{
  "slug": "stripe-invoices-and-subscriptions-accept-alipay-with-send-invoice-collection-9554cc9ec1e9",
  "title": "Stripe invoices and subscriptions accept Alipay with send_invoice collection",
  "tools": [
    "stripe"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When an invoice or subscription uses `collection_method=send_invoice`, set `payment_settings.payment_method_types` to include `alipay`. For an existing object, update that setting on the Invoice or Subscription.",
    "examples": [
      "curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions \\\n  -u \"<SECRET_KEY>:\" \\\n  -H \"Stripe-Version: 2026-07-29.dahlia\" \\\n  -d customer=<CUSTOMER_ID> \\\n  -d collection_method=send_invoice \\\n  -d days_until_due=<DAYS> \\\n  -d \"items[0][price]=<PRICE_ID>\" \\\n  -d \"payment_settings[payment_method_types][0]=alipay\"",
      "curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v1/invoices/<INVOICE_ID> \\\n  -u \"<SECRET_KEY>:\" \\\n  -H \"Stripe-Version: 2026-07-29.dahlia\" \\\n  -d \"payment_settings[payment_method_types][0]=alipay\"",
      "curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION_ID> \\\n  -u \"<SECRET_KEY>:\" \\\n  -H \"Stripe-Version: 2026-07-29.dahlia\" \\\n  -d \"payment_settings[payment_method_types][0]=alipay\""
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "collection_method: Use `send_invoice` for Alipay; for subscriptions, `days_until_due` is also valid only with this collection method.",
      "payment_settings.payment_method_types: List of payment method types to provide to the invoice’s PaymentIntent. Include `alipay`.",
      "payment_settings.payment_method_types[]: Array entry containing the payment method type; set an entry to `alipay`. Sub-key details and whether this conflicts with other payment settings were not found in the accessible current-version docs.",
      "Prerequisite: Creating a subscription requires an existing customer and price; the documented create request also requires subscription items. `days_until_due` applies when collection method is `send_invoice`.",
      "Prerequisite: Stripe’s Alipay guide says to enable Alipay in the Dashboard. Business eligibility restrictions apply; recurring payments require approval.",
      "For both Invoice and Subscription objects, `alipay` is only supported when `collection_method` is `send_invoice`."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Configure an invoice or subscription to accept Alipay when collecting payment by sending an invoice.",
  "sources": [
    "https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/dahlia/2026-07-29/alipay-support-for-invoices-and-subscriptions-with-sendinvoice-collection",
    "https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/create?api-version=2026-07-29.dahlia",
    "https://docs.stripe.com/payments/alipay"
  ],
  "rank": 0.9202,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave1b-tools-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave1b-tools-20261017:wave1b-tools-20261017-5358fad8d20fb2f8-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "2e3f6c84f4775ea88c00ea7dcb8392d81fe4766f3edd522ea081e4bef88eb3b4"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "8d3ab3b4835b94f67446b572975d2151f81657522c1dbfa3de36cca7e90cf891",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave1b-tools-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.92 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.70 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}