With the introduction of the granular control options for who can respond to Google Forms, forms need to be published before sharing with responders. To make sure that existing scripts don't break, today API created forms are published by default. However, to align with the product experience in the UI, forms created by API after January 31, 2026, will be created in an unpublished state and you must publish the forms before they can accept responses.
What happens if you do nothing
If no action is taken, then new forms created using APIs after January 31, 2026, will be in an unpublished state by default and won't receive responses.
What changes do you need to make
Forms created by API after January 31, 2026, will be created in an unpublished state. Going forward, you will need to explicitly publish the forms created by API by using the
forms.setPublishedSettings()method.To test publishing a form, first create a form in an unpublished state using the
forms.create()method. Then publish the form with theforms.setPublishSettings()method.You can control who responds to your form by sharing it with specific users. The
permissions.createmethod can be used to share the form with responders. Refer to Share your form with more responders for more details.