How to tell the result of auto-renewal in Shopify recurring payments

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Topic summary

Topic: Clarification on Shopify App Billing recurring charges and renewal notifications.

Key questions:

  • Does an activated recurring payment in Shopify automatically charge on renewal without developer action?
  • How can an app know when a customer’s payment auto-renews at month end—Is there a webhook or other notification mechanism?

Context: Asked by a Shopify app developer working within GraphQL basics/troubleshooting; seeking official/standard methods to detect renewals.

Technical terms:

  • Recurring payment: An ongoing subscription charge for a Shopify app via Shopify App Billing.
  • Webhook: A server-to-server callback that notifies an app about specific events.

Status: No answers or outcomes provided; the thread remains open with unresolved questions. No images, code, or attachments referenced.

Summarized with AI on February 24. AI used: gpt-5.
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I am a Shopify app developer. I have two questions:

  1. Is Shopify recurring payment automatically done, If I have activated the recurring payment.
  2. If my customer payment has auto-renewed on the month-end, then, how will I know?. Is there is any webhook or other concept which will notify us?