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Google creative status code 173: Creative filtered because it lacks an HLS file in the VAST

Google creative statusReturned in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE}

What Google creative status says

Creative filtered because it lacks an HLS 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 173 is this status.

What was checked

Google looked in the VAST for a HLS media file and did not find one.

What to change

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

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