Stripe webhooks not working? You're not alone — it's one of the most common issues when integrating Stripe in a SaaS. The tricky part is that sometimes… they actually are working. events are received 200 responses are returned logs look fine But your system still breaks. That’s because most webhook issues are not about Stripe — they’re about backend logic. Why Stripe webhooks “don’t work” The most common causes: body parsing modifies the request wrong webhook secret (test vs live) endpoint is unreachable returning 200 without real processing The worst case is this: Your server returns 200 OK, but doesn't actually update anything. Stripe stops retrying, and your system slowly goes out of sync. Common mistakes using express.json() instead of express.raw() not verifying the webhook signature not handling duplicate events relying on frontend redirects not logging events properly Correct Stripe webhook setup (Node.js) app . post ( ' /webhook/stripe ' , express .…