Method: zoneOperations.list

Retrieves a list of Operation resources contained within the specified zone.

HTTP request

GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/operations

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax. To know more about valid error responses that can be thrown by this HTTP request, please refer to theservice error catalog

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project ID for this request.

zone

string

Name of the zone for request.

Query parameters

Parameters
maxResults

integer (uint32 format)

The maximum number of results per page that should be returned. If the number of available results is larger thanmaxResults, Compute Engine returns anextPageToken that can be used to get the next page of results in subsequent list requests. Acceptable values are0 to500, inclusive. (Default:500)

pageToken

string

Specifies a page token to use. SetpageToken to thenextPageToken returned by a previous list request to get the next page of results.

filter

string

A filter expression that filters resources listed in the response. Most Compute resources support two types of filter expressions: expressions that support regular expressions and expressions that follow API improvement proposalAIP-160. These two types of filter expressions cannot be mixed in one request.

If you want to use AIP-160, your expression must specify the field name, an operator, and the value that you want to use for filtering. The value must be a string, a number, or a boolean. The operator must be either=,!=,>,<,<=,>= or:.

For example, if you are filtering Compute Engine instances, you can exclude instances namedexample-instance by specifyingname != example-instance.

The:* comparison can be used to test whether a key has been defined. For example, to find all objects withowner label use:

labels.owner:*

You can also filter nested fields. For example, you could specifyscheduling.automaticRestart = false to include instances only if they are not scheduled for automatic restarts. You can use filtering on nested fields to filter based onresource labels.

To filter on multiple expressions, provide each separate expression within parentheses. For example:

(scheduling.automaticRestart = true)(cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake")

By default, each expression is anAND expression. However, you can includeAND andOR expressions explicitly. For example:

(cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake") OR(cpuPlatform = "Intel Broadwell") AND(scheduling.automaticRestart = true)

If you want to use a regular expression, use theeq (equal) orne (not equal) operator against a single un-parenthesized expression with or without quotes or against multiple parenthesized expressions. Examples:

fieldname eq unquoted literalfieldname eq 'single quoted literal'fieldname eq "double quoted literal"(fieldname1 eq literal) (fieldname2 ne "literal")

The literal value is interpreted as a regular expression using GoogleRE2 library syntax. The literal value must match the entire field.

For example, to filter for instances that do not end with name "instance", you would usename ne .*instance.

You cannot combine constraints on multiple fields using regular expressions.

orderBy

string

Sorts list results by a certain order. By default, results are returned in alphanumerical order based on the resource name.

You can also sort results in descending order based on the creation timestamp usingorderBy="creationTimestamp desc". This sorts results based on thecreationTimestamp field in reverse chronological order (newest result first). Use this to sort resources like operations so that the newest operation is returned first.

Currently, only sorting byname orcreationTimestamp desc is supported.

returnPartialSuccess

boolean

Opt-in for partial success behavior which provides partial results in case of failure. The default value is false.

For example, when partial success behavior is enabled, aggregatedList for a single zone scope either returns all resources in the zone or no resources, with an error code.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

Contains a list of Operation resources.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation
{"kind":string,"id":string,"items":[{"setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata":{"clientOperationId":string,"perLocationOperations":{string:{"state":enum,"error":{"code":integer,"message":string,"details":[{"@type":string,field1:...,...}]}},...}},"instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata":{"perLocationStatus":{string:{"status":enum,"targetVmCount":integer,"createdVmCount":integer,"failedToCreateVmCount":integer,"deletedVmCount":integer},...}},"kind":string,"id":string,"creationTimestamp":string,"name":string,"zone":string,"clientOperationId":string,"operationType":string,"targetLink":string,"targetId":string,"status":enum,"statusMessage":string,"user":string,"progress":integer,"insertTime":string,"startTime":string,"endTime":string,"error":{"errors":[{"code":string,"location":string,"message":string,"errorDetails":[{// Union fielddetails_oneof can be only one of the following:"errorInfo":{"reason":string,"domain":string,"metadatas":{string:string,...}},"quotaInfo":{"metricName":string,"limitName":string,"dimensions":{string:string,...},"limit":number,"futureLimit":number,"rolloutStatus":enum},"help":{"links":[{"description":string,"url":string}]},"localizedMessage":{"locale":string,"message":string}// End of list of possible types for union fielddetails_oneof.}]}]},"warnings":[{"code":enum,"message":string,"data":[{"key":string,"value":string}]}],"httpErrorStatusCode":integer,"httpErrorMessage":string,"selfLink":string,"region":string,"description":string,"operationGroupId":string}],"nextPageToken":string,"selfLink":string,"warning":{"code":enum,"message":string,"data":[{"key":string,"value":string}]}}
Fields
kind

