When extend subscription it still shows as expired or has fewer days left than expected.

@Daniel Udy

Mine say 0 day remaining, but on the Windows Page for the Subscription says when the next renew will happen.

Update: I now have 2 Realms listed in MC.  My original (expiring) Mojang/MC App bought one AND the Microsoft Store 'purchased' (also in MC when EXTENDING) one, which renews every 30 days.

Realms as a whole seems to be having severe issues, I can't even download my realm world and upload it to the new "forced" Microsoft Realm.

Some communication from Mojang/Microsoft would be nice.

And as a result of this, my realm has now expired, because I had no way of extending it.
According to the website, there's no way to add time to an expired realm.
This is completely ridiculous.

I am fast reaching the conclusion that this is intentional.

I think the old subscription model (manually extend for 30 or 180 days) is gone/going in favour of the "opt out" auto renew subscription with the Microsoft Store directly.  Mojang probably had no suitable way of enabling the 30/180 day sub through the MS Store, so it will just fizzle out as and when our Realms expire. Besides, IOS and Android have had auto-recurring subs for awhile now, the MC App and Microsoft were the last to enable it.

Could have done with some communication on this.

Solved this issue on PC Windows 10 following these steps:

1. signed out of xbox live
2. restarted computer
3. signed back in to xbox live.
(not sure if steps 1-3 mattered in this solve, was on the phone with microsoft help desk).

4. repurchased realm subscription from within minecraft(which is what I did previously)
5. Realm worked
6. Microsoft tech refunded first subscription purchase

– I have no idea why it works now vs it not working previously.  My best guess is the update at 1.16 had a bug that is persistent until either you sign out/in or just didn't hook in the previous subscription when the issue was there and they fixed it at some point within the last 30 days.

This certainly isn’t fixed. I own two realms, and after subscribing to the new form of Realms, two weeks later, in 1.16.1, I now have four. Quickly cancelled my subscription, now in fear of a Realm expiring. This needs fixed, and it needs fixed fast.

14 days after paying my realm, the same realm expired, in that time, on the setting page says 0-day remaining. When expired I contact Mojang support, useless as usual, they didn't respond with an actual response, with a reason why all of this is happening, they just say in a nutshell "ask Microsoft for the paying stuff". I call Microsoft support for a refund for my subscription and they immediately gave me, then I paid again, for a new whole month; now, the setting page of my realm says "Renew every 30 days" in the Duration section. 

Try to ask for a refund and purchase again if you don't see "Renew every 30 days" in the Duration section.

Please note that for specific realm account issues you will need to contact Mojang Customer Support. We do not have the tools to help with subscriptions directly via the bug tracker.

Yes, apparently @[Helper] Umija5895M ; this is involves with logic or test error inside the program which should be addressed to the appropriate developer department. 

The start point from the game should be in sync with the API (end point) on each store provider (given in my case Microsoft Store). Reporting this as bugs indicates this is not realm account issue ,but in game feature that is bugged (which shouldn't be before the Nether Update). 

The only solution I can do for now is to wait for my refund to clear and request a subscription termination from Mojang CS. Then renewing the subscription. I will give a try on suggested method to fix this matter in the mean time as well.

Edited:

I've asked for a refund twice already, the problem still persist. This is way out of me and Microsoft support abilities.

Updated:

I let my realms to actually expired and able to delete it. Then purchase a new one effortlessly.

I have this issue!
Minecraft says it my Realm is Expired (2020-07-09)
Google has continued to charge me for the Expired Realm.

Workaround:
   Download the Expired Realm to a local World.
   Get a new Realm Plus subscription
      - If Google has the expired Subscription (make sure to cancel it as well), get a new one through Microsoft.
      - If Microsoft has the expired Subscription (make sure to cancel it as well), get a new one through Google.

   Upload your World to the new Realm.

