How to recognize whether CANCEL notification means "cancel" or "upgrade"

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Created Jan ’21

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I am confused by Apple docs about CANCEL notification_type https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstoreservernotifications/notification_type.

They state

CANCEL
Indicates that either Apple customer support canceled the subscription or the user upgraded their subscription. (...)

and

Handle Use Cases for Notification Events:
Subscription is active; user upgraded to another SKU ---> CANCEL, DIDCHANGERENEWALSTATUS, INTERACTIVERENEWAL
AppleCare refunded a subscription ---> CANCEL, DIDCHANGERENEWAL_STATUS

How would I know whether notification is coming after Apple cancels/refunds subscription or user upgrades subscription?

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oscaretu OP

Apr ’21

If you check the documentation today (20210426) you'll see that now there is no CANCEL notification after an upgrade:

CANCEL
Indicates that Apple Support canceled the auto-renewable subscription and the customer received a refund as of the timestamp in cancellation_date_ms.

Subscription is active; customer upgraded to another SKU: DID_CHANGE_RENEWAL_STATUS, INTERACTIVE_RENEWAL

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