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A brass service bell and a sealed blank envelope on a dark wooden counter at night, lit by a warm coral lamp against an indigo wall, a message delivered with nobody there to answer

Customer Paid but Your App Didn't Upgrade Them? Stripe Webhooks, Explained

The card went through, Stripe shows the money, and your app still says Free plan. The missing piece is almost always the webhook. Here are the six usual causes, how Stripe's retries and duplicates work, and how to test it before a real customer finds the gap.

Aliteq Team · Oct 16 · 11 min

Editorial infographic of a safe checkout flow: browser to a server holding a locked key, then a verified webhook, near-black background with indigo-violet and a coral accent

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"Add a Stripe checkout button": the prompt that leaks your secret key

The naive way to vibe-code a Stripe button puts your secret key in every visitor's browser. Here's the same request three ways, with the real code — and the one rule that separates a demo from a safe checkout.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 6 min