Hi,
Thank you for contacting the Google Ads API support team.
Please find answers to your queries below:
1. Is this error caused by using a **test-mode Developer Token** with a **real
user account**?
Answer: The OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT error indicates that the
operation is not
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to create a Performance Max campaign using the Google Ads API
with a **real user account** (not a test MCC) authenticated via **OAuth**,
but I'm getting this error:
{
"errors": [
{
"error_code": {
"context_error": "OPERATION_
Hi:
This was just escalated to me. The error OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
usually indicates that the action you're trying to perform isn't allowed for
the type of account or the specific context in which you're operating. Given
that you're trying to create customer c
Hi,
Thank you for reaching out to the Google Ads API support team
I have raised your concern with the rest of our team and one of my teammates
will reach out to you once we have an update. Meanwhile, your patience is
appreciated.
Thanks,
Google Ads API Team
Feedback
How was our support toda
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argument.", grpc_status:3,
created_time:"2025-05-06T08:53:00.394049374+00:00"}"
2025-05-06T08:53:00.397Z
>, errors {
2025-05-06T08:53:00.397Z
error_code {
2025-05-06T08:53:00.397Z
context_error: OPERATION_NOT_PER
Hello,
I'm trying to automate campaign creation which will require the first step
of creating a campaign budget with a temporary ID. Unfortunately I'm
receiving a rather vague error OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT.
{"message":"Request made: ClientCus
Hi,
As previously mentioned, the API documentation lacks ad group criteria for
language. Therefore, I request that you create campaign criteria that include
language settings to prevent errors.
This message is in relation to case "ref:!00D1U01174p.!5004Q02vGYPg:ref"
(ADR-00269362)
Thanks,
Goo
gt;
> From the provided logs, I understand that you've encountered the "
> OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
> <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v17/ContextErrorEnum.ContextError#operation_not_permitted_for_context>"
>
> error whi
Hi,
Thank you for reaching out to the Google Ads API support team.
>From the provided logs, I understand that you've encountered the
>"OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT" error while trying to target the
>language in ad group criteria. Please note that the l
307","language":{"languageConstant":"languageConstants/1003"}}}]}
Response
---
Headers: {
"request-id": "7dPVmbWoFfeCzqJ2FOjRow",
"date": "Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:51:26 GMT",
"alt-svc": "h3=\&quo
RE",
> "appId": "com.nintendo.zaka"
> },
> "biddingStrategy":
> "customers/4926841893/biddingStrategies/11157096856"
> }
> }
> ]
> }'
>
> Here is
ntendo.zaka"
},
"biddingStrategy":
"customers/4926841893/biddingStrategies/11157096856"
}
}
]
}'
Here is the response
{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "Reques
Hi,
Thank you for contacting the Google Ads API support team.
I understand that you are getting OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT error, to
assist you further please provide us with complete API request and response
logs with request-id and request header generated at your end.
If you are
Thanks for the instructions. I was able to create a smart campaign with a
smart_campaign type budget.
On Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 11:03:20 PM UTC+5:30 Google Ads API Forum
Advisor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Upon checking, I could see that the campaign budget '13772297422' is
> 'Standard' type. Please n
}
'
and the response
{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "Request contains an invalid argument.",
"status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
"details": [
{
&q
tatus": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
"details": [
{
"@type":
"type.googleapis.com/google.ads.googleads.v17.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [
{
Hi,
Thank you for reaching out to the Google Ads API support team.
Based on the provided information, it is observed that you've encountered the
"OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT" and "RESOURCE_NOT_IN_GOOGLE_ADS" errors
while creating smart campaign.
I could
-
{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "Request contains an invalid argument.",
"status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
"details": [
{
"@type":
"type.googleapis.com/google.ad
{
"@type":
"type.googleapis.com\/google.ads.googleads.v16.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [
{
"errorCode": {
"contextError":
"OPERATION_
{
"@type":
"type.googleapis.com\/google.ads.googleads.v16.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [
{
"errorCode": {
"contextError":
"OPERATION_
{
"@type":
"type.googleapis.com\/google.ads.googleads.v16.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [
{
"errorCode": {
"contextError":
"OPERATION_
Hi,
Thank you for contacting the Google Ads API support team.
I understand that you are getting OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT error, to
assist you further please provide us with complete API request and response
logs with request-id and request header generated at your end.
If you are
errors {
error_code {
context_error: OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
}
message: "The operation is not allowed for the given context."
trigger {
string_value: "SEARCH"
}
location {
field_path_elements {
field_name: "operations"
i
Hi,
Hope you are doing well.
I could see that the campaign: 20717377421 has status 'Removed', this is the
reason you are facing an error. Please note that it is not possible to perform
any mutate operation on the removed campaigns. Hope this helps.
