Stripe Checkout errorStripe: “This Checkout Session has expired”

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Why the session expired, and the fix

1. 01

   The session URL was created too early

   “It can be anywhere from 30 minutes to 24 hours after Checkout Session creation. By default, this value is 24 hours from creation.” Stripe, Create a Checkout Session (expires_at)

   A session made when a page loads, or saved and sent later in an email, can be past its time when the customer finally clicks. Create the session on the server when the customer clicks Pay, and redirect right away. The snippet assumes a form POST; if you call it with fetch(), return session.url as JSON and set window.location in the browser.

   app.post('/checkout', async (req, res) => {
     const session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({
       mode: 'payment',
       line_items: [{ price: 'price_123', quantity: 1 }],
       success_url: 'https://example.com/success',
     });
     res.redirect(303, session.url);
   });

2. 02

   Your code expired it

   “After it expires, a customer can’t complete a Checkout Session and customers loading the Checkout Session see a message saying the Checkout Session is expired.” Stripe, Expire a Checkout Session

   Calling the expire endpoint ends a session at once. Some apps expire an open session when the cart changes or the customer leaves; if the customer goes back to the old tab, that session is gone. Send them through a fresh session.

3. 03

   Bring the customer back with a recovery link

   “When the customer opens this URL, it creates a new Checkout Session that’s a copy of the original expired session.” Stripe, Recover abandoned carts

   Enable after_expiration.recovery when you create the session. When it expires, the checkout.session.expired webhook carries a recovery URL you can put in a follow-up email. Stripe’s recovery flow also needs consent_collection.promotions set to auto and the customer’s consent to promotional email.

4. 04

   Clean up when a session expires

   “Listen to the checkout.session.expired webhook to be notified when customers abandon Checkout and sessions expire.” Stripe, Recover abandoned carts

   If you reserved stock or held a seat for the order, release it when the session expires, so items aren’t stuck in carts that will never pay.

Checked against the vendor’s docs on November 9, 2026: Stripe API: Create a Checkout Session (expires_at); Stripe API: Expire a Checkout Session; Stripe docs: Recover abandoned carts.

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