# POST /v1/charges is deprecated

Stripe API deprecated POST /v1/charges without giving a shutdown date yet.

## What to use instead

Create payments with the Payment Intents API (POST /v1/payment_intents) or Checkout, following Stripe's Charges-to-Payment-Intents migration guide.

- API: Stripe API (api.stripe.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `POST /v1/charges`
- Source: [Announcement](https://docs.stripe.com/api/charges/create)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Stripe API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/stripe-api/breaking-changes/post-v1-charges-is-deprecated/

## Stripe API's words

> This method is deprecated and will be removed soon. If your integration uses it, you need to update it to use a different payment flow, such as the Payment Intents API.

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent