Troubleshooting
A recurring payment failed
Normal, and the app is built for it. Check dunning is on, where the subscription sits on the 1, 3, 5 and 7 day ladder, and whether the card still exists.
This is normal and the app is built for it. What matters is whether recovery is running.
- Check dunning is on under Settings. With it off, nothing is retried.
- Check the retry count. Retries land at 1, 3, 5 and 7 days from the first failure, capped by your setting. A subscription one day into the ladder has not run out of chances.
- Check the subscription's status. Cancelled and paused subscriptions are never retried, on purpose, and their sequence is closed immediately.
- Check the card. A payment method that no longer exists cannot be recovered by retrying. The buyer needs the secure Shopify link to update it, which the app can send them.
A subscriber who fixes their card after the retries are spent is still recorded as recovered, so a late fix is never lost.
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