> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.appstle.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update subscription billing attempt > Updates billing attempt details for a subscription contract. Billing attempts represent individual charge attempts for recurring subscription orders. **Key Information Updated:** - **Billing Date**: Next scheduled billing/charge date - **Status**: Success, failed, pending, or scheduled - **Error Messages**: Failure reasons for declined payments - **Retry Count**: Number of retry attempts made - **Order ID**: Associated Shopify order if billing succeeded - **Amount**: Billing amount charged or attempted **Billing Attempt Lifecycle:** 1. **Scheduled**: Billing attempt is queued for future processing 2. **Pending**: Charge is being processed by payment gateway 3. **Success**: Payment captured, order created 4. **Failed**: Payment declined or error occurred 5. **Retrying**: Automatic retry scheduled after failure **Common Use Cases:** - Reschedule failed billing attempts to a new date - Update billing date to align with customer preferences - Mark manual payment reconciliation in external systems - Sync billing status with external payment processors - Trigger retry logic for failed payment attempts - Update billing metadata for reporting and analytics **Important Notes:** - Changing billing date will affect the subscription's billing cycle - Only pending or failed attempts can typically be modified - Successfully billed attempts are immutable in most cases **Authentication:** Requires API key authentication via X-API-Key header or api_key parameter ## OpenAPI ````yaml /memberships/admin-api-swagger.json put /api/external/v2/subscription-billing-attempts openapi: 3.0.1 info: description: >- Comprehensive API documentation for managing memberships, payments, and related operations. These APIs allow you to programmatically manage membership lifecycles, handle payments, configure products, and integrate membership functionality into your applications. title: Admin APIs version: 0.0.1 servers: - url: https://membership-admin.appstle.com security: [] tags: - description: >- APIs for managing Shopify delivery profiles, shipping rates, zones, and free shipping configuration for subscription memberships name: Shipping & Delivery Profiles - description: >- APIs for retrieving historical discount code usage and redemption information for membership contracts name: Customer Discount History - description: >- APIs for managing membership cancellation flow settings including retention offers, survey questions, and cancel confirmation screens name: Cancellation Flow Configuration - description: >- APIs for managing membership billing attempts, recurring orders, payment retries, order history, and order skipping name: Billing & Orders - description: >- APIs for managing one-time product additions to upcoming subscription orders, including adding, retrieving, and removing one-off items name: One-Time Add-Ons - description: >- APIs for managing membership/subscription plan groups, including creating plans, configuring discounts, billing intervals, and assigning products to plans name: Membership Plans - description: >- APIs for managing subscription product bundles, bundle configurations, item grouping, and bundle-specific discount codes name: Product Bundles - description: >- APIs for retrieving custom CSS styles applied to subscription widgets and customer portal for theme customization name: Custom CSS Styling - description: >- APIs for managing customer portal settings including UI customization, text labels, feature toggles, and branding options for the member self-service portal name: Customer Portal Configuration - description: >- APIs for managing membership/subscription contracts including creation, updates, status changes, line items, discounts, and billing operations name: Membership Contracts - description: >- APIs for managing subscription bundle configuration settings including bundle behavior, pricing rules, and display options name: Bundle Settings - description: >- APIs for managing customer payment methods, payment tokens, and payment method retrieval for subscriptions name: Customer Payment Methods - description: >- APIs for retrieving product swap/substitution options allowing members to exchange subscription items based on configured swap rules and variant groups name: Product Swap Rules - description: >- APIs for retrieving product catalog, variants, pricing, and inventory information for subscription memberships. name: Product & Inventory Data - description: >- APIs for managing shop-level membership settings, configuration, and general store information. name: Shop Settings - description: >- APIs for performing bulk/mass operations on multiple membership contracts including status updates, product replacements, and billing date changes. name: Bulk Operations paths: /api/external/v2/subscription-billing-attempts: put: tags: - Billing & Orders summary: Update subscription billing attempt description: >- Updates billing attempt details for a subscription contract. Billing attempts represent individual charge attempts for recurring subscription orders. **Key Information Updated:** - **Billing Date**: Next scheduled