
The Checkout Worked. Then the Billing State Drifted.
The checkout can look healthy while Stripe and your product disagree about who has paid and what they should be allowed to use.
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The checkout can look healthy while Stripe and your product disagree about who has paid and what they should be allowed to use.

The architecture may look the same, but everything changes once customers, real data and payments depend on the product. This is the point where an MVP stops being disposable.