Conditional formatting rules fail to display in cells
Conditional formatting rules show no visible effect on some cells even though the rule appears applied, or cannot express a time-window highlight.
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3 public reports · first reported 15 March 2026 · last reported 27 August 2026
What's going wrong
Google Sheets users set conditional formatting rules that look applied in the menu yet do not visibly colour some cells.
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