Google creative status code 197: The response did not comply with demand syndication guidelines

Google creative statusReturned in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE}

What Google creative status says

The response did not comply with demand syndication guidelines

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 197 is this status.

What was checked

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

What to change

Status 197 names the constraint. It clears when that condition is gone. Bidding the same creative again returns 197.

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