BiddingErrors.INVALID_BID occurring sporadically since 25.07.2015

peter.r...@smarter-ecommerce.com

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Jul 27, 2015, 9:23:27 AM7/27/15

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Hi

We experience sporadically occurring BiddingErrors.INVALID_BID errors when we send product partitions. First sight: 2015-07-25T02:31:05.650+02:00

Seen 23 times since then. Seen across multiple accounts.

It looks like, that sometimes the API does not accept a bid for partitions (see examples below). The error is not reproducible. It's not related to threading problems. We've got a simple single-threaded unit test that sporadically fails with this error (~1 out of 10-15 runs).

Adwords Api version is v201506. Java API version is 2.2.0.

Thanks!

Peter

2015-07-27 12:41:07,521 1.1.1.RELEASE WARN task-scheduler-16 AdWordsServiceClient.soapXmlLogger - SOAP Request:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<soapenv:Header>

<ns1:RequestHeader xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201506" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0">

<ns1:validateOnly>false</ns1:validateOnly>

<ns1:partialFailure>false</ns1:partialFailure>

....

</ns1:RequestHeader>

</soapenv:Header>

<soapenv:Body>

<adGroupId>XXXXXXXXX</adGroupId>

<partitionType>SUBDIVISION</partitionType>

<parentCriterionId>XXXXXXXX</parentCriterionId>

</caseValue>

</criterion>

<bid>

</bid>

</bids>

</biddingStrategyConfiguration>

</operand>

</operations>

....

<serviceName>AdGroupCriterionService</serviceName>

<methodName>mutate</methodName>

</ResponseHeader>

[BiddingErrors.INVALID_BID @ operations[0].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration.bids; trigger:'CpcBid{bid=0.800000, contentBid=null, cpcBidSource=null}', ......

Francesco Puntar

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Jul 27, 2015, 2:45:21 PM7/27/15

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Hi we are having the same problem here everything was working till Friday evening and today we started getting this, initially it was sporadic and right now we steadily get always that error, no issues with v201502 though that still works yet the migration documentation doesn't mention any changes to this webservices and even the WSDLs compared side by side are not that different. It's disappointing having made the effort to upgrade to the latest version and finding out it was better to stay safe at v201502. I am sure we had this issue at the end of last year so it's not something new. Any news?

Cheers,

Francesco

Francesco Puntar

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Jul 28, 2015, 6:44:01 AM7/28/15

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Here my request:

POST https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201506/AdGroupCriterionService HTTP/1.1

Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

Authorization: Bearer XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

SOAPAction: ""

Host: adwords.google.com

Content-Length: 1991

Expect: 100-continue

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

<s:Header>

<h:RequestHeader xmlns:h="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201506" xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201506" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<clientCustomerId>XXXXXXXXX</clientCustomerId>

<developerToken>XXXXXXXX</developerToken>

<userAgent>XXXXXXXXX</userAgent>

</h:RequestHeader>

</s:Header>

<s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<partitionType>SUBDIVISION</partitionType>

</criterion>

<bid>

</bid>

</bids>

</biddingStrategyConfiguration>

</operand>

</operations>

</caseValue>

</criterion>

<bid>

</bid>

</bids>

</biddingStrategyConfiguration>

</operand>

</operations>

</criterion>

<bid>

</bid>

</bids>

</biddingStrategyConfiguration>

</operand>

</operations>

</mutate>

</s:Body>

</s:Envelope>

RESPONSE (PRODUCT_PARTITION_DOES_NOT_EXIST is only a consequence of INVALID_BID):

HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error

Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:56:26 GMT

Expires: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:56:26 GMT

Cache-Control: private, max-age=0

X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff

X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN

X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block

Server: GSE

Accept-Ranges: none

Vary: Accept-Encoding

Content-Length: 2746

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

<soap:Header>

<serviceName>AdGroupCriterionService</serviceName>

<methodName>mutate</methodName>

</ResponseHeader>

</soap:Header>

<soap:Body>

<soap:Fault>

<faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode>

<faultstring>[BiddingErrors.INVALID_BID @ operations[0].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration.bids; trigger:'CpcBid{bid=0.010000, contentBid=null, cpcBidSource=null}', AdGroupCriterionError.PRODUCT_PARTITION_DOES_NOT_EXIST @ operations[1].operand.criterion.parentCriterionId; trigger:'TempCriterionId{id=1}', AdGroupCriterionError.PRODUCT_PARTITION_DOES_NOT_EXIST @ operations[2].operand.criterion.parentCriterionId; trigger:'TempCriterionId{id=1}']</faultstring>

