MetaTag Releases / Change Log

Added

A new feature or functionality was added. We provide a short description of the feature, explaining the use case and what you can do with this.

Changed

A functionality was changed internally, this might be a changed feature or a bugfix. This change does not need any action on publishers website. We provide a short description what was changed and why

Action

Something was changed, that requires an action on publishers websites. This will be used very rarely, our declared goal is that after you integrated the tagManager once, you dont have to change it.

issue

During our development cycle we became aware of an issue, but could not fix it right away and released anyway. This will often be something very small, for example: some rare use case within a new feature that nevertheless might be usefull to fix in the future.

Removed

Deprecated functionality that is not in use anymore

Changed

changes on executeLocalBackgroundColor & executeLocalBackgroundClickable syntax to support metatag2 rollout https://github.com/mbrtargeting/stroeerMetaTag-development/pull/1057

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changes to support metatag2 rollout

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improve performance marker for speed optimzation project feat: deduplicate performance marks #1052

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revert: YL adlayout construction feat: re-introduce correct adlayout into YL #1049

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fix: remove sdgUnfilled css class when adslot is reloaded - this issue has been found on SPA sites, where the sky adslot was permanently set to display:none after a blocker for a wallpaper was rendered on first page visit. feat: fix sdgUnfilled not being removed when reload #1050

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fix: grabbing creativeId from stroeer core does not work anymore as tracking url has changed, feat: get creativeIds as core tracking url has changed #1047

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load flexad template dynamically feat: remove flexad template #1045

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Parameter for Yieldlove PreBid changed, allowing to use different “ad layouts” on the same website. Can be tested by appending &yllayout=[LAYOUTNAME] to the websites url. #1044

Added

new feature from Ströer.SSP, checking a website if sponsorship campaigns are currently booked on the site/section/zone, to control future delivery logic handling such campaigns. #1038

Changed

Fix for DoubleVerify (DV), formats booked via Google AdManager creative templates “[PROD] Resize” will now be identified more consistently and with their format name present in DV reports. #1042

Changed

use iframes srcdoc attribute for displaying HTML code #1039

REMOVED

remove AudienceProject from codebase #1034

Added

implement staticAdLayout for yieldlove v2 migration #1035

Changed

modify deployment process for new hosting setup #1030

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remove deprecated controller implementation - this reduces the metaTag size. in the last weeks we migrated the remaining 31 websites to the recent implementation. #819

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refactor infotool reportEntries implementation - this a preparation for the next infotool release #1032

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fix: message events for slots with numbers in names fix(metaTag): message events for slots with numbers in names #1027

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add: performance mark for directrendering add performance mark for directrendering #1028

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consent issue when gdprApplies=false fix: consent issue when gdprApplies=false #1023

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fix width change when slot is not stabilzed bugfix(metatag): fix width change when slot is not stabilzed #1024

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Internal: Cmp tool cypress test Cmp tool cy test #1015

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Optimization: Add new value for “tagm” key-value, to differentiate metatag1 and 2. Pull request: feature(metatag): add new value for tagm key #1018

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Optimization: Adhesion Unit negative top fix. Will fix problems where sticky navigations, that are partially visible, are colliding with ads. PR: Adhesionunit negative top fix #1017

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Bugfix: Fix css selector to remove google ad manager iframe. Will fix ads being not correctly positioned, when Google Publisher tag <iframe>'s are not needed. PR: bugfix(metatag): hide gam container fix #1020

Added

Optimization: Internal hooks/interfaces into ad-engine, to allow a single point of contact for AdSlot addons / ad templates to get information about the ad (what to measure, render, etc.). PR: feature(metatag): sdg helper measure elements #1021

Changed

Internal:

• (jest) utility tests. PR: utils tests #839

• Copy to clipboard, cypress test. PR: Copy to clipboard cy test #1016

• use NPM lockfileVersion 2, update dependencies, reconfigure jest. PR: feat: use lockfileVersion 2, update dependencies, reconfigure jest #1022

Changed

Bugfix: fix processing of postmessage containing a number in slotname

Changed

Internal:

• allow underscrore in yldomain url param

Added

Internal:

• introduce performance mark for direct rendering

Added

Internal:

• Info-tool cypress test

Changed

Bugfix: Directrendering with yieldlove wrapper v2

• fixed a key value pair with wrong naming, affecting the Headerbidder negatively fix for direct rendering when using new key values #1009

Changed

Bugfix: Reload cleanup

• fixed SlotEvent "metaTagSystemSlotReload" to be used inconsistently, resulting in some formats not cleaning up after themselves, when AdSlot was reloaded. fix: missing metaTagSystemSlotReload event when using QueueController #1010

Changed

Feature: Sites loaded from “Back/Forward Cache” will reload ads

• when a website is loaded from the "back/forward" cache of the browser, all adslots will start a new ad request. The Back/Forward cache is mostly relevant if the user visits a sub-section of a website, and clicks the "Back" Button of the browser, returning to the site index or homepage.
  For more information on "Back/Forward" cache see: PR: feat(metatag): implement back/forward cache reload #997

