GA4 Problem?

I have a website that includes iframes, and when user interact with iframe i can't see them through GA4 active users, so i added this code to my GA4 code;

(function ga4_heartbeat(){console.log("Firing heartbeat");gtag("event","heartbeat");setTimeout(ga4_heartbeat,1*60*1000)}());

it basically checks every minute if the user is still online or not while he is using iframe. However, after I added this my "time on site" data skyrocketed but Bounce rate went crazy high, i wonder what caused bounce rate to go that high. Will that bounce rate harm my site? Should i go back to old settings? Thank you.

snitcher44 said:

it basically checks every minute if the user is still online or not while he is using iframe. However, after I added this my "time on site" data skyrocketed but Bounce rate went crazy high, i wonder what caused bounce rate to go that high. Will that bounce rate harm my site? Should i go back to old settings? Thank you.

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Yes, with that code bounce rate will grow, so you need to adjust it with a timer trigger. It won't affect your real bounce rate, these are only statistics for your own interest. You are only setting an event tag in the GA4 software.

SicariusDread said:

Yes, with that code bounce rate will grow, so you need to adjust it with a timer trigger. It won't affect your real bounce rate, these are only statistics for your own interest. You are only setting an event tag in the GA4 software.

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What do you mean by timer trigger? Doesn't it already have? Because it checks every minute and I can adjust that minute setting.

The GA4 problem is a Google Analytics issue related to data discrepancy between reporting and processing.