Testing Recurring Card Payments
Problem
Before go-live you need to test that Recurring Card Payments (RCP) succeed, that failures raise a debt and restrict access, and that clearing the debt restores access.
Resolution
Use the test environment and test cards
- Use test card details on the test environment only.
- A mock dialog may ask whether to treat the payment as authorised, not authorised or suspended. Choose authorised for a successful test.
Simulate a failure
- Complete a test purchase.
- In Plus2, change the subscription's next renewal date to tomorrow to force an early collection.
- An invalid or expired test card produces the failure path and email.
Check each outcome
- RCP succeeds and entitlement continues.
- RCP fails, debt is raised and access is restricted.
- The customer clears the debt and access is restored.
Notes
- For test-card rules, see Testing Gladstone Go Before Go-Live.
- After go-live, confirm the batch-submission updates and customer emails are arriving. See Configuring the RCP Service in the GMC.
- Related: Recurring Card Payments (RCP).