Google Calendar: "tentative" status is not available as an option?

Question

Using Google for Work, for a primary calendar, for an event without invitees.

I don't see tentative as an option for events. I only see:

Show me as: ( ) Available  (x) Busy 
Visibility: (x) Calendar default  ( ) Public  ( ) Private

In the Calendar API (v3) it says the status for an event can be: confirmed / tentative / cancelled.

I can indeed write/read that status using the API. Setting it to tentative using the API does not change how the event is displayed in either the Google Calendar web interface, Google Calendar app, or e.g. iOS Calendar app.

How can I use/see/change the tentative status (for events without invitees) using the clients?

Answer 1

Based on this article I think you need the following trick to achieve what you are looking for:

Rather than having a calendar item without attendees, add yourself as an attendee

This should allow you to put something in the calendar as tentative. Possibly you need to update the status after creation.