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Google creative status code 156: ad_choices_destination_url field value cannot be parsed as a valid URL

Google creative statusReturned in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE}

What Google creative status says

ad_choices_destination_url field value cannot be parsed as a valid URL

Google returns this number in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE} on the loss notice. It is not an ${AUCTION_LOSS} value. A search for Google creative status code 156 is this status.

What was checked

Google tried to parse the VAST XML and failed.

What to change

Fix the VAST so it parses. A broken document returns this status on every bid that carries it.

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