Data Measured

11 Aug 2026 · GA4 · medium severity · fix verified 9 Sept 2026

Custom integer lookback windows for click-through and engaged-view conversions

'Custom integer lookback windows now available for click-through and engaged-view conversions' in the conversion window configuration.

Source: What's new in Google Analytics — Aug 11, 2026.

What it breaks

A property that shortens or lengthens a window changes its key-event counts against its own history and against Google Ads' window; comparisons across the change date read as performance moves.

Who it hits: Anyone who changes a window; anyone comparing GA4 key events to Ads conversions.

The fix

Annotate the date, run the old and new window side by side for 28 days in the reconcile sheet, and match the Ads conversion window when you compare the two.

fix artifact · #A-005

Attribution reconcile sheet

Two 28-day exports side by side — last-click and data-driven — per campaign delta, and the Smart Bidding re-baseline arithmetic.

verified_on
2026-09-09
next re-check
2026-12-01
status
current

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