With majorDimension=COLUMNS an empty cell before a column's last value comes back as "" and the empty cells after it are dropped.

Google Sheets API · GET /v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheet_id}/values/{range} · HTTP 200

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-24 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 21 confirmations from 2 vantages

What to do

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

Dimensions

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

Evidence

Probe af:google-sheets:probe:fixture-columns-major (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://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheet_id}/values/{range}"},"error":{"status":200}}'

YAML: facts/google-sheets/columns-major-inner-empty-cells.yaml

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