# AN-2026-0076: Stripe webhooks: "No signatures found matching the expected signature for payload" = wrong whsec_ secret or a modified body

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- id: AN-2026-0076 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0076/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/signature>
- services: stripe-api
- affected: npm:stripe; pypi:stripe
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 1, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. Stripe documents this error from Webhook.construct_event / constructEvent: "Webhook signature verification failed. Err: No signatures found matching the expected signature for payload." At least one of request body, signature header or endpoint secret is wrong.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. The most common cause is using the wrong endpoint secret: the secret for a CLI-forwarded endpoint (printed by `stripe listen`) differs from the Dashboard endpoint secret; both start with whsec_.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. The request body must be the exact UTF-8 string Stripe sent; frameworks that parse or re-serialize JSON before verification break the signature.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Use the whsec_ secret for the endpoint that is actually delivering (CLI vs Dashboard), and verify against the raw request body (e.g. express.raw({type:'application/json'}), or `await req.text()` in a Next.js route handler) before any JSON parsing.
```

## Error signatures
- substring: `No signatures found matching the expected signature for payload` (stripe SDK webhook verification error (documented))

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28