Listing a subcollection under a parent document that does not exist returns HTTP 200 {} rather than 404: the parent's absence is not reported.

Cloud Firestore (Firebase) REST API · GET /v1/projects/{project}/databases/{database}/documents/{collection}/{document}/{subcollection} · HTTP 200

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-24 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 254 confirmations from 2 vantages

What to do

1. No client-side fix known (by design).

Dimensions

env: prod · plan: any · region: any · account_state: service_account

Evidence

Probe af:google-firestore:probe:subcollection-of-missing-document (declarative, source)

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"GET","url":"https://firestore.googleapis.com/v1/projects/{project}/databases/{database}/documents/{collection}/{document}/{subcollection}"},"error":{"status":200}}'

YAML: facts/google-firestore/subcollection-of-missing-document-is-empty.yaml

Data: CC BY 4.0 · apifacts registry · This page is generated; edit the YAML, not the page.