Monitoring mode
Record conversions without forwarding them to ad platforms while you test, audit or roll out gradually.
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Monitoring mode records conversions in Convultra without forwarding them to ad platforms. Everything shows up in the dashboard, and nothing is sent to Google Ads or any other connected integration.
When to use it
| Use case | Description |
|---|---|
| Testing a new project | Confirm the installation, conversion calls and data flow before anything reaches a live ad account. |
| Auditing | Compare Convultra’s numbers against your existing pixel without touching live campaigns. |
| Compliance review | Check what Convultra collects before enabling forwarding. |
| Gradual rollout | Monitor for a week, confirm the data looks right, then switch forwarding on. |
How it works
When monitoring mode is on:
- The SDK keeps capturing every event: pageviews, conversions, click IDs and the rest.
- Events are processed and stored as normal.
- Events appear under Conversions, Sources and every other view.
- No events are forwarded to any connected ad platform.
When you switch it off, forwarding resumes immediately for new events.
Events tracked during monitoring mode are not forwarded later. Only events received after you disable monitoring mode are sent to ad platforms.
Turning it on or off
- Go to Settings.
- The banner at the top of the page says whether monitoring mode is on or off.
- Flip the Monitoring mode switch in that banner.
There is no Save button. The change is saved the moment you flip the switch and takes effect immediately. Any project member can change it; Viewers cannot.
Effect on recovery metrics
Recovery metrics compare what Convultra recorded against what the platform’s own pixel would have caught. With monitoring mode on, nothing is forwarded, so there is no platform baseline and recovery figures are unavailable or misleading. To evaluate recovery, turn monitoring mode off and forward to at least one platform.
Dashboard indicator
While monitoring mode is on, the banner at the top of Settings reads “Monitoring mode is on, so nothing reaches the ad platforms”, and a matching banner appears on the Conversion delivery page, where the retry controls are disabled until you switch it off.
A trap for scripts and assistants
If you read data through the API or MCP server, get_tracking_health returns monitoring_mode: true when the mode is on. Tracking is healthy and recording, but nothing is being sent to ad platforms, which is easy to misread as a delivery failure. Check this flag before concluding that forwarding is broken.