Google Ads API: ad_group_ad approval_status: UNKNOWN while ad is disapproved (Python library)

[Mat]

Hi,

why does the Google Ads API returns 

approval_status: UNKNOWN

for some ad types (e.g. VIDEO_AD and  EXPANDED_DYNAMIC_SEARCH_AD) while the ad is disapproved?

Example:

ad_group_ad {
  resource_name: "customers/xxxxxxxxxx/adGroupAds/61267086217~375252080582"
  status: ENABLED
  ad {
    id {
      value: 375252080582
    }
    type: VIDEO_AD
    resource_name: "customers/xxxxxxxxxx/ads/375252080582"
  }
  policy_summary {
    policy_topic_entries {
      topic {
        value: "RESTRICTED_DRUG_TERMS"
      }
      type: FULLY_LIMITED
      evidences {
        destination_text_list {
          destination_texts {
            value: "PENICILLIN"
          }
        }
      }
      constraints {
        certificate_missing_in_country_list {
          total_targeted_countries {
          }
          countries {
            country_criterion {
              value: "geoTargetConstants/2276"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    policy_topic_entries {
      topic {
        value: "RESTRICTED_MEDICAL_CONTENT"
      }
      type: LIMITED
    }
    review_status: REVIEWED
    approval_status: UNKNOWN
  }
}

This seems like a bug to me.

Regards

Mat

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Mat,

Thank you for reaching out. Can you please share your client customer ID and your complete detailed request and response logs via Reply privately to author so I can further investigate the issue? You can find information on enabling logging in the dropdown of your client library on the left-hand side of the screen here.

Regards,
Mitchell
Google Ads API Team

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