View operations on managed zones
Cloud DNS records managed zone updates that you make (modifying descriptionsor configuring DNSSEC state) as operations. Managed zone creation anddeletion are not recorded; deletion of a managed zone also deletes recordedoperations on the zone.
These operations are independent ofchanges that you make to the resourceswithin the managed zone. You can use the Google Cloud CLI or the REST API to seethe history of these updates.
Permissions required for this task
To perform this task, you must have been granted the following permissionsor the following IAM roles.
Permissions
dns.managedZoneOperations.listdns.managedZoneOperations.get
Roles
roles/dns.admin
Display audit log of operations
gcloud
Run the following command:
gcloud dns operations list --zones="ZONE_NAME"
ReplaceZONE_NAME with the name of a DNS zone inyour project.
This command prints the JSON formatted resource record sets forthe first 100 records. You can specify an additional parameter:
--limit: maximum number of operations to list
Python
from apiclient import errorsfrom apiclient.discovery import buildPROJECT_NAME='PROJECT_NAME'ZONE_NAME='ZONE_NAME'try: service = build('dns', 'v1') response = service.operations().list(project=PROJECT_NAME, managedZone=ZONE_NAME).execute() print(response)except errors.HttpError, error: print('An error occurred: %s' % error)Replace the following:
PROJECT_NAME: the name of your projectZONE_NAME: the name of a DNS zone in your project
What's next
- To work with managed zones, seeCreate, modify, and delete zones.
- To find solutions for common issues that you might encounter when usingCloud DNS, seeTroubleshooting.
- To get an overview of Cloud DNS, seeCloud DNS overview.
- For the Cloud DNS command-line, see theGoogle Cloud CLI documentation.
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Last updated 2026-02-19 UTC.