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What does the RevenueDot webhook event PRICE_INCREASE_CONSENT_REQUIRED mean?

The RevenueDot webhook event PRICE_INCREASE_CONSENT_REQUIRED means a store asked a customer to accept a higher subscription price.

Quick facts#
Event PRICE_INCREASE_CONSENT_REQUIRED
Where RevenueDot webhook (event.type), RevenueCat's webhook format
Sent to Every enabled webhook whose filters match
Fields that are specific to it identity, product_id, transaction_id, original_transaction_id, store, environment, currency, country_code
What it means The store asks the customer to accept a price increase.

When it is sent#

  • On the App Store, the price increase needs consent and the customer has not answered (PRICE_INCREASE with subtype PENDING).
  • On Google Play, an opt-in price increase is outstanding, or a price step-up awaits consent.
  • If the customer never accepts, the subscription ends.

What your server should do#

  1. Show a message in your app that the new price needs their consent.
  2. Watch for PRICE_INCREASE_CONSENT_APPROVED or an EXPIRATION.
  3. Use currency and country_code to say which price applies.
  4. Deduplicate on event.id: deliveries can repeat, because anything but HTTP 200 is retried after 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 minutes.

Example#

JavaScript
import { createHmac, timingSafeEqual } from "node:crypto";

// X-RevenueCat-Webhook-Signature: t=<unix seconds>,v1=<hex HMAC-SHA256 of "<t>.<raw body>">
function verify(rawBody, header, secret, toleranceSeconds = 300) {
  const m = /^t=(\d+),v1=([0-9a-f]{64})$/.exec(header ?? "");
  if (!m || Math.abs(Date.now() / 1000 - Number(m[1])) > toleranceSeconds) return false;
  const expected = createHmac("sha256", secret).update(`${m[1]}.${rawBody}`).digest();
  return timingSafeEqual(expected, Buffer.from(m[2], "hex"));
}

// Sign a sample delivery the way RevenueDot does, then handle it.
const secret = "whsec_test_secret";
const rawBody = JSON.stringify({ api_version: "1.0", event: {"id":"66339910-3BFF-49F4-B873-D1283D673DE2","type":"PRICE_INCREASE_CONSENT_REQUIRED","app_user_id":"user_1","product_id":"pro_monthly","currency":"USD","country_code":"US"} });
const t = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
const header = `t=${t},v1=${createHmac("sha256", secret).update(`${t}.${rawBody}`).digest("hex")}`;

const seen = new Set(); // use a database table in production

function handle(rawBody, header) {
  if (!verify(rawBody, header, secret)) return "401 bad signature";
  const { event } = JSON.parse(rawBody);
  if (seen.has(event.id)) return "200 duplicate";
  seen.add(event.id);
  if (event.type !== "PRICE_INCREASE_CONSENT_REQUIRED") return "200 ignored";
  return "remind " + event.app_user_id + " to accept the new price";
}

console.log(handle(rawBody, header));

Run-checked: npm run check:snippets runs this snippet with Node and compares its output with remind user_1 (checked 2026-10-03).

How RevenueDot produces it#

priceIncreaseEvents returns it when the stored consent state changes to pending. Apple's renewal info (priceIncreaseStatus 0) and Google's price change details set that state.

Source#

Checked: 2026-10-03

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