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Subscription update is less than charge limit

A subscription update must result in a transaction balance which is above the lower limit of 70 cent USD

Example response
{
"error": {
"type": "request_error",
"code": "subscription_update_transaction_balance_less_than_charge_limit",
"detail": "Unable to charge for Subscription update: Transaction balance is less than what we can charge. Transaction balance: 50, Minimum payment amount: 70, Currency code: USD",
"documentation_url": "https://developer.paddle.com/errors/subscriptions/subscription_update_transaction_balance_less_than_charge_limit"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}
}

Details

Status code
400
Error code
subscription_update_transaction_balance_less_than_charge_limit
Error message
Unable to charge for Subscription update: %s

Common causes

  • Sum of the updates to the Subscription is less than 70 cent USD
  • A discount has lowered the total to less than 70 cent USD but greater than 0
  • Available credits have lowered the balance to less than 70 cent USD but greater than 0

Troubleshooting

  • For a subscription update transaction to be ready it must have a chargeable amount greater than 70 cent USD
  • If the request had a proration_billing_mode of *_immediately you can retry with *_next_billing_period to defer the charge to the renewal instead
  • If the request had a proration_billing_mode of prorated_* you can retry with full_* to charge the full amount instead

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