payloadcms/payload · error · APIError

Failed to sync document with ID: '${data.id}' to Stripe: ${m

Error message

Failed to sync document with ID: '${data.id}' to Stripe: ${msg}

What it means

Thrown by the Stripe plugin's `syncExistingWithStripe` hook when `stripe.[stripeResourceType].update(stripeID, syncedFields)` rejects while pushing local edits to an already-linked Stripe resource. The Stripe SDK error is appended as `${msg}`.

Source

Thrown at packages/plugin-stripe/src/hooks/syncExistingWithStripe.ts:82

          try {
            // api version can only be the latest, stripe recommends ts ignoring it
            const stripe = new Stripe(pluginConfig?.stripeSecretKey || '', {
              apiVersion: '2022-08-01',
            })

            const stripeResource = await stripe?.[syncConfig?.stripeResourceType]?.update(
              data.stripeID,
              syncedFields,
            )

            if (logs) {
              payload.logger.info(
                `✅ Successfully synced Stripe resource with ID: '${stripeResource.id}'.`,
              )
            }
          } catch (error: unknown) {
            const msg = error instanceof Error ? error.message : error
            throw new APIError(`Failed to sync document with ID: '${data.id}' to Stripe: ${msg}`)
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

  // Set back to 'false' so that all changes continue to sync to Stripe, see note in './createNewInStripe.ts'
  data.skipSync = false

  return data
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 00c58b35c0)

Solutions

1. Read the `${msg}` suffix — it identifies whether it is auth, not-found, or a validation error from Stripe
2. If the Stripe resource no longer exists, clear `stripeID` on the Payload doc or recreate the Stripe resource
3. Validate the `syncConfig.fields` mapping against the current Stripe update schema for that resource
4. Confirm `stripeSecretKey` is correct for the account that owns the `stripeID`

Example fix

// before — stripeID points to a deleted resource
await payload.update({ collection: 'users', id, data: { email } })
// after — clear stale link, let createNewInStripe recreate
await payload.update({ collection: 'users', id, data: { email, stripeID: null } })

// Before updating, verify the linked Stripe resource still exists
try {
  await stripe.[syncConfig.stripeResourceType].retrieve(doc.stripeID)
} catch {
  // clear stale link, let createNewInStripe recreate on next save
  await payload.update({ collection, id, data: { stripeID: null } })
}

import { APIError } from 'payload'
function isStripeSyncError(e: unknown): e is APIError {
  return e instanceof APIError && /^Failed to sync document with ID: .* to Stripe:/.test(e.message)
}

import { APIError } from 'payload'
try {
  await payload.update({ collection, id, data })
} catch (e) {
  if (e instanceof APIError && /Failed to sync document with ID: .* to Stripe/.test(e.message)) {
    // suffix names the Stripe cause; if 'resource_missing', clear stripeID and retry
  }
  throw e
}

When it happens

Trigger: Updating a Payload document that has a `stripeID` with field values Stripe rejects (invalid email format, disallowed metadata key, immutable field); `stripeSecretKey` invalid; the linked `stripeID` no longer exists in Stripe and the update call 404s.

Common situations: Stripe resource was deleted directly in the Stripe dashboard but the Payload doc still references it; field mapping changed and now produces an invalid update payload; API version drift on the pinned `2022-08-01`; rate limiting during bulk re-syncs.

Related errors

• Failed to create new '${syncConfig.stripeResourceType}' reso
• Failed to delete Stripe document with ID: '${doc.stripeID}':
• The collection with slug ${String(collectionSlug)} can't be
• Collection ${args.collection.config.slug} has disabled bulk
• Operator handler "${handler.name}" cannot define both "build

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