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Subscription cannot activate

You are attempting to activate a subscription which does not have trialing status

Example response
{
"error": {
"type": "request_error",
"code": "subscription_cannot_activate",
"detail": "Only subscriptions which have status 'trialing' can be activated. Subscription status is 'paused'",
"documentation_url": "https://developer.paddle.com/errors/subscriptions/subscription_cannot_activate"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}
}

Details

Status code
400
Error code
subscription_cannot_activate
Error message
Only subscriptions which have status 'trialing' can be activated. Subscription status is '%s'

Common causes

  • You are attempting to activate a subscription which does not have trialing status

Troubleshooting

  • If the subscription is paused, you will need to resume instead
  • If the subscription is already active, fetch the latest version from the GET subscription endpoint
  • If the subscription is canceled, it cannot be made active again

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