Generally Available: The AddOnsResponseService and its associated classes in Apps Script are now generally available. This service allows developers to create and manage interactive responses for Google Workspace Add-ons that extend Google Chat.

Deprecated: The method setAuthentication(clientId, signingKey) has been deprecated and is scheduled for sunset in June 2026. This change is because Maps platform client IDs were deprecated on May 26, 2025, and can't be used after May 31, 2026. Instead, use setAuthenticationByKey(apiKey) or setAuthenticationByKey(apiKey, signingKey). To get an API key, refer to the Client ID Migration Guide.

Feature

Generally Available: To authenticate to the Maps service, you can now use an API key with the new methods setAuthenticationByKey(apiKey) and setAuthenticationByKey(apiKey, signingKey). To reset authentication to the default mode, use resetAuthenticationApiKey().

Generally Available: Use Apps Script's Vertex AI advanced service to call the Vertex AI API and prompt AI models to generate text, images, and more.

For details, see the Vertex AI advanced service reference documentation.

The Apps Script samples gallery now lets you find samples by use case, products, and sample type. The gallery also features the following new samples:

• Build a Google Chat app with an ADK AI agent
• Build a Chat app with an Agent2Agent agent
• Analyze and label Gmail messages with Gemini and Vertex AI

Google Analytics 4 has replaced Universal Analytics, which means the Apps Script Advanced Service for Google Analytics Management API and Reporting API is deprecated. Use the Google Analytics Data API Advanced Service instead.

Between approximately September 2024 and March 2025, for Google Sheets modifications made by time-based Apps Script triggers, a bug caused incorrect OAuth App IDs and App Names to be logged in the Google Admin console.

This logging issue did not impact the functionality of Apps Script or Google Sheets. A fix was deployed on March 27, 2025, preventing future incorrect logging. Historical logs will not be corrected.

To learn more about Apps Script and audit logs, see Monitor and control Apps Script use in your Google Workspace organization.

You can now use the Forms Service to publish forms, and to have granular control over who can respond to forms.

Learn about the setPublished method to publish forms.

As of February 20, 2025, the Rhino runtime is deprecated. Scripts running on Rhino will continue to function until January 31, 2026, after which they will no longer execute. Please migrate your scripts to the V8 runtime before this date. Refer to Migrate scripts to the V8 runtime.

Generally Available: Granular OAuth permissions are now supported for users executing scripts in the Apps Script IDE. The granular OAuth consent screen lets users specify which individual OAuth scopes they would like to authorize. The granular consent screen will gradually launch to the remaining Apps Script surfaces, such as add-ons and trigger executions, in the future.

For more information, refer to the Workspace Updates blog post: Granular OAuth consent in Google Apps Script IDE executions.

Feature

Generally Available: To complement the release of the granular consent flow in Apps Script IDE executions, the following methods have been added to the ScriptApp and AuthorizationInfo classes to let Apps Script developers programmatically interact with the scopes granted for a script.

ScriptApp class:

• requireScopes(authMode, oAuthScopes)
• requireAllScopes(authMode)
• getAuthorizationInfo(authMode, oAuthScopes)

AuthorizationInfo class:

• getAuthorizedScopes()

For more information, refer to Handle granular OAuth permissions.

The getUrl() method for the CellImage, CellImageBuilder, and OverGridImage classes of the Spreadsheet service has been deprecated. An image's source URL isn't available regardless of how the image is inserted into a spreadsheet.

Feature

Generally available: The getSheetById() method has been added to the Spreadsheet class of the Spreadsheet service. This lets you get a sheet in a spreadsheet using its unique ID.

Feature

Generally available: You can now get and set the transparency of a calendar event, meaning whether the event shows as "Busy" or "Available" in Google Calendar. For more information, refer to the following documentation:

• Enum EventTransparency
• Class CalendarEvent
• Class CalendarEventSeries

The Calendar service now has a getEventType() method that lets developers differentiate regular events from other types of events like out-of-office and working location events. For more information, see the following documentation:

• getEventType() for events
• getEventType() for event series
• EventType enum

Apps Script has rescheduled the shutdown date of the Contacts service to January 31, 2025. Refer to the Apps Script sunset schedule.

The Apps Script Contacts service was deprecated in December 2022. Instead, use the People API advanced service. Refer to Migrate from Contacts service to People API advanced service.

