Follow tasks & activity
See what is running, inspect published results, and distinguish proposals from completed changes.
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Two views of the work
| View | Use it to answer |
|---|---|
| Task details and logs | What is this campaign creation or optimization run doing? Did the task complete or fail? |
| Campaign activity | What action was proposed, approved, applied, rejected, or left incomplete? |
A successful task status and a successful individual action describe different things. Review both the task result and the relevant activity entry when confirming a change.
Open a task
Open Tasks in the dashboard, or the task view shown after starting campaign work. Select a task to inspect it.
- Details shows task information, related entities, available result links, and errors.
- Logs shows progress messages and the execution history available for that task.
Use Copy Logs when you need to share the available log text with support. Exporting or retrying a task from the task-details window is not currently available. For failed work, review the result before starting again or contact support with the copied logs.
Read task status
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Started | The task has begun. |
| Progress | Work is running and reporting updates. |
| Completed | The task reported completion; inspect its result. |
| Failed | Execution reported an error; read the details and last logs. |
Live progress updates help you follow execution. If the connection drops, refreshing the dashboard can restore the view. Closing a browser tab is not the same as cancelling the underlying task.
Read campaign activity
Open the campaign's activity timeline to review its optimization actions. Entries can include the change, agent reasoning, timestamps, and execution details.
| Action status | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Pending Approval | The proposal is waiting for a decision. |
| In Progress | Execution has started. |
| Executed | The action reports successful execution. |
| Partial Success | Some work completed; inspect the remaining or failed parts. |
| Failed | The action did not finish successfully. |
| Rejected or Expired | The proposal was declined or its approval window elapsed. |
Reasoning explains why an action was chosen. Predicted impact is not the same as an observed performance result.
Verify published work
Follow the related campaign or Google Ads link when available. Review actual resources and current settings alongside the activity entry. An earlier approval, a log message, or an expected result alone is not confirmation that the entire change was applied.
For a failed or incomplete expansion, inspect its execution summary before using any available retry action. See Campaign expansion.
Share useful context with support
Include the campaign and task IDs, the affected account, the approximate time, the action you attempted, and the relevant error or copied logs. Leave credentials and authorization tokens out of your message.
Use Troubleshooting for the checks to make before contacting the team.