diff --git a/services/web/types/stripe/metadata.ts b/services/web/types/stripe/metadata.ts
index b92c96eb46..cbbaba7809 100644
--- a/services/web/types/stripe/metadata.ts
+++ b/services/web/types/stripe/metadata.ts
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ export type SubscriptionMetadata = Stripe.Metadata & {
   itm_referrer?: string
   checkoutSource?: 'hosted-checkout' | 'elements-checkout'
   ip_address_country?: string
+  // Temporary marker used during the Recurly to Stripe migration for manual
+  // subscriptions without a default payment method. Set by the migration
+  // pipeline and cleared by StripeWebhookHandler once a payment method is added.
+  paymentMethodPending?: string
 }