Fired when a subscription is terminated, at period end or immediately. Revoke access here.

Payload

All webhook payloads follow a consistent top-level structure with event-specific data nested within the data object.

subscriptionIdstring

The subscription ID.

customerIdstring

The customer ID. Returns your externalId if you provided one when creating the customer, otherwise returns the Commet publicId.

statusstring

Always "canceled" for this event. Revoke access when you receive this.

canceledAtstringoptional

ISO 8601 datetime when the cancellation was requested or triggered.

cancelReasonstring | null

The reason for cancellation, if provided. Set by Commet on system-initiated terminations: "refund" (full refund of a subscription invoice) or "dunning_exhausted" (all payment retries failed).

endDatestringoptional

ISO 8601 datetime when the subscription ended. Matches the billing period end for scheduled cancellations; for immediate terminations it is the moment of termination.

{
  "event": "subscription.canceled",
  "timestamp": "2026-06-23T14:30:00.000Z",
  "organizationId": "8f14e45f-ceea-4e7a-9c3d-1c2b3a4d5e6f",
  "mode": "live",
  "apiVersion": "2026-07-31",
  "data": {
    "subscriptionId": "sub_1a2b3c4d",
    "customerId": "user_123",
    "status": "canceled",
    "canceledAt": "2026-04-20T10:15:00.000Z",
    "cancelReason": "Too expensive",
    "endDate": "2026-04-25T00:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

Cancellation lifecycle

A regular cancellation is scheduled for the end of the current billing period. Two events fire at different moments:

Moment	Event	status	What to do
Customer requests cancellation	`subscription.updated`	`active`	Show "ending on {endDate}" in your UI. Do NOT revoke access.
Billing period ends	`subscription.canceled`	`canceled`	Revoke access.

POST /subscriptions/{id}/cancel
  └→ subscription.updated  (status: "active", canceledAt: set, endDate: set)
       ... time passes until billing period ends ...
  └→ subscription.canceled (status: "canceled")

Immediate terminations

Some terminations skip the schedule: subscription.canceled arrives right away, with no prior subscription.updated, and endDate is the moment of termination — not a billing period boundary.

POST /subscriptions/{id}/cancel with immediate: true. Cancellations of free plans and of subscriptions in pending_payment or past_due also settle immediately — canceling inside the dunning grace window voids the unpaid renewal.
A full refund of a subscription invoice: fires with cancelReason: "refund", alongside payment.refunded.
Exhausted dunning retries: fires with cancelReason: "dunning_exhausted", alongside payment.retry_failed.

subscription.canceled