billing/charge date - **Status**: Success, failed, pending, or scheduled - **Error Messages**: Failure reasons for declined payments - **Retry Count**: Number of retry attempts made - **Order ID**: Associated Shopify order if billing succeeded - **Amount**: Billing amount charged or attempted **Billing Attempt Lifecycle:** 1. **Scheduled**: Billing attempt is queued for future processing 2. **Pending**: Charge is being processed by payment gateway 3. **Success**: Payment captured, order created 4. **Failed**: Payment declined or error occurred 5. **Retrying**: Automatic retry scheduled after failure **Common Use Cases:** - Reschedule failed billing attempts to a new date - Update billing date to align with customer preferences - Mark manual payment reconciliation in external systems - Sync billing status with external payment processors - Trigger retry logic for failed payment attempts - Update billing metadata for reporting and analytics **Important Notes:** - Changing billing date will affect the subscription's billing cycle - Only pending or failed attempts can typically be modified - Successfully billed attempts are immutable in most cases **Authentication:** Requires API key authentication via X-API-Key header or api_key parameter operationId: updateSubscriptionBillingAttemptV2 parameters: - description: API Key (Deprecated - Use Header X-API-Key instead) in: query name: api_key required: false schema: type: string - in: header name: X-API-Key required: false schema: type: string requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionBillingAttemptDTO' description: >- Updated billing attempt details including billing date, status, and metadata required: true responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionBillingAttemptDTO' description: Billing attempt successfully updated '400': content: '*/*': schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionBillingAttemptDTO' description: >- Invalid request - validation failed or billing attempt cannot be modified '401': content: '*/*': schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionBillingAttemptDTO' description: Authentication required - invalid or missing API key '404': content: '*/*': schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionBillingAttemptDTO' description: Billing attempt not found components: schemas: SubscriptionBillingAttemptDTO: properties: applyUsageCharge: type: boolean attemptCount: description: Number of billing retry attempts example: 1 format: int32 type: integer attemptTime: format: date-time type: string billingAttemptId: description: Shopify billing attempt ID type: string billingAttemptResponseMessage: type: string billingDate: description: Scheduled billing date for this attempt format: date-time type: string contractId: description: Associated subscription contract ID example: 67890 format: int64 type: integer graphOrderId: type: string id: description: Unique identifier of the billing attempt record example: 12345 format: int64 type: integer orderAmount: description: Total order amount example: 29.99 format: double type: number orderAmountUSD: format: double type: number orderId: description: Shopify order ID if billing was successful format: int64 type: integer orderName: description: Shopify order name/number example: '#1001' type: string orderNote: description: Order note or special instructions type: string progressAttemptCount: format: int32 type: integer recurringChargeId: format: int64 type: integer retryingNeeded: type: boolean securityChallengeSentStatus: enum: - SENT - UNSENT - FAILED - EMAIL_SETTINGS_DISABLED - CONTRACT_CANCELLED type: string shop: description: Shop domain identifier example: my-store.myshopify.com type: string status: description: Current status of the billing attempt enum: - SUCCESS - FAILURE - REQUESTING - PROGRESS - QUEUED - SKIPPED - SOCIAL_CONNECTION_NULL - CONTRACT_CANCELLED - CONTRACT_ENDED - CONTRACT_PAUSED - AUTO_CHARGE_DISABLED - SKIPPED_DUNNING_MGMT - SECURITY_CHALLENGE - SHOPIFY_EXCEPTION type: string transactionFailedEmailSentStatus: enum: - SENT - UNSENT - FAILED - EMAIL_SETTINGS_DISABLED - CUSTOMER_PAYMENT_EMPTY - CONTRACT_CANCELLED type: string transactionFailedSmsSentStatus: enum: - SENT - UNSENT - FAILED - SMS_SETTINGS_DISABLED - CUSTOMER_PAYMENT_EMPTY - CONTRACT_CANCELLED - PHONE_NUMBER_EMPTY type: string transactionRate: format: double type: number upcomingOrderEmailSentStatus: enum: - SENT - UNSENT - FAILED - EMAIL_SETTINGS_DISABLED - CUSTOMER_PAYMENT_EMPTY - CONTRACT_CANCELLED - STOP_FROM_CONTRACT - CONTRACT_PAUSED type: string upcomingOrderSmsSentStatus: enum: - SENT - UNSENT - FAILED - SMS_SETTINGS_DISABLED - CUSTOMER_PAYMENT_EMPTY - CONTRACT_CANCELLED - STOP_FROM_CONTRACT - CONTRACT_PAUSED - PHONE_NUMBER_EMPTY type: string upgradeDowngradeBilling: type: boolean usageChargeStatus: enum: - SUCCESS - FAILED - TO_BE_TRIED type: string variantList: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/VariantQuantity' type: array required: - retryingNeeded - shop type: object VariantQuantity: properties: image: type: string productId: type: string productTitle: type: string quantity: format: int32 type: integer sellingPlanId: type: string title: type: string variantId: format: int64 type: integer type: object ````