Google creative status code 202: Ad contains an invalid IAB GVL macro, for instance a consent macro with a GVL ID anything other than a positive integer

Google creative statusReturned in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE}

What Google creative status says

Ad contains an invalid IAB GVL macro, for instance a consent macro with a GVL ID anything other than a positive integer

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 202 is this status.

What was checked

Google checked the GDPR consent macro and the Global Vendor List id inside the creative.

What to change

Use a GVL id that is a positive integer and present on the current Global Vendor List, and make sure the TC string consents to the vendors in the creative.

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