Subscription did not get auto renewed in sandbox mode but it was created successfully
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I have created a subscription in sandbox mode, the subscription was activated but it was not renewed the next day even after the next billing time.
There are no webhook errors. The subscription creation is properly showing in both the sandbox business account and the personal account.
Below is the details of the subscription:-
{
"status": "ACTIVE",
"status_update_time": "2024-10-24T06:15:30Z",
"id": "I-NGDCH6N1VGYR",
"plan_id": "P-6X725745SY887305VM4M5VZY",
"start_time": "2024-10-24T06:14:26Z",
"quantity": "1",
"shipping_amount": {
"currency_code": "USD",
"value": "0.0"
},
"subscriber": {
"email_address": "",
"payer_id": "4C8WYE954JVLL",
"name": {
"given_name": "John",
"surname": "Doe"
},
"shipping_address": {
"address": {
"address_line_1": "1 Main St",
"admin_area_2": "San Jose",
"admin_area_1": "CA",
"postal_code": "95131",
"country_code": "US"
}
}
},
"billing_info": {
"outstanding_balance": {
"currency_code": "USD",
"value": "0.0"
},
"cycle_executions": [
{
"tenure_type": "REGULAR",
"sequence": 1,
"cycles_completed": 1,
"cycles_remaining": 0,
"current_pricing_scheme_version": 1,
"total_cycles": 0
}
],
"last_payment": {
"amount": {
"currency_code": "USD",
"value": "1.0"
},
"time": "2024-10-24T06:15:29Z"
},
"next_billing_time": "2024-10-25T10:00:00Z",
"failed_payments_count": 0
},
"create_time": "2024-10-24T06:15:28Z",
"update_time": "2024-10-24T06:15:30Z",
"plan_overridden": false,
"links": [
{
"href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing/subscriptions/I-NGDCH6N1VGYR/cancel",
"rel": "cancel",
"method": "POST"
},
{
"href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing/subscriptions/I-NGDCH6N1VGYR",
"rel": "edit",
"method": "PATCH"
},
{
"href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing/subscriptions/I-NGDCH6N1VGYR",
"rel": "self",
"method": "GET"
},
{
"href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing/subscriptions/I-NGDCH6N1VGYR/suspend",
"rel": "suspend",
"method": "POST"
},
{
"href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing/subscriptions/I-NGDCH6N1VGYR/capture",
"rel": "capture",
"method": "POST"
}
]
}
Do the subscriptions in sandbox mode get auto-renewed?

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Hello @swapnadip1 ,
Thank you for posting to the PayPal Sandbox Community. Thank you for providing the subscription id. The subscription is set to process daily, indefinitely. I'm seeing that it is processing with no issues. Please keep in mind that subscriptions process in a batch, and the exact time of the subscription payment will fluctuate a little. It may fluctuate between 17:25:36 GMT+05:30 & 18:55:08 GMT+05:30 daily, until you cancel the subscription, or the chosen funding source expires (if the funding source is a card).
Thank you,
Jennifer
MTS
PayPal
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