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  There is nothing more frustrating in analytics engineering than watching the "Waiting for debug data..." spinner spin indefinitely. You have fired the tags, the Google Tag Manager (GTM) preview window confirms the triggers, but the Google Analytics 4 (GA4) DebugView remains completely empty. Unlike Universal Analytics, which offered near-instant feedback, GA4 relies on an event batching model that requires specific flags to bypass the standard processing queue and appear in the DebugView. If that flag is blocked, stripped, or misconfigured, you are flying blind. Here is a technical breakdown of why the connection fails and the five specific configuration fixes to restore your data stream. The Architecture: How DebugView Actually Works To fix the issue, you must understand the signal path. GA4 does not automatically show every hit in DebugView. It filters specifically for events that carry a debug marker. When the Google Tag sends data to the  google-analytics.com/g/collect ...