--- title: Razorpay Webhook Documentation Review | daily.dev description: A documentation review evaluates Razorpay's webhook docs across five criteria: signature verification, event catalog, retry policy, troubleshooting, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/razorpay-webhook-documentation-review-jtzdb5wkg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Razorpay Webhook Documentation Review | daily.dev og:description: A documentation review evaluates Razorpay's webhook docs across five criteria: signature verification, event catalog, retry policy, troubleshooting, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/razorpay-webhook-documentation-review-jtzdb5wkg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JtZDB5wkg.png og:image:alt: Razorpay Webhook Documentation Review og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Razorpay Webhook Documentation Review **[Svix Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/svix)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A documentation review evaluates Razorpay's webhook docs across five criteria: signature verification, event catalog, retry policy, troubleshooting, and testing tools. Razorpay scores well overall (A, A+, B+, A, A+ respectively), with praise for its SDK-based signature verification, comprehensive event catalog with sample payloads, and support for three testing methods including ngrok tunneling. The main critique is that the exponential backoff retry schedule details are never explicitly documented, leaving developers unsure how many retries occur or their timing. Minor suggestions include reorganizing callouts in the signature verification section and renaming 'Sample Payloads' to 'Event Catalog'. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does Razorpay's webhook retry policy work? Razorpay retries failed webhooks using an exponential backoff schedule spread over 24 hours, but the exact number of retry attempts and the precise timing intervals are not explicitly documented anywhere in their docs, making it hard for developers to know exactly when subsequent retries will occur while debugging a failing endpoint. _Developers building resilient webhook consumers can find integration gotchas like this one on daily.dev._ ### How can I verify the authenticity of a Razorpay webhook payload? Razorpay webhook signatures are calculated using HMAC with the SHA256 algorithm, using the webhook secret as the key and the raw, unparsed webhook request body as the message. Razorpay also provides an SDK function to validate the webhook signature directly, removing the need to implement the HMAC verification manually and reducing setup errors. _daily.dev helps developers compare signature verification approaches when integrating payment webhooks._ ### What tools can I use to test webhooks while developing locally? The most common approach is a tunneling tool like ngrok, which exposes a local server to a public URL so a webhook provider can deliver test events during local development. Other options include request interceptor tools that spin up a temporary public endpoint for inspecting payloads and headers, and provider-specific test modes that trigger sample events without needing production traffic. _Developers setting up webhook testing workflows track tooling comparisons like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Stripe Webhooks in Production: A 2026 Developer Guide](https://daily.dev/posts/stripe-webhooks-in-production-a-2026-developer-guide-k2uxwifgt) · Alex CloudStar · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your Webhook Endpoint Is a Tiny Distributed System](https://daily.dev/posts/your-webhook-endpoint-is-a-tiny-distributed-system-izgpxyxum) · Ruby Flow · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Handle Stripe Webhooks Reliably with Background Jobs](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-handle-stripe-webhooks-reliably-with-background-jobs-hc1vqu7fi) · freeCodeCamp · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Realtime AI Agent - A Deep Dive](https://daily.dev/posts/realtime-ai-agent---a-deep-dive-q4v3vciti) · System Design Newsletter · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stripe Through the Lens of API Evangelist](https://daily.dev/posts/stripe-through-the-lens-of-api-evangelist-vv611qwap) · API Evangelist · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/razorpay-webhook-documentation-review-jtzdb5wkg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Razorpay Webhook Documentation Review","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/razorpay-webhook-documentation-review-jtzdb5wkg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/razorpay-webhook-documentation-review-jtzdb5wkg"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T07:21:34.010Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T07:26:46.652Z","description":"A documentation review evaluates Razorpay's webhook docs across five criteria: signature verification, event catalog, retry policy, troubleshooting, and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/16baa7914f3f1191c1b619655a2819c0?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/16baa7914f3f1191c1b619655a2819c0?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Svix Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Svix Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Shf9MlOr--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787469609/logos/svix?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/svix"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/razorpay-webhook-documentation-review-jtzdb5wkg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"backend,authentication","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Svix Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/svix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Razorpay Webhook Documentation Review"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/razorpay-webhook-documentation-review-jtzdb5wkg#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How does Razorpay's webhook retry policy work?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Razorpay retries failed webhooks using an exponential backoff schedule spread over 24 hours, but the exact number of retry attempts and the precise timing intervals are not explicitly documented anywhere in their docs, making it hard for developers to know exactly when subsequent retries will occur while debugging a failing endpoint. 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