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Read Supply Audit findings by detector

Four detectors, default thresholds, and the first production mix. Zero findings on an incomplete scan is not a clean bill of health.

Published 2026-09-10 · Search job: supply audit zero click spend threshold

Read a Supply Audit finding by detector name, not by a single "waste" total. The four detectors are pure functions with default thresholds. The scan recommends. It does not pause and it does not exclude.

DetectorMeaningDefault threshold
zero_click_spendInventory took budget and produced no clicks500 impressions and $5.00 spend
high_ctr_no_downstreamCTR far above the account baseline100 impressions, 1% absolute floor, 5x account baseline
low_click_to_pageviewBilled clicks that never became a landing page view25 clicks, 2% pageview rate
unauthorized_ads_txt_deliveryDelivery on inventory the publisher did not authorizeany

high_ctr_no_downstream is the detector that would have caught the August 2026 Supply Bench waves. CTR here is a contamination signal, not a success score. See CTR is a trap.

First production mix

Window 2026-08-26 through 2026-09-01. 3,591 entities evaluated.

DetectorFindingsFlagged spend
zero_click_spend12$82.45 (16,768 impressions, 0 clicks)
unauthorized_ads_txt_delivery47$32.51
high_ctr_no_downstream15$23.57 (4,825 impressions, 180 clicks)

74 findings, $138.53 of $320.67 audited spend. That headline is a lower bound after the Math.max fix. low_click_to_pageview has not produced a finding. Do not read a quiet detector as "every click landed."

Only some grains can be applied. Placement and site are actionable. Domain findings stay advisory. Exchange apply restates an allowlist. Apply a Supply Audit finding is the job page.

Checklist before you act

  1. Is coverage_verdict covered? If not, stop. Incomplete coverage is not clean.
  2. Which detector fired? Thresholds above are defaults, not moral judgments.
  3. Which grain is the entity? Split composite keys before you exclude.
  4. Apply creates targeting. Point the next campaign at it.
  5. Do not decide on CTR. Do not claim IVT from this scan. The first production run did not have a measurement vendor on the creatives.

Dated mix lives on Grain-level waste mix.