Google creative status code 158: Ad rejected because it is an HTML ad that plays video, and the impression excludes video ads

Google creative statusReturned in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE}

What Google creative status says

Ad rejected because it is an HTML ad that plays video, and the impression excludes video ads

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 158 is this status.

What was checked

Google compared the creative on the bid with the constraint named in this status.

What to change

Status 158 names the constraint. It clears when that condition is gone. Bidding the same creative again returns 158.

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