Playwright and Claude Agents Navigating Google Ads Trigger 7-Day Account Bans
Playwright and Claude agents navigating the Google Ads interface trigger an unrecoverable anti-bot flag that permanently burns the overarching Google identity.
The OP operated a clean, single-site, search-only account for over 10 years, maintaining a $100 weekly spend.
In 2022, they deployed Playwright to let a Claude agent manage the campaigns.
This interaction tripped the platform's detection systems, resulting in a "malicious ads" and "circumventing systems" suspension.
A direct call with Google Ads support confirmed the enforcement logic.
The platform telemetry does not isolate the violation to the specific Ads property.
Instead, the system logs the browser automation footprint and permanently marks the parent Google account as a dead automated entity.
This account-level flag poisons all subsequent setups.
New ad properties created by the OP using the original payment details, phone numbers, or IPs now consistently die within seven days.
The algorithm executes these secondary bans before the account spends a single dollar, overriding the white-hat status of the destination domain.