Consent Mode, tags that fire too early and testing consent-gated tags. 3 articles
The four signals, basic versus advanced mode, and what your server container has to do with the consent state.
Tracking before the banner is answered, or after a refusal: the usual causes and how to fix them in Google Tag Manager.
How to verify GA4, Ads and Floodlight tags under a granted state — and why this must never stay on for real traffic.