---
title: "Update Google Ads billing cadence"
method: PATCH
path: "/api/apps/{app_id}/google-ads/accounts/{account_id}/cadence"
---

# Update Google Ads billing cadence

`PATCH /api/apps/{app_id}/google-ads/accounts/{account_id}/cadence`

<Info>This API is in beta. Endpoints, fields, and behavior may still change, so avoid depending on it in production.</Info>

Changes how often the account is charged for ad spend.

Send `1w` for weekly, `2w` for fortnightly, or `1m` for monthly.

<Warning>This only changes when charges happen on an account whose `charge_trigger_mode` is `cadence`. On a legacy `threshold` account the value is stored and the call still returns a 200, but charging keeps following the spend ladder and ignores it. Read `charge_trigger_mode` from [Get Google Ads account](/api-reference/get-google-ads-account) before relying on this.</Warning>

<Warning>On a `cadence` account the new setting applies to spend that has already accrued, not only to spend from here on. The next charge is calculated from the account's existing creation or last-charge timestamp using the cadence you just set, so shortening it can bring forward a charge for spend accrued under the old one, and lengthening it can delay that charge.</Warning>

<Warning>The response includes fields beyond the ones documented here. Don't rely on undocumented response fields, as they can change at any time. Send only the fields documented here. Other request fields are not supported and their behavior can change.</Warning>

## Path parameters

- `app_id` string, required — ID of the app whose Google Ads campaigns to manage.
- `account_id` string, required — ID of the Google Ads account, as returned in `id` by [Get Google Ads account](/api-reference/get-google-ads-account). An account that belongs to a different app returns a 404.

## Request body

- object
  - `billing_cadence` '1w' | '2w' | '1m', required — How often to charge the account: weekly, fortnightly, or monthly.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- BillingCadenceResponse — The account's billing cadence after the change.
  - `billing_cadence` string, required — The cadence now in effect: `1w`, `2w`, or `1m`.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing or invalid credentials.
- `403` — You don't have access to this app, the app does not exist, or you used a workspace API key. A missing app and an app you cannot reach are deliberately the same answer.
- `404` — The app has no connected Google Ads account, or no account with this ID belongs to this app.
- `422` — Validation Error

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