Generally available: You can now use Looker in Connected Sheets from Apps Script. This update lets you create a new or access existing Looker data source connections, connect a sheet to them, create pivot tables, and more.

The following updates have been made to the Spreadsheet service to support Looker in Connected Sheets from Apps Script.

• The following new data source type has been added:
  • LOOKER
• The following new classes have been added:
  • LookerDataSourceSpec
  • LookerDataSourceSpecBuilder
• The following new methods have been added to existing classes:
  • DataSourceSpec.asLooker()
  • DataSourceSpecBuilder.asLooker()

Generally Available: You can now create and organize tabs in Google Docs documents using Apps Script's Document service. For more information, refer to Work with tabs.

Google Workspace administrators can now turn on an allowlist in the admin console to control which external domains users can access through Apps Script's URL Fetch service.

• If you're using a script or add-on that accesses external domains, work with your administrator to add those URLs to the admin allowlist.
• If you've published an add-on on the Google Workspace Marketplace, it might be helpful to list the URLs that admins should add to their allowlist on your Marketplace listing.

For more information, refer to the Google Workspace Admin Help article: Allow only certain external connections for Apps Script and Sheets.

(Generally Available): Multiselect menus are now generally available for Add-ons.

For more information refer to the following:

• SelectionInput for Apps Script
• SelectionInput for HTTP runtimes

Feature

(Generally Available): Columns are now generally available for Add-ons.

For more information refer to the following:

• Columns for Apps Script
• Columns for HTTP runtimes

To subscribe to events using Apps Script, you can now use the Advanced Google Workspace Events service. For details, see the Apps Script reference documentation.

The cancelDataRefresh() method has been added to the following classes of the Spreadsheet service:

• DataSourceChart
• DataSourceFormula
• DataSourcePivotTable
• DataSourceSheet
• DataSourceTable

The cancelDataRefresh() method cancels the data refresh associated with the object it's called on if the refresh is currently running.

The cancelAllLinkedDataSourceObjectRefreshes() method has been added to the DataSource class. This method cancels all currently running refreshes of data source objects linked to the data source this method is called on.

(Generally Available): Google Chat apps now support Google Apps Script's Card Service. If you've built your Chat app using Apps Script, you can use Card Service to build user interfaces such as card messages and dialogs. For more information, see the Card Service reference documentation.

The default property for the TextButtonStyle enum in the Apps Script Card Service has been renamed from TEXT to OUTLINED to align with the Google Material 3 design system. Existing scripts that use the original default, TEXT, render the same as the new default, OUTLINED.

(Generally Available): You can now delete multiple unused versions at the same time from the Project History page. Refer to Delete multiple versions.

(Generally Available): The LinkPreview class has been added to the Apps Script Card service. This class lets you control various aspects of link previews, including the smart chip title, the link preview title, and the link preview card.

The 200 version limit, first announced for new scripts on December 6, 2023, has been extended to all script projects. If your existing script project already has more than 200 versions, after June 1, 2024 you won't be able to add a new version. To delete unused versions, refer to Delete a version.

(Developer Preview): Multiselect menus are now in Developer Preview for Add-ons.

For more information refer to the following:

• SelectionInput for Apps Script
• SelectionInput for other runtimes

Feature

(Developer Preview): Columns are now in Developer Preview for Add-ons.

For more information refer to the following:

• Columns for Apps Script
• Columns for other runtimes

(Developer Preview): Google Chat apps now support Google Apps Script's Card Service. If you've built your Chat app using Apps Script, you can use Card Service to build user interfaces such as card messages and dialogs. For more information, see the Card Service reference documentation.

(Generally Available): Google Workspace Add-ons now support third-party resource creation from the @ menu in Google Docs. This feature is gradually rolling out over the next few weeks. To use this feature, see Create third-party resources from the @ menu.

(Generally available): Google Workspace Add-ons now support link previews in Google Sheets and Slides. To learn more, see Preview links with smart chips.

(Generally available): The setPersistValues(persistValues) method has been added to the Action class of the Card service. This means that you can now indicate whether form values are determined by the client's values or the server's values after an action response updates a form's card.

(Generally Available): You can now call version 3 of the Google Drive API from Apps Script with the advanced Drive service. To learn more, see Advanced Drive service.

To fix a bug that prevented events of eventType != 'default' from importing, we updated the code sample in Populate a team vacation calendar, the popular Apps Script + Calendar API solution. Review the code change in GitHub.