REFUND_REVERSED for auto-renewable subscriptions: is revocationDate cleared, and does auto-renew resume?

We handle App Store Server Notifications V2 for an auto-renewable subscription. When we receive REFUND for the current period, we revoke the customer's access. We now want to reinstate access on REFUND_REVERSED, as the documentation says: "If your app revoked content or services as a result of the related refund, it needs to reinstate them."

Before reinstating, our server verifies the transaction in signedTransactionInfo and rejects it if revocationDate is present or expiresDate is in the past. We'd like to confirm a few behaviors so that the reinstatement doesn't get rejected by our own checks:

  1. In a REFUND_REVERSED notification, does the signedTransactionInfo still contain revocationDate (and revocationReason), or are they removed? Likewise, after the reversal, does Get Transaction Info / Get All Subscription Statuses return the transaction without revocationDate?
  2. An App Store Commerce Engineer explained in thread/757119 that when a customer requests a refund, the subscription's auto-renew status is set to false. Does this apply to every refund path (for example, refunds initiated by Apple or via chargebacks), or only to refunds requested by the customer?
  3. After REFUND_REVERSED, does the auto-renew status stay off, or can it be turned back on automatically? If it stays off, is the customer expected to re-enable auto-renew themselves?
  4. We have seen reports that REFUND_REVERSED can arrive weeks after REFUND, even when expiresDate has already passed. In that case, is it correct to reinstate access only up to the original expiresDate (i.e. nothing to reinstate if it has already passed)?

Thank you.

REFUND_REVERSED for auto-renewable subscriptions: is revocationDate cleared, and does auto-renew resume?
 
 
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