Google Shopping Campaigns Starting Slower Lately?

Has anyone else noticed a change when launching a Google Shopping campaign connected to a Merchant Center account?

Until a few weeks ago, I used to see traffic almost immediately on a trusted Ads account, even while the deep review/crawl was still in progress. It would usually pull around 300 clicks a day, or about 10% of the budget, before hitting a hard daily cutoff. After about three days, it would typically start spending the full budget.

Lately, though, when I launch campaigns, I’m only seeing around 1 click or maybe 20 impressions before it stops.

I was wondering whether this is something on my end.

I think Google is becoming more cautious with fresh campaigns. More checks before giving full delivery maybe.

Could be due to Google’s learning phase, product feed issues or account changes, check Merchant Center diagnostics and bidding settings first.