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VAST Errors

The following list explains all the errors that a VAST Inline or a VAST Wrapper might return to the HTML5 Video Player:

CodeDescription
100XML parsing error.
101VAST schema validation error.
102VAST version of response not supported.
200Trafficking error. Media player received an Ad type that it was not expecting and/or cannot play.
201Media player expecting different linearity.
202Media player expecting different duration.
203Media player expecting different size.
204Ad category was required but not provided.
205Inline Category violates Wrapper BlockedAdCategories (refer 3.19.2).
206Ad Break shortened. Ad was not served.
300General Wrapper error.
301Timeout of VAST URI provided in Wrapper element, or of VAST URI provided in a subsequent Wrapper element. (URI was either unavailable or reached a timeout as defined by the media player.)
302Wrapper limit reached, as defined by the media player. Too many Wrapper responses have been received with no InLine response.
303No VAST response after one or more Wrappers.
304InLine response returned ad unit that failed to result in ad display within defined time limit.
400General Linear error. Media player is unable to display the Linear Ad.
401File not found. Unable to find Linear/MediaFile from URI.
402Timeout of MediaFile URI.
403Couldn’t find MediaFile that is supported by this media player, based on the attributes of the MediaFile element.
405Problem displaying MediaFile. Media player found a MediaFile with supported type but couldn’t display it. MediaFile may include: unsupported codecs, different MIME type than MediaFile@type, unsupported delivery method, etc.
406Mezzanine was required but not provided. Ad not served.
407Mezzanine is in the process of being downloaded for the first time. Download may take several hours. Ad will not be served until mezzanine is downloaded and transcoded.
408Conditional ad rejected. (deprecated along with conditionalAd)
409Interactive unit in the InteractiveCreativeFile node was not executed.
410Verification unit in the Verification node was not executed.
411Mezzanine was provided as required, but file did not meet required specification. Ad not served.
500General NonLinearAds error.
501Unable to display NonLinearAd because creative dimensions do not align with creative display area (i.e. creative dimension too large).
502Unable to fetch NonLinearAds/NonLinear resource.
503Couldn’t find NonLinear resource with supported type.
600General CompanionAds error.
601Unable to display Companion because creative dimensions do not fit within Companion display area (i.e., no available space).
602Unable to display required Companion.
603Unable to fetch CompanionAds/Companion resource.
604Couldn’t find Companion resource with supported type.
900Undefined Error.
901General VPAID error.
902General InteractiveCreativeFile error. code