Google creative status code 169: Creative filtered because it lacks a AUDIO (audio) file in the VAST

Google creative statusReturned in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE}

What Google creative status says

Creative filtered because it lacks a AUDIO (audio) file in the VAST

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 169 is this status.

What was checked

Google looked in the VAST for an AUDIO media file and did not find one.

What to change

Add an AUDIO MediaFile to the VAST, or stop bidding this creative on requests that require AUDIO.

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