Custom Loader Blocked by Ad-Blockers

Custom Loader
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Hi,

I recently set up custom loaders from Stape.io to proxy my GA4 requests, and while I can successfully preview my website with ad blockers enabled and see that events are being sent to GA4, I still notice that requests appear as blockedin the browser’s Network tab.

Since I am new to GTM and GA4 analytics, I want to understand what I might be doing wrong and how to ensure that my GA4 tracking is not blocked by ad blockers. Here’s what I’ve done so far:

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  • Configured Stape’s custom loader for GA4.
  • Verified that events are being sent to GA4 successfully in DebugView.
  • Noticed that requests still show as blocked in the Network tab, even though the data is reaching GA4.
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I think you need to set up a custom domain which routes your data over the server container and then to google analytics. At the moment you send your data directly to google analytics which can be blocked then.
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GA4 and GTM generate technical requests that are sent directly to domains that are blocked by adblockers. These requests do not actually affect your tracking results and you cannot control them in any way. You have exactly such requests in your screenshot. It is normal that they are blocked by adblockers.

Custom loader protects GTM load + Gtag load + encrypts sending GA4 events to your sGTM from adblockers so they can’t be blocked.