Clarification on Auto-Renewable Subscription Behavior Upon Discontinuation in Sandbox

I would like to confirm the behavior of auto-renewable subscription products when their distribution is discontinued. I have noticed that billing still occurs in the sandbox environment even after distribution has been stopped.

Obviously, I cannot stop the distribution of a live product, so I am conducting tests using a test product. I suspect that the issue might be due to the test product's status being set to "Ready to Submit," but I'm not certain. Could you please advise on how I should proceed to confirm this?

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By distribution do you mean the product is purchasable when testing in sandbox? If so, that is expected, that way you can test independent of products availability in production.

If you a product no longer available for testing in sandbox, the product would have to be deleted, which is an irreversible state. I'd prefer to know more about your concerns with a product in sandbox that is test purchasable.

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Thanks for reply.

By distribution do you mean the product is purchasable when testing in sandbox?

Yes, that's correct. I am trying to test the behavior within the app when distribution is stopped in the sandbox environment.

If I delete the product in the sandbox, will it simulate the same conditions as if the distribution has been stopped?

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