# Adds support for blocking specific card brands in Checkout Sessions ## What’s new Adds the [payment_method_options.card.restrictions.brands_blocked](https://docs.stripe.com/api/checkout/sessions/create.md?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#create_checkout_session-payment_method_options-card-restrictions-brands_blocked) parameter to the [Create a Checkout Session](https://docs.stripe.com/api/checkout/sessions/create.md?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia) method. You can pass in an array of card brands that you don’t want the Checkout Session to allow. ## Impact For details about how to filter card brands in Checkout, see the [guide on customizing Checkout behavior](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout/customization/card-brands.md). ## Changes #### REST API | Parameter | Change | Resources or endpoints | | -------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `restrictions` | Added | [Checkout.Session#create.payment_method_options.card](/api/checkout/sessions/create?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#create_checkout_session-payment_method_options-card), [Checkout.Session.payment_method_options.card](/api/checkout/sessions/object?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#checkout_session_object-payment_method_options-card) | #### Ruby This change does not affect the Ruby SDK. #### Python | Parameter | Change | Resources or methods | | -------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `restrictions` | Added | [stripe.checkout.Session.CreateParamsPaymentMethodOptionsCard](/api/checkout/sessions/create?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#create_checkout_session-payment_method_options-card), [stripe.checkout.Session.PaymentMethodOptions.Card](/api/checkout/sessions/object?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#checkout_session_object-payment_method_options-card) | #### PHP This change does not affect the PHP SDK. #### Java | Parameter | Change | Resources or methods | | -------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `restrictions` | Added | [Checkout.Session.payment_method_options.card](/api/checkout/sessions/object?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#checkout_session_object-payment_method_options-card), [checkout.SessionCreateParams.payment_method_options.card](/api/checkout/sessions/create?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#create_checkout_session-payment_method_options-card) | #### Node.js | Parameter | Change | Resources or methods | | -------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `restrictions` | Added | [Checkout.Session.payment_method_options.card](/api/checkout/sessions/object?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#checkout_session_object-payment_method_options-card), [Checkout.SessionCreateParams.payment_method_options.card](/api/checkout/sessions/create?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#create_checkout_session-payment_method_options-card) | #### Go | Parameter | Change | Resources or methods | | -------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Restrictions` | Added | [CheckoutSessionPaymentMethodOptionsCardParams](/api/checkout/sessions/object?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#checkout_session_object-payment_method_options-card), [CheckoutSessionPaymentMethodOptionsCard](/api/checkout/sessions/object?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#checkout_session_object-payment_method_options-card) | #### .NET | Parameter | Change | Resources or methods | | -------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Restrictions` | Added | [CheckoutSessionPaymentMethodOptionsCardOptions](/api/checkout/sessions/object?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#checkout_session_object-payment_method_options-card), [CheckoutSessionPaymentMethodOptionsCard](/api/checkout/sessions/object?api-version=2025-02-24.acacia#checkout_session_object-payment_method_options-card) | ## Upgrade #### REST API 1. 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You can [roll back the version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#roll-back-your-api-version) for 72 hours. Learn more about [Stripe API upgrades](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md). ## Related changes - [Checkout Sessions now group customer information in one field](https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/acacia/2025-02-24/checkout-sessions-collected-info.md)