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Payment Failure Reasons Auto-Appear in Comments

Payment intent fails in Stripe. Notis adds a comment to the customer's Airtable record with the failure reason, date, and amount—preserving context for your team to follow up.

Trigger

Payment Intent Failed Trigger

Triggered when a payment intent fails in Stripe

Action

Create Comment

Creates a new comment on a specific record within an airtable base and table.

Why this helps

Customers' payments fail for different reasons: card expired, insufficient funds, address mismatch. But you don't see the reason until you manually check Stripe. The customer record has no context for what went wrong.

  • Failure reasons are visible on customer records, enabling smart follow-up strategies.
  • Comments build a history of payment issues for each customer.
  • Support team can see why a payment failed without leaving Airtable.
  • Enables targeted fixes: 'Card expired' customers get a different message than 'Insufficient funds' customers.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Stripe and Airtable to Notis.
  • 2Tell Notis: 'When a payment intent fails in Stripe, add a comment to the matching customer record in my Airtable table saying: Payment failed [date]. Reason: [error code and description]. Amount: $[amount]. Action needed: [suggestion].'
  • 3Select trigger: Stripe Payment Intent Failed.
  • 4Choose notification channel.
  • 5Test by creating a failed payment intent in Stripe and verifying the comment appears on the Airtable record.

Questions about this workflow

How detailed are Stripe's failure reasons?

Stripe provides error codes (e.g., 'card_declined', 'expired_card', 'insufficient_funds') and sometimes additional context. Notis will include all available detail in the comment.

Can Notis suggest follow-up actions based on the failure reason?

Yes. Ask Notis to 'Suggest follow-up action based on the failure reason—e.g., 'Send card update email' for expired cards, 'Wait and retry' for temporary failures.' Notis will include smart suggestions in comments.

How many comments can a record accumulate?

Unlimited. If a customer has multiple failed payment attempts, each gets its own comment with a timestamp, creating a full history.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Stripe to Airtable. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Stripe triggers

Airtable actions

Charge Failed Trigger

Triggered when a direct charge fails in Stripe's legacy Charges API

TriggerInstant

Create base

Creates a new airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace; ensure field options are valid for their type.

ActionInstant

Checkout Session Completed Trigger

Triggered when a checkout session is completed in Stripe

TriggerInstant

Create Comment

Creates a new comment on a specific record within an airtable base and table.

ActionInstant

Invoice Payment Succeeded Trigger

Triggered when an invoice payment is successful in Stripe

TriggerInstant

Create Field

Creates a new field within a specified table in an airtable base.

ActionInstant

Payment Intent Failed Trigger

Triggered when a payment intent fails in Stripe

TriggerInstant

Create multiple records

Creates multiple new records in a specified airtable table.

ActionInstant

Product Created Trigger

Triggered when a product is created in Stripe

TriggerInstant

Create a record

Creates a new record in a specified airtable table; field values must conform to the table's column types.

ActionInstant

Subscription Added Trigger

Triggered when a subscription is added in Stripe

TriggerInstant

Create table

Creates a new table within a specified existing airtable base, allowing definition of its name, description, and field structure.

ActionInstant

Subscription Deleted Trigger

Triggered when a subscription is deleted in Stripe

TriggerInstant

Delete Comment

Deletes an existing comment from a specified record in an airtable table.

ActionInstant

Delete multiple records

Deletes up to 10 specified records from a table within an airtable base.

ActionInstant

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