[Support request] Upgrading a membership manualy in admin – will it still trigure affiliate fee

Hi, Im trying to test the affiliate fees prior to launching my site and have a question.

If a user has signed up to the site via an affiliate link with cookies tracking it, and I then upgrade that user to a paid membership on my site (which should trigure the affiliates payment) – will it still trigure it as they as if they have paid to upgrade themselves?

Or is the affiliate fee only activated if they go through the process themselves (not by my manualy upgrading them).

Thanks