string

[Output Only] Type of resource. Alwayscompute#operations for Operations resource.

id

string

[Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.

items[]

object

[Output Only] A list of Operation resources.

items[].setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata

object

[Output Only] If the operation is for projects.setCommonInstanceMetadata, this field will contain information on all underlying zonal actions and their state.

items[].setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.clientOperationId

string

[Output Only] The client operation id.

items[].setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[]

map (key: string, value: object)

[Output Only] Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a

items[].setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].state

enum

[Output Only] Status of the action, which can be one of the following:PROPAGATING,PROPAGATED,ABANDONED,FAILED, orDONE.

items[].setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error

object

[Output Only] If state isABANDONED orFAILED, this field is populated.

items[].setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.code

integer

The status code, which should be an enum value ofgoogle.rpc.Code.

items[].setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.message

string

A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in thegoogle.rpc.Status.details field, or localized by the client.

items[].setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.details[]

object

A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use.

An object containing fields of an arbitrary type. An additional field"@type" contains a URI identifying the type. Example:{ "id": 1234, "@type": "types.example.com/standard/id" }.

items[].instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata

object

items[].instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[]

map (key: string, value: object)

Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a

items[].instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].status

enum

[Output Only] Creation status of BulkInsert operation - information if the flow is rolling forward or rolling back.

items[].instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].targetVmCount

integer

[Output Only] Count of VMs originally planned to be created.

items[].instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].createdVmCount

integer

[Output Only] Count of VMs successfully created so far.

items[].instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].failedToCreateVmCount

integer

[Output Only] Count of VMs that started creating but encountered an error.

items[].instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].deletedVmCount

integer

[Output Only] Count of VMs that got deleted during rollback.

items[].kind

string

[Output Only] Type of the resource. Alwayscompute#operation for Operation resources.

items[].id

string (uint64 format)

[Output Only] The unique identifier for the operation. This identifier is defined by the server.

items[].creationTimestamp

string

[Deprecated] This field is deprecated.

items[].name

string

[Output Only] Name of the operation.

items[].zone

string

[Output Only] The URL of the zone where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing per-zone operations.

items[].clientOperationId

string

[Output Only] The value ofrequestId if you provided it in the request. Not present otherwise.

items[].operationType

string

[Output Only] The type of operation, such asinsert,update, ordelete, and so on.

items[].targetLink

string

[Output Only] The URL of the resource that the operation modifies. For operations related to creating a snapshot, this points to the disk that the snapshot was created from.

items[].targetId

string (uint64 format)

[Output Only] The unique target ID, which identifies a specific incarnation of the target resource.

items[].status

enum

[Output Only] The status of the operation, which can be one of the following:PENDING,RUNNING, orDONE.

items[].statusMessage

string

[Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.

items[].user

string

[Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example:user@example.com oralice_smith_identifier (global/workforcePools/example-com-us-employees).

items[].progress

integer

[Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess when the operation will be complete. This number should monotonically increase as the operation progresses.

items[].insertTime

string

[Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This value is inRFC3339 text format.

items[].startTime

string

[Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This value is inRFC3339 text format.

items[].endTime

string

[Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This value is inRFC3339 text format.