This message is in relation to case "ref:!00D1
to host googleads.googleapis.com left intact
but i receive this response
{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "Request contains an invalid argument.",
"status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
"details": [
{
"@type":
&quo
ion #3 to host googleads.googleapis.com left intact
But a receive this response
{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "Request contains an invalid argument.",
"status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
"details": [
{
"@type":
ssage": "Request contains an invalid argument.",
"status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
"details": [
{
"@type":
"type.googleapis.com/google.ads.googleads.v16.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [
{
&qu
quot;,
"code": 3,
"status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
"details": [
{
"@type":
"type.googleapis.com\/google.ads.googleads.v14.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [
{
"errorCode": {
"contextError": "OPERATION_NOT_PERM
\"Error received
from peer
ipv4:142.251.43.10:443\",\"file\":\"..\\..\\..\\src\\core\\lib\\surface\\call.cc\",\"file_line\":953,\"grpc_message\":\"Request
contains an invalid argument.\",\"grpc_status\":3}\")"
e.Failure
{{ "erro
concern, I can see that you encountered the
> *OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT* error. This means that the
> operation is not allowed for the given context. Upon checking, I can see
> that you are trying to mutate the campaign budget. Please note that
> creating a campaign budget
Hi,
I hope you're doing well today.
I see that you've already raised the same issue in this forum thread
(https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/34d9657c-565a-415f-906d-6f42e1aa339fn%40googlegroups.com).
For better tracking of the issue, let's continue the discussion on the
original thr
Hi,
Thanks for reaching out to Google Ads API Support.
With regards to your concern, I can see that you encountered the
OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT error. This means that the operation is not
allowed for the given context. Upon checking, I can see that you are trying to
mutate the
ot;message": "Request contains an invalid
argument.", "status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT", "details": [ { "@type": "
type.googleapis.com/google.ads.googleads.v14.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [ { "errorCode": { "conte
"status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT", "details": [ { "@type": "
type.googleapis.com/google.ads.googleads.v14.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [ { "errorCode": { "contextError":
"OPERATION_NOT
"details": [ { "@type":
"type.googleapis.com/google.ads.googleads.v14.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [ { "errorCode": { "contextError":
"OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT" }, "message": "
Hi Xueyao,
Thank you for reaching out to us.
Kindly note that there was a recent blog post released about the Image and
Location Auto-migration in August 2023. The migrations occur at the account
level. During the migration of an account, which will take several minutes, you
won’t be able to e
Hi,
We got the error OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT when we were trying to
create the feed for location ad extension accroding to this doc:
https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/location-extensions/google-ads-location-extensions#create-location-feed,
but we could created the
tatus:3,
grpc_message:"Request contains an invalid argument."}"
>, errors {
error_code {
context_error: OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
}
message: "The operation is not allowed for the given context."
location {
field_path_elements {
field_name:
sage": "Request contains an invalid argument.",
"status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
"details": [
{
"@type":
"type.googleapis.com/google.ads.googleads.v13.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [
ers:
Metadata(content-type=application/grpc,request-id=KSmESoIBBm44a9rz-4pWCA,date=Wed,
08 Mar 2023 12:02:23 GMT,alt-svc=h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443";
ma=2592000)
Body: null
Failure message: errors {
error_code {
context_error: OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
}
I have figured it, thanks
On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7:56:59 PM UTC+1 Faith Amao wrote:
> I have sent a message as "reply to author" please check and help me out,
> something is really at stake if this doesn’t work out ASAP 😭
> Thanks
>
> On Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 3:42:45 PM UTC+1 adsapi wro
I have sent a message as "reply to author" please check and help me out,
something is really at stake if this doesn’t work out ASAP 😭
Thanks
On Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 3:42:45 PM UTC+1 adsapi wrote:
> Hi Faith,
>
> Thank you for considering my insights. However, If you have additional
> questi
Hi Faith,
Thank you for considering my insights. However, If you have additional
questions regarding the topic being discussed in this thread, feel free to send
those over to our team and we would be happy to assist you further.
Best regards,
Jinky
Google Ads API Team
ref:_00D1U1174p.
Thank you for your response.
I'll do that now and update you on the progress.
Thanks,
Faith.
On Tue, 17 May 2022, 08:42 Google Ads API Forum Advisor,
wrote:
> Hi Faith,
>
> Thank you for providing the requested information. I work with Darwin and
> allow me to assist you here.
>
> Upon checking
Hi Faith,
>>
>>
>> Thanks for reaching out to the Google Ads API Support team.
>>
>>
>> With regard to your concern, It seems you have encountered a problem
>> ContextError
>> <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v10/ContextErr
eems you have encountered a problem
> ContextError
> <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v10/ContextErrorEnum.ContextError?hl=en#operation_not_permitted_for_context>.
>
> That error said, The operation is not allowed for the given context.
> H
ilureError": {
"code": 3,
"message": "The operation is not allowed for the given context., at
operations[0]",
"details": [
{
"@type":
"type.googleapis.com/google.ads.googleads.v10.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors&quo
HI
I am totaly newbe on Google Ads API...
The first 2 weeks sped time to configurations of my app that finaly can get
the API call without errors... just accout infos ;-) but for my big success.
the next step I try to create compaing but I got
error OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
The Code
h regard to your concern, please do note that the API request to create
> campaign budget is for client account only. Since you're submitted a n API
> request using MCC account, then this is the reason why the
> OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT error occurred..
