Recovery playbooks
Fix the four ways Connect leaks money
Each guide covers the mechanism, the exact arithmetic, the recovery call, and how to stop it recurring. Written from detection logic running in production.
Unreversed transfer
Find every unreversed Stripe Connect transfer
Refunds issued without reverse_transfer leave the money with your seller. Detect every one across 90 days and recover it, using a read-only key.
Unadjusted application fee
Application fee refund calculator and proportional math
The exact proportional math for refund_application_fee on partial refunds, the rounding rule that breaks reconciliation, and the zero-decimal currency trap.
Uncovered dispute loss
Automating Stripe Connect dispute clawbacks
When a Connect dispute is lost your platform is debited while the seller keeps the funds. The liability model, the recovery playbook, and how to automate it safely.
Unreversed transfer
Destination charge refund leaks
On a destination charge the platform is merchant of record and absorbs refunds by default. What settles where, and the three positions you must reconcile.
FX slippage
Detecting Stripe Connect FX slippage
Cross-border Connect payouts carry a conversion spread on every transfer. How to measure it against a same-day baseline, and why it is monitoring rather than recovery.
Unreversed transfer
Partial refund transfer math on Stripe Connect
The proportional reversal formula for partial refunds, the rounding divergence that produces phantom discrepancies, and the tolerance that fixes it.