Recent send results

Google Forms email report after send

After a Google Form submission, the important question is not only whether the form captured the response. Operators also need to know whether the owner alert and respondent confirmation were attempted, where they were sent, and what to inspect if something did not arrive.

What a useful send report should answer

A report is most useful when it helps the person running the form make a quick decision without opening Apps Script logs first.

Who was notified?

Confirm whether the owner, shared inbox, or extra recipient list was included in the notification path.

Was the respondent confirmation attempted?

Check whether the respondent email source was available and whether the confirmation path ran.

Did the test send match the live path?

Compare the test message to one real public submission before trusting the form at launch.

What changed since setup?

Look for renamed questions, removed email fields, old recipient lists, or exhausted account quota.

Recommended check after a test send

  1. Run preflight and resolve missing recipient or respondent email-source warnings.
  2. Send one test notification from the FormNotifier sidebar.
  3. Check the owner inbox or shared inbox for the test alert.
  4. Check the respondent confirmation inbox if confirmations are enabled.
  5. Inspect the recent send result in the sidebar and confirm it matches what arrived.
  6. Submit once through the public form link and repeat the inbox check with real response data.
The best launch check is a matched pair: one controlled test send and one real public-form submission.

Common report symptoms

Owner alert sent, respondent missing

The form may not be collecting respondent email, or the selected email question may be blank or invalid.

No owner alert

Check whether notifications are enabled and whether at least one owner or additional recipient is configured.

Test works, live submit does not

Confirm the form submit trigger is active and test one public submission after saving settings.

Nothing sends

Check Gmail quota, account authorization, and the most recent preflight result before changing templates.

Boundary: a recent send report helps with setup visibility. It does not replace Gmail deliverability controls, spam-folder checks, or organization-level email policies.

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