A purchase was blocked or charged during the test
In a closed test, paid apps and in-app purchases are real payments, unless the account is a license tester. Testers cancel on the payment screen; developers use license testers for their own purchase tests.
What you see
A tester is asked to pay to get the app, or for an in-app purchase. Or a purchase went through and the tester was charged.
Why
Google says testers must purchase paid apps during closed and open tests. In-app purchases are real too, unless the Google account is set up as a license tester in the Play Console.
What to do
For the tester:
- Never confirm a payment during a test: cancel on the payment screen.
- If you were charged, write to us from Help in the tester app, with the app's name and the date.
For the developer:
- Ask testers to cancel on the payment screen, in the instructions of your test. They read them under “From the developer” in the tester app.
- To try purchases yourself, add your own Google accounts as license testers in the Play Console settings.
- Keep purchases out of the features you ask testers to try.
What Peerbeta does
Peerbeta doesn't take paid apps in closed tests for now, since testers would have to buy them. When at least two testers report a purchase problem, the diagnosis warns the developer.
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