{
  "slug": "stripe-subscriptions-api-adds-pause-and-configurable-resume-behavior-55a5e85725b0",
  "title": "Stripe Subscriptions API adds pause and configurable resume behavior",
  "tools": [
    "stripe"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "For an active subscription using flexible billing mode, call the pause endpoint to suspend service and invoice generation. Revoke access on `customer.subscription.paused`, restore it on `customer.subscription.resumed`, and choose the resume payment behavior.",
    "examples": [
      "curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION_ID>/pause \\\n  -u \"<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>:\" \\\n  -H \"Stripe-Version: 2026-05-27.preview\" \\\n  -d type=subscription",
      "curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION_ID>/resume \\\n  -u \"<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>:\" \\\n  -H \"Stripe-Version: 2026-05-27.preview\" \\\n  -d payment_behavior=resume_on_payment_success",
      "curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION_ID>/resume \\\n  -u \"<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>:\" \\\n  -H \"Stripe-Version: 2026-05-27.preview\" \\\n  -d payment_behavior=resume_on_payment_attempt"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Availability: Public preview",
      "type: Pause type; `subscription` pauses collection, billing, and servicing. Defaults to `subscription`.",
      "payment_behavior: Resume payment behavior; defaults to `resume_on_payment_attempt`. `resume_on_payment_attempt` skips payment during resume; a failed later payment moves the subscription to `past_due`, with no automatic retry. `resume_on_payment_success` attempts payment during resume; on failure the subscription stays paused and Stripe retries failed payments. These are mutually exclusive enum values.",
      "Prerequisite: The subscription must use flexible billing mode to pause.",
      "Prerequisite: The subscription must use `charge_automatically` collection to resume.",
      "Prerequisite: A restricted API key needs `subscription_write` permission to pause or resume subscriptions.",
      "Pausing requires flexible billing mode."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When implementing subscription lifecycle handling for a subscription using flexible billing mode, pause it to suspend service and invoice generation, then restore service when it resumes.",
  "sources": [
    "https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/dahlia/2026-05-27/pause-subscriptions",
    "https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/pause?api-version=2026-05-27.preview",
    "https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/resume?api-version=2026-05-27.preview",
    "https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/pause"
  ],
  "rank": 0.98049,
  "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-af42431155eb3c3c-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "f43a982b1536f8056c997bac6941e5462b574ea52849fd5c793b3431db4e6882"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "fdbcb26f6031e8711fb7de7d2eb24dc43a248f6f6e4104bd08efd77f83015445",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave1b-tools-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.98 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.74 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}