Adding ga:adMatchedQuery breaks API request

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I have a script that imports data from Google Analytics to my BI. It was working for years. Recently it stopped working.

After investigation, it turns out that removing ga:adMatchedQuery from dimensions solves the issue.

I checked changelogs (https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/v4/changelog?hl=en, https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/changelog?hl=en, etc.), and do not see any deprecation notices. Are there?

Nevertheless, are there any alternative way of getting visitor's search term for my adds in Google API?

Update: Further investigation showed that I can make a request if adMatchedQuery is the only dimension. Adding the second dimension (for example, my custom dimention or ga:hour) breaks the request.

For example:

https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/query-explorer/?start-date=2022-09-01&end-date=2022-09-08&metrics=ga%3AgoalCompletionsAll&dimensions=ga%3Asource%2Cga%3Amedium%2Cga%3AadKeywordMatchType%2Cga%3AadMatchedQuery%2Cga%3Acountry%2Cga%3Adate%2Cga%3Ahour&sort=-ga%3AgoalCompletionsAll%2C-ga%3Adate&ids=ANALYTICS_ID produces empty set.

https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/query-explorer/?start-date=2022-09-01&end-date=2022-09-08&metrics=ga%3AgoalCompletionsAll&dimensions=ga%3Asource%2Cga%3Amedium%2Cga%3AadKeywordMatchType%2Cga%3AadMatchedQuery%2Cga%3Acountry%2Cga%3Adate%2C&sort=-ga%3AgoalCompletionsAll%2C-ga%3Adate&ids=ANALYTICS_ID gives me results.

The only difference is that I removed ga:hour from the list of dimensions in the second link.

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