This workaround can be followed on Window 10 and Android (likely will work on any bedrock version.)
Google, Microsoft and iOS (maybe others) all have Subscription options, you can likely use the same Subscription provider, just I switched and I know that worked.

NOTE: Remember to cancel your subscription if you encounter this bug. Cause I continued to be charged despite the Realm being marked Expired.

Affects 1.16.20 - tried to renew a realm that shouldnt have expired in the first place and is still being paid for
Cant do the workaround since the file size is too big

I can confirm that this is still occurring in 1.16.40. It has just affected my Realm.

This is still happening. Just found this bug report, after spending hours trying to get help through official channels. Ended up canceling the accidental Realm subscription and only have 13 days left to figure out what do do about the first one expiring.

I have this issue on Windows 10 for sure (haven't tried on other platforms).  I am however, still able to play on the realm.  It's mostly just annoying.  I do have auto renew and a valid payment method so it shouldn't expire for me.

Purchased Realms Plus subscription sometime back through Playstation store.
Latest payment was June 30th.  On July 3rd the Switch client reported that my Realms Plus subscription was expired, however I was still able to connect to it as recently as yesterday, the 6th.

I've had a similar problem many months ago where the Realm, despite having been paid, ended up expired, but in that case the Realm became unavailable.

I was able to log in to the realm briefly today, but no blocks would update. Lava wouldn't flow. I was able to walk the edge of the simulation and stare into the nether void, which was a little spooky... I can walk around for a bit and will eventually be kicked. 

It looks like this is still valid in 1.18.2, I've been tricked to pay one more subscription although it has been renewed just 5 days ago! (I've attached a screenshot from the Slovak (SK) version.

I've already contacted billing support elsewhere but this is clearly a bug and not just a billing issue.

I have this same issue currently. I was billed on Jan 3rd 2021 for $7.99 and I have the credit card statement to prove it. However, when I log in to Minecraft and look at the realms section, it shows as "expired". This bug seriously needs to be fixed because it's literally thievery. Stealing money without giving us anything in return. I am on autopay and have had it for close to two years now without a hitch. What changed? It shows up like that on xbox, iOS, iPadOS, etc. Everything is updated and everything has been restarted, no fixes.

Still happening today, version 1.18.2 just got charged automatically for another month and the realm shows as expired, basically a recurrent scam every month, last time I had to spend hours to get a refund, this month Iooks like I'll have to go through the same process

I'm having this problem right now with my Realm on Nintendo Switch.

Not 100% Sure If This Got Fixed Or I Got Lucky But...

Used Nintendo Switch Points From My Nintendo To Open A New Realm And It Worked Under The Same Microsoft Account I Was Having Problems With From Before, And It Worked, I Was Able To Buy A New Realm.
Because Before I Could Not Buy Or Renew Realms.. It Just Took My Money And Never Gave Me Anything Back

I Took A Chance And Went On The Computer (Windows) And Using The Same Microsoft Account For Minecraft v1.19.51 
I Tried Renewing My Old Realms And It Worked. I Now Own 3 Realms LOL,,, 

I Want To Note. Just In Case The Bug Is Some How Linked... I Removed My Billing Cards From My Microsoft Account A While A Go To Stop The Auto Renew Billing And I Didnt Like The Idea Of My Billing Info Sitting In My Account If I Was Not Using It,.. So When I Went To Renew In Minecraft I Had To Reenter My Billing Info.. (Same Cards And Account As Before)

If Anyone Else Tries To Buy Or Renew Realms Good Luck =}

I just paid for my subscription on my Nintendo switch and my realms says that it is expired. I have signed out and shut down my switch then restarted and signed back in, uninstalled the game and reinstalled, restarted my router, and check the Nintendo e-shop to verify payment and nothing has worked. I have tried to get it to work since I paid. I believe that an update came through right before this all took place.  So far I have not heard from Microsoft or Mojang directly on this issue.

    Have had several people try to help in blog but nothing has worked.