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Google creative status code 176: Creative filtered because the VAST document can't be parsed.

Google creative statusReturned in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE}

What Google creative status says

Creative filtered because the VAST document can't be parsed.

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 176 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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