Glossary
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Subscription | A recurring order agreement for one or more items at a given frequency |
| Instance (order) | A single scheduled delivery/billing occurrence of a subscription |
| Instance (tenant) | A tenant/brand configuration record in the instances collection (overloaded term) |
| Frequency | Cadence of deliveries (DAILY … ANNUALLY) |
| Renewal / process | Turning a due instance into a real order via Cart Service checkout |
| Pause / resume / extend | Temporarily halting deliveries within fair-use limits |
| Skip next order | Skipping one upcoming delivery at item or subscription level |
| Gift subscription | A subscription purchased for a recipient, redeemed via a code |
| Prepaid subscription | A fixed-term subscription paid upfront |
| Product swap | Replacing an item’s product with an eligible alternative |
| Process summary | Audit record of a batch-processing run |
| Privilege | A subscription:* permission string checked at the auth hook |
| EventBridge | AWS event bus used to publish domain events (source subscription-service) |
Revision History
2026-08-05 | JP – Created the page and added the content.