# 2018-10-31 release

# 2018

## 2018-10-31

### Additional updates

| Title                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Affected Products  | Breaking change? | Category |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------- | -------- |
| [Descriptions for customers now have a character limit](https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/2018-10-31/descriptions-customers-character-limit.md)                                                           | All products       | Breaking         | api      |
| [Product names now have a character limit](https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/2018-10-31/names-products-character-limit.md)                                                                                | Billing, Invoicing | Breaking         | api      |
| [Descriptions for invoice line items now have a character limit](https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/2018-10-31/descriptions-invoice-line-items-character-limit.md)                                         | Billing, Invoicing | Breaking         | api      |
| [The `billing_reason` of the first invoice of a subscription is now `subscription_create`](https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/2018-10-31/first-invoice-subscription-billing-reason-subscription-create.md) | Billing, Invoicing | Breaking         | api      |