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Is there a PayPal IPN when a suspended subscription is reactivated?

When a paypal recurring payment is suspend an IPN with either one of the following txn_type will be sent

recurring_payment_suspended
recurring_payment_suspended_due_to_max_failed_payment

Question: Is there an IPN to notify of a re-activation, like:

recurring_payment_reactivated

I could not find any info on SO, Google and https://www.x.com/developers/paypal/documentation-tools/ipn/integration-guide/IPNandPDTVariables

Or does anyone know why PayPal would provide an IPN to tell us when a recurring payment is suspended but not when its re-activated.

Solution

  • I just tested this scenario on the sandbox. I created a new profile using CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile and I immediately got the recurring_payment_profile_created IPN as expected.

    I then suspended the profile using ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus and immediately got the recurring_payment_suspended IPN as expected.

    I then reactivated the profile using ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus, but I did NOT get any new IPN from this action.

    Based on those findings I would say, no, you will not get one in production either.

    That said, I always recommend using the GetRecurringPaymentsProfileDetails API to check the current status of a profile any time users log in to a paid area of your site (or attempt to access anything that requires a valid profile.)