Hey everyone! I’m having trouble with my iOS shortcut that sends information to Google Sheets. About a month back, I set up this automation following an online tutorial and it worked perfectly for logging my daily data. Everything was running smoothly until the end of January when it suddenly stopped functioning. The shortcut still runs but no data appears in my spreadsheet anymore. I’m wondering if Apple made some changes to the Shortcuts app or if Google updated something on their end that might have broken the connection. Has anyone else experienced similar issues with their Google Sheets shortcuts recently? I haven’t modified anything in my setup, so I’m pretty confused about what could have gone wrong. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this would be really appreciated!
Had this same issue in December with my workout tracker. Fixed it by checking the actual Google Sheet - mine got corrupted and the cell references were pointing to the wrong spots. I caught it when I opened the spreadsheet manually and saw new rows weren’t getting created right. Make a fresh Google Sheet and update your shortcut with the new URL. Also verify your column headers still match what the shortcut’s trying to write to. Google Sheets sometimes shifts stuff around during updates and breaks the connection even when authentication works fine.
This happens when your authentication tokens between iOS Shortcuts and Google Sheets expire. Had the same exact issue in February with my expense tracking shortcut. Google’s API tokens expire periodically for security, so the connection just breaks. You’ll need to reauthorize by editing your shortcut and updating the Google Sheets action. Open the shortcut, tap the Google Sheets step, and look for a reconnect or reauthorize option. Once you authenticate again, everything should work normally. Also worth checking that your spreadsheet permissions didn’t change accidentally.
same here! I had the same thing happen. just deleted the shortcut and set it up again with my sheet, and it worked again. sometimes, these apps just glitch out.
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