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Stripe API Reference: Idempotent requests
Documents idempotency keys for safely retrying create and update requests without performing the same operation twice.
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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checkout | Choose checkout when the primary task is completing a purchase or order from selected items or priced services. | Changing quantity, address, delivery method, discount, or payment route updates the order summary and total before commit. | Stripe supports idempotency for duplicate-safe payment and order-like request retries. |
| Payment collection | Choose payment collection when the main task is taking or reconciling money for a known amount and reference. | Every payment attempt is tied to a stable service reference, amount, currency, and payer context that remains visible before and after provider handoff. | Stripe supports idempotency keys to avoid duplicate effects during payment retries. |
| Regenerate / retry | Choose regenerate / retry when the task is rerunning an AI response attempt, creating a new answer version, continuing a failed generation, or recovering from failed AI source or tool work. | Retry same prompt repeats the submitted prompt and visible context unless the UI explicitly shows which context changed. | Supports idempotency concerns when retries can repeat side-effecting tool calls. |
| Retry | Choose retry when a specific failed operation can plausibly succeed if attempted again under the same scope. | Retry repeats the same failed operation against the same request scope unless users explicitly edit that scope first. | Stripe documents idempotency keys for safely repeating create and update requests without duplicate operations. |
Comparisons supported by this source
- Checkout vs payment card entry vs review before submit vs step navigation
Stripe supports idempotency for avoiding duplicate effects when retrying payment-like requests.
- Payment collection vs checkout vs payment card entry vs bank details
Stripe supports idempotency keys to avoid duplicate request effects during retries.
- Regenerate / retry vs retry vs chat interface vs streaming response vs prompt box vs editable AI output
Supports safe retry concerns for side-effecting tool calls.
- Retry vs error state vs loading spinner vs offline state
Stripe documents idempotency keys as the safety contract for retrying side-effecting requests.
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Publisher: Stripe. Last checked: .