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Descriptions for invoice line items now have a character limitBreaking changes

What’s new

The description field on invoice line items now has a maximum character length limit of 500.

Impact

You must now ensure that line item descriptions are concise and within the 500 limit, potentially requiring the truncation or revision of longer descriptions.

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  2. If you use an SDK, upgrade to the corresponding SDK version for this API version.
    • If you don’t use an SDK, update your API requests to include Stripe-Version: 2018-10-31
  3. Upgrade the API version used for webhook endpoints.
  4. Test your integration against the new version.
  5. If you use Connect, test your Connect integration.
  6. In Workbench, perform the upgrade. You can roll back the version for 72 hours.

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