<message>[BiddingErrors.INVALID_BID @ operations[0].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration.bids; trigger:'CpcBid{bid=0.010000, contentBid=null, cpcBidSource=null}', AdGroupCriterionError.PRODUCT_PARTITION_DOES_NOT_EXIST @ operations[1].operand.criterion.parentCriterionId; trigger:'TempCriterionId{id=1}', AdGroupCriterionError.PRODUCT_PARTITION_DOES_NOT_EXIST @ operations[2].operand.criterion.parentCriterionId; trigger:'TempCriterionId{id=1}']</message>

<ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type>

<fieldPath>operations[0].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration.bids</fieldPath>

<trigger>CpcBid{bid=0.010000, contentBid=null, cpcBidSource=null}</trigger>

<errorString>BiddingErrors.INVALID_BID</errorString>

<ApiError.Type>BiddingErrors</ApiError.Type>

<reason>INVALID_BID</reason>

</errors>

<fieldPath>operations[1].operand.criterion.parentCriterionId</fieldPath>

<trigger>TempCriterionId{id=1}</trigger>

<errorString>AdGroupCriterionError.PRODUCT_PARTITION_DOES_NOT_EXIST</errorString>

<ApiError.Type>AdGroupCriterionError</ApiError.Type>

<reason>PRODUCT_PARTITION_DOES_NOT_EXIST</reason>

</errors>

<fieldPath>operations[2].operand.criterion.parentCriterionId</fieldPath>

<trigger>TempCriterionId{id=1}</trigger>

<errorString>AdGroupCriterionError.PRODUCT_PARTITION_DOES_NOT_EXIST</errorString>

<ApiError.Type>AdGroupCriterionError</ApiError.Type>

<reason>PRODUCT_PARTITION_DOES_NOT_EXIST</reason>

</errors>

</ApiExceptionFault>

</detail>

</soap:Fault>

</soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

Józef Janik

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Jul 28, 2015, 9:34:04 AM7/28/15

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We also began experiencing the issue as described on an integration test that was previously passing (no changes since previous build) using v201506.

Joe Rosenwald

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Jul 28, 2015, 10:09:16 AM7/28/15

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Also getting the exact same error, also started 7/25. Hoping a solution comes through soon.

On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 9:23:27 AM UTC-4, peter.r...@smarter-ecommerce.com wrote:

Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)

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Jul 28, 2015, 10:49:33 AM7/28/15

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Hello,

I've filed a bug with the engineering team, and I will keep this post updated as I find out more information. Thanks for the reports and the detailed information, everyone.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team

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Józef Janik

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Jul 28, 2015, 11:35:58 AM7/28/15

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I'm only seeing this error on ADD operations. SET operations seem to be fine...

Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)

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Jul 28, 2015, 1:12:22 PM7/28/15

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Hello,

This change was intentional in v201506 of the API. Bids on subdivisions in product partitions are meaningless, and even setting them in the past had no effect on actual bidding. This is simply new validation that prevents you from even setting such bids.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team

peter.r...@smarter-ecommerce.com

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Jul 29, 2015, 6:44:52 AM7/29/15

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Here is some more information for all of you reading this thread

-) Adwords does not accept bids for subdivisions anymore (see above). At least for us, the sporadical nature of this is gone since today - requests are now always rejected.

-) When you send no bid, then Google applies a default bid (10000, or 0.01) for the subdivision (as documented here: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201506/AdGroupCriterionService.BiddingStrategyConfiguration)

-) When you fetch the partition from the API again, then the partition is returned with the default bid (10000, or 0.01)

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Stefan S.

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Jun 30, 2016, 9:24:18 AM6/30/16

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Hello,

although up to now everything worked fine, we now receive the same API error (BiddingErrors.INVALID_BID) but only for one specific google shopping unit.
In our eyes it should be definitely the correct product UNIT type and the CPC in this case is set to 2,07€. Nevertheless we get the following error message:

<errorList><errors xsi:type="BiddingErrors"><fieldPath>operations[1].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration.bids</fieldPath>
<trigger>CpcBid{bid=0.000000, contentBid=null, cpcBidSource=null}</trigger>
<errorString>BiddingErrors.INVALID_BID</errorString><ApiError.Type>BiddingErrors</ApiError.Type><reason>INVALID_BID</reason></errors></errorList>

It would be very kind if you or someone else in the API team can help us find our what is the problem in this case.
Our BatchJob ID is 315190981.

Many thanks in advance

Regards,
Stefan

Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)

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Jul 1, 2016, 6:47:49 AM7/1/16

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Hello,

Can you provide the XML for the request portion that is producing this error, so I can take a closer look? Please include the entire operation so I can get a complete picture.