Linear ad followed by nonlinear ad displays both ads (HTML5 SDK)

[Tobias Klipstein]

Hi IMA team,

the following example places a nonlinear-ad on preroll position followed by a linear-ad at 10s. When the linear ad starts it continues to show the previously started nonlinear ad (see attached screenshot) above the linear ad. Should the non-linear ad be destroyed before another ad break happens or is that the intended behaviour? And if it is intended how can the nonlinear-ad be destroyed before the next ad rule starts?

You can drop in the following example in the Video Suite Inspector as VAST XML to reproduce this case:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<VMAP xmlns:vmap="http://www.iab.net/vmap-1.0" version="1.0">

<vmap:AdBreak timeOffset="start" breakType="linear" breakId="start-0">

<vmap:AdSource id="start-0" allowMultipleAds="true" followRedirects="false">

  <vmap:VASTAdData>

  <VAST xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="vast.xsd" version="3.0">

    <Ad>

      <Wrapper>

        <AdSystem></AdSystem>

        <Error><![CDATA[https://error-pixel?[ERRORCODE]]]></Error>

        <VASTAdTagURI><![CDATA[https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=480x70&iu=/124319096/external/single_ad_samples&ciu_szs=300x250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&cust_params=deployment%3Ddevsite%26sample_ct%3Dnonlinear&correlator=[CACHEBUSTING]]]></VASTAdTagURI>

      </Wrapper>

    </Ad>

  </VAST>

  </vmap:VASTAdData>

</vmap:AdSource>

</vmap:AdBreak>

<vmap:AdBreak timeOffset="00:00:10.000" breakType="linear" breakId="midroll-0">

  <vmap:AdSource id="midroll-0" allowMultipleAds="true" followRedirects="false">

    <vmap:VASTAdData>

    <VAST xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="vast.xsd" version="3.0">

      <Ad>

        <Wrapper>

          <AdSystem></AdSystem>

          <Error><![CDATA[https://error-pixel?[ERRORCODE]]]></Error>

          <VASTAdTagURI><![CDATA[https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=/124319096/external/single_ad_samples&ciu_szs=300x250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&cust_params=deployment%3Ddevsite%26sample_ct%3Dlinear&correlator=[CACHEBUSTING]]]></VASTAdTagURI>

        </Wrapper>

      </Ad>

    </VAST>

    </vmap:VASTAdData>

  </vmap:AdSource>

</vmap:AdBreak>

</VMAP>

Regards, Tobias

[Arnaud Leyder]

Hi IMA team,

We are having reports about the same issue since recently. The issue is same as described below, the non linear ad does not go away when the linear ad shows up in the VMAP schedule, which also prevents the linear ad to be clickable.

I have a VMAP link that reproduces that issue https://vasterix.joj.sk/api/v1/vmap?category_id=noviny-172&duration=110&additional%5Bmkv%5D=, but you may not be able to see the ads due to geo-blocking (use VPN for Slovakia if you can).

Can you please have a look?

Thanks

Arnaud

[IMA SDK]

Hi Arnaud and Tobias,

I was able to reproduce the behavior that you’re seeing with the non-linear ad rendered on top of the linear ad. Our team is going to review the issue. I will get back to you with more information as soon as possible.

Regards,
Arnaud Casame
IMA SDK Team

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