[Android] Slow test card payments are refunded due to lack of acknowledgment

Hi, you can check the PurchaseState of the purchase to see if it’s still pending: https://sdk.revenuecat.com/android/8.11.0/purchases/com.revenuecat.purchases.models/-store-transaction/purchase-state.html?query=val%20purchaseState:%20PurchaseState

See the post here on this: 

Hi ​@Haley Pace ,
this answer doesn’t cover my question. Google requires that purchases are acknowledged once the transaction has moved to the PURCHASED state. My app is serverless, so it’s possible that after the transaction moves from the PENDING to the PURCHASED state, the user either doesn’t use the app or lacks a network connection. If Google doesn’t receive the acknowledgement within a certain period (5 minutes in case of sandbox), the transaction is reverted with the following message:

This test purchase was cancelled because it was not acknowledged. You should ensure that all purchases are acknowledged so that they are not subject to refunds. For more information, see https://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/integrate#process

My question is: is it possible to support acknowledgements using RevenueCat backend? Or is there any other way how to cover this case and avoid refunds due to lack of acknowledgement?

Hi ​@dmitry-dc38c1 RevenueCat will automatically acknowledge purchases. 

1. Purchase a non-consumable (lifetime subscription) using a slow test card
2. While the transaction remains pending, close the app and wait approximately 7 minutes
3. Reopen the app

The way that you are testing you are not letting us acknowledge the purchase, by closing the app you are killing the SDK before it can acknowledge. In production, the refund will happen after 72 hours of the purchase not being acknowledged so this scenario shouldn’t happen even with low connectivity as the user will have those 72 hours.