# AN-2026-0634: Stripe.js Endive removes the payment request button: elements.create('paymentRequestButton') and React PaymentRequestButtonElement throw; use the Express Checkout Element

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- id: AN-2026-0634 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0634/v/1)
- kind: breaking · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/endive/2026-09-30/deprecate-payment-request-button>
- event date: 2026-09-30
- services: stripe-api, stripe-js
- affected: Stripe.js Endive and later; @stripe/react-stripe-js PaymentRequestButtonElement on Stripe.js Endive
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## Statements (checkable)
0. Stripe's Endive changelog (opened 2026-10-29, category stripejs, Breaking) deprecates the payment request button element and removes support for it in Endive.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Starting with Endive, elements.create('paymentRequestButton') throws an error; this also affects integrations that render the React PaymentRequestButtonElement component.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. Stripe.js versions through Dahlia continue to support the payment request button element.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Before moving Stripe.js to Endive, follow Stripe's migration guide (docs.stripe.com/elements/express-checkout-element/migration) and replace the payment request button with the Express Checkout Element; until then keep loading a Stripe.js version through Dahlia.
```

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## History
- v1 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28