Fix free trial subscription purchases with payment methods that require redirection (#4530)

* Remove oc special case for setting/unsetting return_url

* Add readme entries

* Remove extra changelog entry

* Remove extra parentheses

Co-authored-by: Wesley Rosa <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Wesley Rosa <[email protected]>

Author: malithsen

changelog.txt

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 * Fix - 3DS authentication modal not shown when using Google Pay
 * Update - Improve Stripe API connector logging to include request/response context
 * Fix - Require credit cards to be enabled before Apple Pay and Google Pay can be enabled in PMC
+* Fix - Free trial subscription orders with payment methods that require redirection (eg: iDeal, Bancontact)
 * Tweak - Update checkout error message for invalid API key to be more generic and user-friendly
 
 = 9.7.1 - 2025-07-28 =

includes/class-wc-stripe-intent-controller.php

@@ -1007,8 +1007,8 @@ private function build_base_payment_intent_request_params( $payment_information
 
 		$request = $this->maybe_add_mandate_options( $request, $payment_information['selected_payment_type'] );
 
-		// Does not set the return URL if Single Payment Element is enabled or if the request needs redirection.
-		if ( $this->get_upe_gateway()->is_oc_enabled() || $this->request_needs_redirection( $payment_method_types ) ) {
+		// Does not set the return URL if the request needs redirection.
+		if ( $this->request_needs_redirection( $payment_method_types ) ) {
 			$request['return_url'] = $payment_information['return_url'];
 		}
 
@@ -1097,8 +1097,8 @@ public function create_and_confirm_setup_intent( $payment_information ) {
 			$request['confirm'] = 'false';
 		}
 
-		// Removes the return URL if Single Payment Element is not enabled or if the request doesn't need redirection.
-		if ( ( ! $this->get_upe_gateway()->is_oc_enabled() || ! $this->request_needs_redirection( $request['payment_method_types'] ) ) ) {
+		// Removes the return URL if the request doesn't need redirection.
+		if ( ! $this->request_needs_redirection( $request['payment_method_types'] ) ) {
 			unset( $request['return_url'] );
 		}
 

readme.txt

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ If you get stuck, you can ask for help in the [Plugin Forum](https://wordpress.o
 * Fix - 3DS authentication modal not shown when using Google Pay
 * Update - Improve Stripe API connector logging to include request/response context
 * Fix - Require credit cards to be enabled before Apple Pay and Google Pay can be enabled in PMC
+* Fix - Free trial subscription orders with payment methods that require redirection (eg: iDeal, Bancontact)
 * Tweak - Update checkout error message for invalid API key to be more generic and user-friendly
 
-
 [See changelog for full details across versions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/trunk/changelog.txt).