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title: Upgrade Stripe
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# Upgrade Stripe

> Upgrade Stripe API versions, server SDKs, Stripe.js, and mobile SDKs.

A safe, zero-downtime playbook for upgrading Stripe API versions and SDKs across server, Stripe.js, and mobile. It demystifies date-based versioning (Acacia, Basil, Clover), separates backward-compatible changes from breaking ones, and walks you through a tested, gradual rollout so payment upgrades never become a revenue incident.

## Use cases
- Major Stripe API version migration on the annual cycle
- Resolving deprecated API warnings in your build
- Upgrading server SDK, Stripe.js, and mobile SDKs in sync
- Adopting new Stripe features like Tax, Radar, or Connect
- Testing a new version with the Stripe-Version header first
- Keeping webhook handlers compatible across versions

## Benefits
- Upgrade without breaking checkout or webhook flows
- Catch breaking changes before they reach production with a 4-layer test plan
- Stay PCI and SCA/3DS compliant by closing version gaps
- Roll back cleanly at any stage with a canary-based deploy

## What’s included
- Date-based versioning explained with a backward-compatible vs breaking change table
- Explicit apiVersion pinning patterns for Node, Python, Ruby, and PHP
- Stripe.js and mobile SDK version-pairing guidance
- Step-by-step upgrade workflow with Stripe-Version header pre-testing
- Webhook forward-compatibility and version-coexistence patterns
- Pre- and post-upgrade checklists covering canary rollout and monitoring

## Who it’s for
Engineers maintaining live Stripe payment integrations who need to upgrade versions without risking checkout or billing.

## How it runs
What breaks when a Stripe API version moves? Nothing, if every step stays reversible and gets tested before commitment. The upgrade proceeds one step at a time, in this order:
1. Maps the current state first: greps the codebase for the pinned apiVersion and any deprecated API usage the new release would break.
2. Reads the changelog against three questions: breaking changes on the endpoints we use, new features worth adopting, deprecations with deadlines.
3. Tests the target version without committing to it: single requests carry the Stripe-Version header while the account default stays untouched.
4. Updates in order: the server SDK package, the explicit apiVersion in the client, then Stripe.js and the mobile SDKs so version pairing stays intact.
5. Re-tests the webhook handlers against the new event structures with the Stripe CLI; unknown event types are logged, not errored, for forward compatibility.
6. Rolls out gradually: staging first, then a canary slice of production traffic, with error rates watched for 24 hours before the full switch.

## FAQ
### We're several API versions behind, does the playbook handle a big jump?
Yes, that's the main scenario. Date-based versions like Acacia, Basil, and Clover are mapped against a backward-compatible versus breaking change table, and the gradual strategy lets you pre-test the target version with the Stripe-Version header before pinning anything in code.

### Can't I just bump the SDK version and run my test suite?
That's how checkout incidents happen: webhook event structures and response shapes change across versions, and a green unit suite won't catch them. The playbook pairs server SDK, Stripe.js, and mobile SDK versions, runs a 4-layer test plan, and rolls out via canary so you can revert at any stage.

### Will it build a Stripe integration from scratch?
No. It assumes a live, working Stripe integration and focuses on moving it across versions without breaking checkout, webhooks, or compliance. Greenfield payment setup is a different job with different decisions.

## Price
$15, one-time, no subscription. VAT included.

Related guide: [AI for ecommerce](https://forgehouse.ai/guides/ai-for-ecommerce/)