An old Stripe API still used by Liberapay will stop working on August 15

[Changaco]

Email from Stripe:

Hello,

Liberapay is currently accepting SEPA Direct Debit payments in your Stripe payments integration using the Sources API (https://stripe.com/docs/sources). Starting August 15, 2024, the Sources API will no longer support non-card payments.

This change and timeline will apply to both your platform account and your connected accounts.

To avoid disruption to your business, upgrade to the Payment Intents API (https://docs.stripe.com/payments/payment-intents), Stripe’s latest payments API. For the best migration experience and access to Stripe’s newest features, we recommend you integrate Payment Element (https://stripe.com/payments/elements) or Checkout (https://stripe.com/payments/checkout).

How to update your integration:

• Please follow the instructions in our migration docs (https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-methods/transitioning), and then add SEPA Direct Debit to your payment flow. You can use our tooling (https://dashboard.stripe.com/b/acct_1ChyayFk4eGpfLOC?destination=%2Fsources-migration) in the Stripe Dashboard to confirm that you have no remaining traffic on Sources once your migration is complete.

• For payment methods that support recurring transactions, you will need to complete a data migration to ensure no disruption to existing recurring payments. We’ve also built a self-serve data migration tool (https://dashboard.stripe.com/b/acct_1ChyayFk4eGpfLOC?destination=%2Fsources-migration) in the Stripe Dashboard that will walk you through each step of this process.

• If you use Stripe via a third-party integration, please contact the developer to download their latest version. For more information about third-party integrations, please refer to this support article (https://support.stripe.com/questions/common-third-party-integrations).

If you do not plan to migrate, please remove SEPA Direct Debit from your checkout to resolve customer-facing errors from this change.

We have compiled answers to common questions on our support page (https://support.stripe.com/topics/shutdown-of-the-legacy-sources-api-for-lpms). For more dedicated support, please submit this contact form (https://support.stripe.com/contact/email?question=other&topic=api_integration&subject=%20Support%20with%20Sources%20migration%20requirement), or chat directly with our developers on our Discord server (https://stripe.com/go/developer-chat).

If you have already made the necessary changes, please disregard this message.

— The Stripe team

[Changaco]

The switch to the new API didn't go smoothly and has now been reversed.

It looks like Liberapay will lose, on October 15, the ability to process SEPA Direct Debits for a recipient outside SEPA without leaking that recipient's postal address in the SEPA mandate.