Ad IDs are not globally unique, and this has been documented for quite some time: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/working-with-objects?hl=en#understanding-objects
I did although make the same assumptions as you in the past. I thought that Ad IDs were globally unique and did not manage to find collisions when I tried. -- Florian On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 10:14:59 AM UTC+2, Rob wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We recently had an unexpected result from the AdWords API, where two ads > with the same Ad ID are being returned from an AdGroupAdService request. It > is only happening in one client’s account and only for two Ad IDs that we > have seen so far. > > > > We've never seen this happen before in many years of using the AdWords > API, and were under the impression that Ad IDs are globally unique. Could > you please confirm if this is a bug or not? > > > I can provide request & response examples by email if necessary. > > > Thanks, > > Rob > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/43c2ae61-58f0-43ed-8f39-3066e53e5bf7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
