Google creative status code 165: Creative filtered by publisher's restrictions on which brands can be shown together

Google creative statusReturned in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE}

What Google creative status says

Creative filtered by publisher's restrictions on which brands can be shown together

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 165 is this status.

What was checked

The publisher's controls blocked this creative, buyer, or bid type.

What to change

The block is on the publisher's settings. Another creative or another buyer is the way through it. Resending the same bid returns this status.

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