>
>
Hi Sergey,
Thank you for reaching out to us.
With regard to your concern, please do note that the API request to create
campaign budget is for client account only. Since you're submitted a n API
request using MCC account, then this is the reason why the
OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CO
e="InvalidArgument", Detail="Request contains an
invalid argument.",
DebugException="Grpc.Core.Internal.CoreErrorDetailException:
{"created":"@1637623064.47200","description":"Error received from peer
ipv4:142.250.186.202:443&qu
Request
contains an invalid argument.","grpc_status":3}")
Failure: { "errors": [ { "errorCode": { "contextError":
"OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT" }, "message": "The operation is not
allowed for the given context."
Hi Lakshya,
Thank you for the trace that you provided. However, these do not appear to be
the complete request and response logs with request ID that my colleague Ernie
earlier requested.
That said, and since it appears that you are using Ruby, you can first enable
logging by referring to this
t_error
Code: OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
Error with message: The operation is not allowed for the given context.
On field: operations
On field: create
On field: age_range
Type: context_error
Code: OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
Traceback (m
Hi Lakshya,
Thank you for posting your concern.
To investigate the issue that you experienced, could you provide the complete
request and response logs with request ID generated on your end where we can
see the error?
If you haven't enabled the logging of the API transactions for the specific
Hi ,
I am having test account, and i am trying to create demographic targeting.
I tried creating at campaign as well as ad level. but getting the
exception: OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT..
Can you please help with this?
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Hi Matěj,
Thank you for the reply.
You need to link the client accounts to your manager account, which your user
account have an access, and follow the call structure that I've mentioned on my
previous email. You may check this document as it discussed the suggestion that
I provided.
Let me k
Hi Ernie,
yes, I have followed all the steps you mention before and as I mention
in the previous message, I was able to make the API work after I
accepted the invitation to the client account I myself created a few
moments before.
My concern is: Do I have to be explicitly invited to all clie
Hi Matěj,
Thanks for the reply. I work with Yasar and let me provide support to your
concern.
Could you confirm if your question is related on how to authenticate in Google
Ads API to avoid the error? If yes, then you may see the key things to remember
below:
1. Set customer ID (without hyphen
pts/call-structure?hl=en>
documentation on how to specify the login-customer-id property in the
request properly.
With regards to the issue found in the logs you’ve shared, the error
OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
<https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v8/Conte
e logs you’ve shared, the error
OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
<https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v8/ContextErrorEnum.ContextError?hl=en#operation_not_permitted_for_context>
means that sometimes the operation may work for some configurations,
but for your parti
;login-customer-id’ in the request.
That being said, you may refer to this documentation on how to specify the
login-customer-id property in the request properly.
With regards to the issue found in the logs you’ve shared, the error
OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT means that sometimes the ope
t;;
ma=2592000,h3-T051=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-Q050=\":443\";
ma=2592000,h3-Q046=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-Q043=\":443\";
ma=2592000,quic=\":443\"; ma=2592000; v=\"46,43\""
}
Fault
---
Status code:
OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT error and also the other
error you mentioned, concerning Smart Display Campaigns.
Best regards,
Peter Laurence Napa Oliquino
Google Ads API Team
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Hello Aditya,
In the future, if a thread is a few months old and no longer active, could you
do us a huge favor and just start a new thread? Sometimes, your issue may be
different than the last one, and it can be confusing to some other people who
may have had their issue already resolved on th
CreNA"
Status: Status{code=INVALID_ARGUMENT, description=Request contains an
invalid argument., cause=null}.Request ID 2aU6KGGvOVHmF06kHCreNA failed due
to GoogleAdsException. Underlying errors: Error 0: error_code {
context_error: OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT}message: "The op
CreNA"
Status: Status{code=INVALID_ARGUMENT, description=Request contains an
invalid argument., cause=null}.Request ID 2aU6KGGvOVHmF06kHCreNA failed due
to GoogleAdsException. Underlying errors: Error 0: error_code {
context_error: OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT}message: "The op
Hello there,
Thank you for raising this to us.
So our team can better check on the issue, could you share with us the
following details below?
If using the AdWords API
complete SOAP logs (request and response with requestId)
If using the Google Ads API
complete logs (request and response wit
Fault: errors {
error_code {
context_error: OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
}
message: "The operation is not allowed for the given context."
location {
field_path_elements {
field_name: "operations&
Hi Ernie,
I am not sure is this the reason.
Because I am facing issue with this account only.
Can you please help?
Thanks
On Friday, 16 October 2020 at 10:43:20 UTC+5:30 adsapiforumadvisor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for posting your concern.
>
> I would like to inform you first that API version
Hi,
Thanks for posting your concern.
I would like to inform you first that API version v3, which you are currently
using, is already deprecated as discussed on our Deprecation Schedule document.
With this, we recommend that you upgrade to the newest version by following
this guide to try out n
uot;@type":"type.googleapis.com/google.ads.googleads.v3.errors.GoogleAdsFailure","errors":[{"errorCode":{"contextError":"OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT"},"message":"The
operation is not allowed for the given
context.","trigger&
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