{"id":"3ede2805-669f-47d3-a58b-6c555acd6045","task":"Implement Stripe Issuing's synchronous real-time-authorization webhook to approve or decline card authorizations within the response window","domain":"docs.stripe.com","steps":["Configure a dedicated synchronous webhook endpoint in Issuing settings, separate from the regular webhook endpoint, to receive issuing_authorization.request events","Respond directly to the issuing_authorization.request event with HTTP 200, a valid Stripe-Version header, and a JSON body containing the required boolean approved field","Optionally include an amount in the response when pending_request.is_amount_controllable is true, to control how much is held for a partial approval","Respond within 2 seconds; Stripe applies the account's configured timeout or Autopilot behavior to auto-approve or auto-decline if it does not receive a response in time","Subscribe to issuing_authorization.created and issuing_authorization.updated on the regular webhook to monitor request_history.reason for webhook_error or webhook_timeout, since Autopilot can approve on your behalf during an outage","Test locally with the Stripe CLI (stripe listen plus stripe trigger issuing_authorization.request) before relying on dashboard-configured timeout behavior in production"],"gotchas":["Do not treat approved: true as proof your own logic ran; check request_history.reason, since Autopilot-approved authorizations also report approved: true","If the Issuing balance has insufficient funds, Stripe denies the authorization and never sends the issuing_authorization.request event at all, so there is no chance to intervene","The direct approve/decline API methods are deprecated in favor of responding to the webhook itself; new integrations should not be built around the old approve/decline API calls"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T01:32:28.546Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/3ede2805-669f-47d3-a58b-6c555acd6045"}