amount must convert to at least ## cents. $#.## converts to approximately €#.##.

Stripe API · POST /v1/payment_intents · HTTP 400 amount_too_small

Status: ✅ verified:server:sandbox · first seen 2026-10-24 · last confirmed 2026-10-26 · 8 confirmations from 2 vantages

A PaymentIntent with amount 10 and currency usd (10 cents) returns HTTP 400 amount_too_small: the amount must convert to at least 50 cents; on a test account settling in EUR the message also gives the converted amount (€0.09).

What to do

  1. No client-side fix known (by design).

Dimensions

env: sandbox · plan: any · region: any · account_state: any

Evidence

Probe af:stripe:probe:amount-too-small (declarative, source)

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"POST","url":"https://api.stripe.com/v1/payment_intents"},"error":{"status":400,"body_excerpt":"amount must convert to at least ## cents. $#.## converts to approximately €#.##."}}'

YAML: facts/stripe/amount-too-small.yaml

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