Google Form: setAcceptingResponses() fails with copied form

[Brian Gray]

I have used GAS for several years to make a copy of a Form, modify it, and then make it available for use via the published URL.  I do this once per year.

This year, when I ran the code, the form is copied and modified as i the past, but when I use the published URL, I am told that the form has not been published.

I added a call to setAcceptingResponses(true), but that causes an error ("Exception: Failed to edit the form. Please wait and try again.").

function copyForm() {

  let ts = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(),"CDT", "yyyy-MM-dd-HH:mm:ss");

  var templateForm = DriveApp.getFileById(TEMPLATE_FORM_ID);

  var destFolder = DriveApp.getFolderById(DEST_FOLDER);

  let newFormFile = templateForm.makeCopy("Copy Foo-" + ts, destFolder)

  newFormFile.moveTo(destFolder)

  Logger.log("newFormFile ID = " + newFormFile.getId())

  let newForm = FormApp.openById(newFormFile.getId())

  newForm.setTitle("Copy Foo-" + ts)

    .setDescription("Copy Foo-" + ts)

    .setConfirmationMessage('Thanks for responding!')

    .setAllowResponseEdits(true)

    .setRequireLogin(true)

    .setCollectEmail(true)

    .setLimitOneResponsePerUser(true)

    .setPublishingSummary(false)

    .setShowLinkToRespondAgain(false)

  Logger.log(newForm.getPublishedUrl())

  // this call fails with error: "Exception: Failed to edit the form. Please wait and try again."

  newForm.setAcceptingResponses(true)

}

When I run the sample code that creates a new new form from scratch, it works as expected. I could build my forms from scratch, but I don't see a way to set some specific fields. I want to:

• set the Collect Email Addresses field to Verify (so that responders see their email address and have to check the box to confirm)
• set the list of allowed responders to a Google Group

Are these settings possibile in GAS?