How to Debug Stripe Webhooks

Capture Stripe events, inspect the raw payload, verify signatures, and replay deliveries against your handler.

Last updated: 2026-06-24

To debug Stripe webhooks, capture the real request, keep the raw body unchanged, verify the Stripe-Signature header, and replay the event into your staging handler.

Steps

Create a WebhookPilot URL.
Set it as a Stripe webhook endpoint.
Trigger a test event from Stripe.
Verify the signature and inspect the event type.
Replay the captured request to your app.

Example

curl -X POST "https://your-domain.com/hook/stripe-test" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Stripe-Signature: t=123,v1=test" \
  -d '{"id":"evt_123","type":"payment_intent.succeeded"}'

Common mistakes

Parsing JSON before signature verification
Ignoring duplicate event delivery
Testing only synthetic payloads instead of real Stripe events

FAQ

Why does Stripe verification fail so often?

Because frameworks often alter whitespace, encoding, or body parsing before the HMAC check.

Should I store Stripe event IDs?

Yes. Use them for idempotency and duplicate protection.