.session.completed` and `checkout.session.async_payment_succeeded'` — If you are using checkout session in `payment` mode. Tension: The latter is relevant if you are using delayed payment method like ACH Direct Debit. Outcome: Upon receiving the two events above, you'd want to check the payment status of the checkout session again to ensure it's paid.

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I'm using Stripe in my NextJS 14 application. Tension: I don't want to run this code from the thank you page I'm currently redirecting from. Outcome: I'm expecting to run some code after successful payment and only then redirect to return_url.

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Implement tracking script to your website — Redirect users back to your website from Stripe. Tension: Set up webhook in Stripe that triggers on checkout.session.completed event. Outcome: Connect Google Ads API with your Tracklution account.

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Checkout Session is designed to redirect users only when a payment is successful. — with Checkout Session. Tension: when a payment fails, the users stays on the same page to allow them to retry the payment. Outcome: This way, when a payment fails, the users stays on the same page to allow them to retry the payment.

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Configure the webhook route to use raw body handling (e.g., Express `express.raw({ type: 'application/json' })` in the Strapi webhook controller/route) and ensure the Stripe-Signature header is forwarded to the verifier so signature verification can use the unmodified raw payload.

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fetch(url, { method: 'POST', redirect: 'follow'}) — frontend app is configured to follow the server-side redirect. Tension: not being automatically redirected. Outcome: fetch(url, { method: 'POST', redirect: 'follow'}).

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You can use the customer billing portals API to programmatically create a link — for your customer to update a payment method for their subscription. Outcome: Remember to use a billing portal configuration that has payment_method_update enabled.

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Verify the exact Stripe API request that creates the new customer by checking the customer’s Logs in the Stripe Dashboard (identify the last request, e.g., POST /v1/customers). Then adjust the code/flow so that polling uses only read/search endpoints and ensure no create/upsert code path (including any webhook/test setup) is being triggered during polling.

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For every failed payment attempt on the recurring invoice payments, an `invoice.payment_failed` event will be sent. — If my user join to the monthly product, he pays the first month by credit card, then he uses his subscription normally during the time he is entitled to. Tension: Only when the payment retries are exhausted, the subscription will be canceled, marked as `unpaid` or left it as `past_due` depending on your "Manage payments that require confirmation" setting in Dashboard. Outcome: Your system should listen to `invoice.payment_failed` event and follow the guide here to recover the payment failures: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/webhooks#payment-failures.

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go to my Stripe dashboard and add my domain — https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/payment_method_domains. Tension: If using Apple Pay, you also need to add the verification file to your domain. Outcome: After adding the domain, the hcaptcha 401 issue disappeared.

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Try passing this to the confirmPayment method — await confirmPayment(clientSecret, {. Outcome: paymentMethodData: { paymentMethodId: selectedPaymentMethodId},.

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USE credit card number=4000 0035 6000 0008. — I had similar problem and am using django. Tension: I did not use any webhook.

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must be the same for the payment confirmation — CREATE PAYMENT INTENT. Tension: only the matching ones will be saved. Outcome: only those that have changed and need to be updated.

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Handle each relevant webhook event separately according to Stripe’s documentation (including `checkout.session.async_payment_succeeded` if you use async payment methods) rather than assuming `checkout.session.completed` is a universal catch-all. Fix the switch logic by adding `break` (or restructuring cases) so `checkout.session.completed` does not fall through to the `checkout.session.async_payment_failed` logic.

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If you want to use the Payment Element, you can create either a PaymentIntent or SetupIntent. Tension: Checkout Sessions and the Payment Element are two separate/different integration paths. Outcome: use the corresponding `client_secret` [0][1] which looks like `pi_..._secret_...` and `seti_..._secret_...` respectively.

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you can confirm the Payment on the client-side — Stripe.js returns that error. Tension: If there is not, you can listen to wehbook events to handle post payment actions. Outcome: use Payment Elements.

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By enabling `recovery` in your Checkout Session, Stripe will generate a non-perishable link to that Session if the Session expires*. — You can listen for `checkout.session.expired` events with a webhook endpoint. Tension: You can listen for `checkout.session.expired` events with a webhook endpoint, then send this link to your customer. Outcome: use `recovery` and ema.

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implement a webhook to listen for and handle the `payment_intent.requires_action` event — Set up a webhook endpoint in your application to receive Stripe events. Tension: This event will inform you when additional actions are needed to complete the payment. Outcome: you can then redirect the customer to the relevant authentication flow.

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You can then use retrievePaymentIntent to retrieve a subset of information about the transaction. — client-side in the step you create PaymentIntent and before confirming them. Tension: It's totally safe to have it again in client-side. Outcome: On server-side, the same Retrieve Payment Intent API will returns the full transaction information.

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Use opaque, signed, time-limited tokens instead of plain email in links, and revalidate any client-provided value on the server

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PKCE protects against a specific vulnerability. — if something can intercept the redirect. Tension: the `code` alone is useless because they need the `code_verifier`. Outcome: they need the `code_verifier` which lives in the app that originally initiated the `authorization_code` flow.

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Use the documented `return_url` pattern where Stripe appends `payment_intent` and `payment_intent_client_secret` to the redirect URL; ensure the redirect page is served over TLS/HTTPS and do not log or expose the secret beyond the customer.

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Resolve the conflict by handling redirection consistently in Cloudflare (and/or disabling the Apache redirect for the same purpose), then set Cloudflare SSL/TLS encryption to Full (Strict) so HTTPS upgrades and redirects complete without looping.

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Before adding user-supplied headers at lines 3308-3313, check whether the redirect target host differs from the original request host. Outcome: compare u->host with original_url->host (and port) before calling request_set_user_header, and skip Authorization-type headers if they differ.

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Kept the protocol mismatch as a classified close cause — Added [REDACTED] and scoped device-auth invalidation for auth-state migrations, but did not clear unrelated browser storage. Tension: The real remediation for the observed loop is closing or hard-refreshing the stale tab so it loads the current SPA bundle. Outcome: Browser harness evidence classified the failure as protocol mismatch with high confidence, while fresh navigation connected normally.

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