Verve RTB error 209: Creative Filtered - Category Exclusions

VerveExpanded via ${AUCTION_LOSS} in lurl

What Verve says

The category is excluded.

Verve reports this integer in the ${AUCTION_LOSS} macro on the bid's lurl. A search for Verve RTB error 209 is this code.

What was checked

Verve accepted the bid and rejected the creative. OpenRTB groups 200 through 215 as creative policy: size, format, security, category, attributes, or the app being promoted.

What to change

The category is blocked for this placement.

The same number in OpenRTB

OpenRTB loss reason 209 is Creative Filtered - Category Exclusions. Verve publishes this integer with that meaning.

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