Google Ads Developer Policy Update 2026: Secure Integrations, Cloud Projects and Proxy Risks
Google’s 31 August 2026 developer-policy update focuses on secure direct integrations, dedicated Cloud projects and the risks of unaudited proxies.
Google’s 31 August 2026 developer-policy update focuses on secure direct integrations, dedicated Cloud projects and the risks of unaudited proxies.
Google Ads API Developer Assistant v4 moves to a plugin architecture for Antigravity and Claude Code. Review setup, GAQL, credentials and mutate safeguards.
Google’s October 2026 DV360 changes affect digital-label and sensitive-category exclusions plus YouTube responsive-ad business name and logo fields. Prepare API and SDF uploads.
Google’s alcohol policy changes September 30, 2026. Audit country rules, 0% certification, ABV landing pages, creative and ad formats before the transition.
Prepare for Google's Local Services Ads to Performance Max migration: save reports, build a lead-quality baseline, check settings and reconcile the new workflow.
Google AI Max's September 2026 migration: exact-match copies, keyword history and testing checks, plus AI Brief beta languages and reporting limits.
What Google's August 2026 Demand Gen Drop changes for messaging tests, travel ads and multimodal video creation, plus a guarded measurement plan.
Google Ads API v22 requests are scheduled to fail from October 7, 2026. Use this bounded inventory, release-note and compatibility checklist before choosing a newer version.
Diagnose post-sunset Content API 410s, find the calling Cloud project, check extension guidance and finish the Merchant API migration.
Google Ads is changing language targeting for Search, AI Max and Performance Max. Use this late-September 2026 audit and API migration checklist.