diff --git a/modules/billing/services/billing.webhook.service.js b/modules/billing/services/billing.webhook.service.js
index 6aa3c283f..0987252a5 100644
--- a/modules/billing/services/billing.webhook.service.js
+++ b/modules/billing/services/billing.webhook.service.js
@@ -508,25 +508,19 @@ const handleSubscriptionUpdated = async (subscription, event) => {
       }
 
       // Emit analytics observability event for downstreams running PostHog (no-op otherwise).
-      // Mirrors the internal billing.plan.changed event but lands in the analytics pipeline.
+      // Mirrors the internal plan.changed event but lands in the analytics pipeline.
+      // AnalyticsService.capture() swallows its own errors — no outer try/catch needed.
       if (AnalyticsService.isConfigured()) {
-        try {
-          AnalyticsService.capture({
-            distinctId: organizationId,
-            event: 'subscription_changed',
-            source: 'stripe-webhook',
-            properties: {
-              previousPlan,
-              newPlan,
-              isDowngrade,
-            },
-          });
-        } catch (capErr) {
-          logger.error('[billing.webhook] analytics capture subscription_changed failed (non-fatal)', {
-            organizationId,
-            error: capErr?.message ?? String(capErr),
-          });
-        }
+        AnalyticsService.capture({
+          distinctId: organizationId,
+          event: 'subscription_changed',
+          source: 'stripe-webhook',
+          properties: {
+            previousPlan,
+            newPlan,
+            isDowngrade,
+          },
+        });
       }
 
       // Plan switch mid-cycle = refresh the active week snapshot to the new plan.
diff --git a/modules/billing/tests/billing.webhook.subscription-changed-analytics.unit.tests.js b/modules/billing/tests/billing.webhook.subscription-changed-analytics.unit.tests.js
index c8dfc1a66..e2191d0cd 100644
--- a/modules/billing/tests/billing.webhook.subscription-changed-analytics.unit.tests.js
+++ b/modules/billing/tests/billing.webhook.subscription-changed-analytics.unit.tests.js
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ describe('billing.webhook.service — subscription_changed analytics emit:', ()
   });
 
   describe('when plan did not change', () => {
-    test('does not capture subscription_changed', async () => {
-      // No previous_attributes.items — no plan change detected
+    test('does not capture subscription_changed when previous_attributes.items is absent', async () => {
+      // No previous_attributes.items — plan-change branch is skipped entirely
       await BillingWebhookService.handleSubscriptionUpdated(
         _mkStripeSubscription(),
         _mkEvent({
@@ -239,15 +239,51 @@ describe('billing.webhook.service — subscription_changed analytics emit:', ()
       );
       expect(subscriptionChangedCalls).toHaveLength(0);
     });
+
+    test('does not capture subscription_changed when previousPlan === newPlan (same-plan guard)', async () => {
+      // previous_attributes.items IS present but the plan is the same — the
+      // `previousPlan !== newPlan` guard should prevent the emit.
+      await BillingWebhookService.handleSubscriptionUpdated(
+        _mkStripeSubscription({
+          items: {
+            data: [{ price: { id: 'price_growth', metadata: { planId: 'growth' } }, current_period_start: 1700000000 }],
+          },
+        }),
+        _mkEvent({
+          data: {
+            previous_attributes: {
+              items: { data: [{ price: { id: 'price_growth', metadata: { planId: 'growth' } } }] },
+            },
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const subscriptionChangedCalls = mockAnalyticsCapture.mock.calls.filter(
+        ([arg]) => arg.event === 'subscription_changed',
+      );
+      expect(subscriptionChangedCalls).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('when event is stale (updateIfEventNewer returns null)', () => {
     test('does not capture subscription_changed', async () => {
+      // Fixture includes previous_attributes.items so the stale-event guard is what
+      // actually prevents capture (not the absence of a plan change).
       mockSubscriptionRepository.updateIfEventNewer.mockResolvedValue(null);
 
       await BillingWebhookService.handleSubscriptionUpdated(
-        _mkStripeSubscription(),
-        _mkEvent(),
+        _mkStripeSubscription({
+          items: {
+            data: [{ price: { id: 'price_growth', metadata: { planId: 'growth' } }, current_period_start: 1700000000 }],
+          },
+        }),
+        _mkEvent({
+          data: {
+            previous_attributes: {
+              items: { data: [{ price: { id: 'price_free', metadata: { planId: 'free' } } }] },
+            },
+          },
+        }),
       );
 
       const subscriptionChangedCalls = mockAnalyticsCapture.mock.calls.filter(