---
title: SubscriptionBillingAttemptPaymentProcessingPolicy - GraphQL Admin
description: The payment processing policy for a billing attempt.
api_version: 2026-10
source_url:
  html: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/SubscriptionBillingAttemptPaymentProcessingPolicy
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/SubscriptionBillingAttemptPaymentProcessingPolicy.md
api_name: admin
api_type: graphql
type: enum
---

# Subscription​Billing​Attempt​Payment​Processing​Policy

enum

The payment processing policy for a billing attempt.

## Valid values

* FAIL\_​UNLESS\_​VALID\_​PAYMENT\_​METHOD

  Attempt to process payment on the billing attempt and fail the billing attempt if the payment method is not valid or if a payment method does not exist.

* SKIP\_​PAYMENT\_​AND\_​CREATE\_​UNPAID\_​ORDER

  Skip payment processing on the billing attempt and create an unpaid order.

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## Fields

* [Subscription​Billing​Attempt​Input.paymentProcessingPolicy](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/SubscriptionBillingAttemptInput#fields-paymentProcessingPolicy)

  INPUT OBJECT

  The input fields required to complete a subscription billing attempt.

* [subscription​Billing​Cycle​Bulk​Charge.paymentProcessingPolicy](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/subscriptionBillingCycleBulkCharge#arguments-paymentProcessingPolicy)

  ARGUMENT

* [subscription​Billing​Cycle​Charge.paymentProcessingPolicy](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/subscriptionBillingCycleCharge#arguments-paymentProcessingPolicy)

  ARGUMENT

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## Map

### Inputs with this enum

* [Subscription​Billing​Attempt​Input.paymentProcessingPolicy](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/SubscriptionBillingAttemptInput#fields-paymentProcessingPolicy)

### Arguments with this enum

* [subscription​Billing​Cycle​Bulk​Charge.paymentProcessingPolicy](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/subscriptionBillingCycleBulkCharge#arguments-paymentProcessingPolicy)
* [subscription​Billing​Cycle​Charge.paymentProcessingPolicy](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/subscriptionBillingCycleCharge#arguments-paymentProcessingPolicy)