Changed

Internal

• refactor addVisibilityNode, add overwriteVisibilityNodes. Will help templates to communicate which elements to measure visibility on. PR:   feat(metatag): advertisement add visibility nodes interface #1002

• new internal getter for read-only setting of adslot PR: metatag: new "getter" for PositionSettings #1004

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Optimisation: DoubleVerify

• will now only measure the first 2 levels of AdUnits. Subsequent AdUnits will be measured, but are combined as AdUnit Lvl2
  Pull Request: Feature/double verify/collect only ad unit lvl2 #1000

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Optimisation: Reporting

• added targeting kv as=transitionad to our “transitionAd” AdSlot
  Pull Request: feat(metatag): added targeting kv as to our transitionAd #996

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Fix: Iframe Communication

• Error was thrown when frameWindow is null - resulting in incomplete loadProcessDone execution
  Pull Request: fix: error when frameWindow is null [METATAG-297] #998

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Fix: Ströer.Core creative preview

• fixing Ströer SSP adserver alias to be compatible to GAM alias, fixing numerous bugs in the process
  Pull Request: Bugfix/stroeer ssp preview fix ad slot filter #999

Added

we collect new keyvalue "lzl" to report which adslot has lazyload activated

• Publishers and Account Managers can report/filter in the Google Ad Server by using the "Custom Dimension": lzl = 1 to identify all ad slots currently using "LazyLoad" (no matter if this feature was activated on the AdSlot by Publisher or by Ströer).

Added

lazyLoad can now be activated by publisher through Slot.configure()

• Publishers are now able activate/deactivate "LazyLoading" ad slots at their own discretion.

• Be aware: Depending on the structure of the website, "lazyLoading" might have adverse effect on the ad revenue of a website. Please reach out to your Ströer contact for more information and read our documentation at

Changed

rework creative rendering via ad library

Changed

implemented new feature requests for SSP creative preview outlined here

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fixed bug in StickyInstance.js, where using another AdServer besides Google, resulted in an error

Changed

introduce key value of tag version to Doubleverify tag introduce key value of tag version to Doubleverify tag #983

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Fix DoubleVerify not being capable of handling Stroeer SSP preview slots Bugfix / DoubleVerify Targeting not working with Ströer SSP Preview #979

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info-tool update for Stroeer Core - replaced regex to be compatible with campaigns that are booked per template Info-Tool update for Core #974

Added

inserting performance marks to allow "ad delivery speed project" to measure a first, small batch of speed indicators

Changed

fixed multiple bugs when passing data to DoubleVerify, including naming special formats and their corresponding parts correctly

Changed

new data fields to send to DoubleVerify, like referrer (without URL query parameters) and Ströer internal identifiers

Added

rolled out new viewability vendor “DoubleVerify” on all websites.

Changed

Fixed gdprApplies and consentString for “Audience Project” vendor. Consent information is now passed correctly.

Added

Implemented Doubleverify's "Quality Targeting" product, enabling viewability forecast for each ad slot to be passed as key value to the ad server. Ad campaigns booked against viewability thresholds/milestones will only deliver on suitable inventory and perform better.

Changed

Use IAB vendor 1057 "Stroeer Digital Media GmbH" to check for allowance to set cookies/localStorage. This will solve instances where it is unclear which Ströer service (and its controlling party) is allowed to set cookies. Now, internal services will just not set any cookies as long as the 1057 vendor is not fully consented.

Changed

Fixed only one active visibility vendor being possible. Now will support multiple vendors, allowing to compare them.

Added

MetaTag: add doubleverify as visibility measurement provider Feature/implement DoubleVerify #955

Added

MetaTag: make metatag1 ready for supporting interfaces on metaTag2 adlibrary Feature / make MetaTag1 ready for supporting MetaTag2 AdLibrary Interfaces #961

Changed

Sourcepoint CMP unified script: Adding redirect function to sp object, to allow resurfacing the privacy manager with its old javascript call "window.sp.loadPrivacyManagerModal(123456, 'vendors')" even when using the new "unified" script actually requiring to change this to "window.sp.gdpr.loadPrivacyManagerModal(123456, 'vendors')" Refactor/change sourcepoint script #963

Changed

MetaTag: send referrer to DMP script, to avoid new referrer policies like Improvement / sent referrer to dmp #957

Changed

MetaTag: allow sourcepoint config to switch seamlessly between legacy and multi-campaign script Update / allow Sourcepoint to switch to MultiCampaign #958 Update/switch testsites to multi campaign #959

Added

MetaTag: ID’s from StröerCore are now logged within our info-tool with the proper creativeID

Added

MetaTag: added device KV which we send to the adserver for: mew, tab and web

Changed

MetaTag: Code Cleanup. Removed depricated/unused code.

Changed

MetaTag: Internal cleanup for Webstorm/JSDoc