Google creative status code 214: A provided ad load notification URL cannot be parsed as a valid URL.

Google creative statusReturned in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE}

What Google creative status says

A provided ad load notification URL cannot be parsed as a valid URL.

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 214 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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