items[].error

object

[Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.

items[].error.errors[]

object

[Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.

items[].error.errors[].code

string

[Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.

items[].error.errors[].location

string

[Output Only] Indicates the field in the request that caused the error. This property is optional.

items[].error.errors[].message

string

[Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[]

object

[Output Only] An optional list of messages that contain the error details. There is a set of defined message types to use for providing details.The syntax depends on the error code. For example, QuotaExceededInfo will have details when the error code is QUOTA_EXCEEDED.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo

object

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.reason

string

The reason of the error. This is a constant value that identifies the proximate cause of the error. Error reasons are unique within a particular domain of errors. This should be at most 63 characters and match a regular expression of[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]+[A-Z0-9], which represents UPPER_SNAKE_CASE.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.domain

string

The logical grouping to which the "reason" belongs. The error domain is typically the registered service name of the tool or product that generates the error. Example: "pubsub.googleapis.com". If the error is generated by some common infrastructure, the error domain must be a globally unique value that identifies the infrastructure. For Google API infrastructure, the error domain is "googleapis.com".

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.metadatas

map (key: string, value: string)

Additional structured details about this error.

Keys must match a regular expression of[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9-_]+ but should ideally be lowerCamelCase. Also, they must be limited to 64 characters in length. When identifying the current value of an exceeded limit, the units should be contained in the key, not the value. For example, rather than{"instanceLimit": "100/request"}, should be returned as,{"instanceLimitPerRequest": "100"}, if the client exceeds the number of instances that can be created in a single (batch) request.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo

object

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.metricName

string

The Compute Engine quota metric name.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limitName

string

The name of the quota limit.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.dimensions

map (key: string, value: string)

The map holding related quota dimensions.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limit

number

Current effective quota limit. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.futureLimit

number

Future quota limit being rolled out. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.rolloutStatus

enum

Rollout status of the future quota limit.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].help

object

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[]

object

URL(s) pointing to additional information on handling the current error.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].description

string

Describes what the link offers.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].url

string

The URL of the link.

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage

object

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.locale

string

The locale used following the specification defined athttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt. Examples are: "en-US", "fr-CH", "es-MX"

items[].error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.message

string

The localized error message in the above locale.

items[].warnings[]

object

[Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.

items[].warnings[].code

enum

[Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returnsNO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.

items[].warnings[].message

string

[Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.

items[].warnings[].data[]

object

[Output Only] Metadata about this warning inkey: value format. For example:

"data": [  {  "key": "scope",  "value": "zones/us-east1-d"  }

items[].warnings[].data[].key

string

[Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might bescope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).

items[].warnings[].data[].value

string

[Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.

items[].httpErrorStatusCode

integer

[Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error status code that was returned. For example, a404 means the resource was not found.

items[].httpErrorMessage

string

[Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such asNOT FOUND.

items[].selfLink

string

[Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.

items[].region

string

[Output Only] The URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing regional operations.

items[].description

string

[Output Only] A textual description of the operation, which is set when the operation is created.

items[].operationGroupId

string

[Output Only] An ID that represents a group of operations, such as when a group of operations results from abulkInsert API request.

nextPageToken

string

[Output Only] This token allows you to get the next page of results for list requests. If the number of results is larger thanmaxResults, use thenextPageToken as a value for the query parameterpageToken in the next list request. Subsequent list requests will have their ownnextPageToken to continue paging through the results.

selfLink

string

[Output Only] Server-defined URL for this resource.

warning

object

[Output Only] Informational warning message.

warning.code

enum

[Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returnsNO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.

warning.message

string

[Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.

warning.data[]

object

[Output Only] Metadata about this warning inkey: value format. For example:

"data": [  {  "key": "scope",  "value": "zones/us-east1-d"  }

warning.data[].key

string

[Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might bescope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).

warning.data[].value

string

[Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see theAuthentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the followingIAM permissions:

  • compute.zoneOperations.list

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, seeCompute Engine IAM Roles.

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Last updated 2025-09-18 UTC.