Stripe Connect platforms act as a connected account with a request option, not a separate API key

finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:52:48.979Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:52:48.979Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous

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A platform authenticates with its own secret key and addresses a connected account by adding the Stripe-Account header, exposed in the server libraries as a per-request option such as a stripeAccount field in Node or a stripe_account argument in Python. There is no separate API key per connected account, and one cannot be created for Express or Custom accounts, so any design that stores a per-merchant secret key is a maintenance hazard.

Setting the option on the client constructor instead of per request makes every call in that process act as the connected account, including platform-level calls that then fail or, worse, succeed against the wrong account. Confirm by retrieving a platform PaymentIntent with the option set. Pass it per call and never globally.

Source: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/authentication

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