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Adds a field explaining why refunds are pending

What’s new

Adds the pending_reason field to the Refunds API. The new field describes why the refund is pending, returning possible values of:

  • processing: The refund is processing.
  • insufficient_funds: The balance of the Stripe account is insufficient to cover the refund.
  • charge_pending: The payment being refunded hasn’t settled yet.

Impact

If the status of a refund is pending, you can inspect the pending_reason field to understand why and take necessary actions to resolve it.

Changes

ParameterChangeResources or endpoints
pending_reasonAdded
Refund

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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: 2025-04-30.basil
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  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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