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Container Service for Kubernetes:DescribeEvents

Last Updated:May 14, 2026

Cluster operation events include cluster creation, cluster modification, node pool creation, node pool scale-out, addon installation, and cluster upgrade. Call the DescribeEvents API to query details about a specific event type, such as event level, event status, and event time.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

cs:DescribeEvents

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request syntax

GET /events HTTP/1.1

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

cluster_id

string

No

The cluster ID.

cf62854ac2130470897be7a27ed1f****

type

string

No

The event type. If you do not specify this parameter, events of all types are returned. Valid values:

  • cluster_create: Create a cluster.

  • cluster_scaleout: Scale out a cluster.

  • cluster_attach: Add an existing node.

  • cluster_delete: Delete a cluster.

  • cluster_upgrade: Upgrade a cluster.

  • cluster_migrate: Migrate a cluster.

  • cluster_node_delete: Remove a node.

  • cluster_node_drain: Drain a node.

  • cluster_modify: Modify a cluster.

  • cluster_configuration_modify: Modify the control plane configuration of a cluster.

  • cluster_addon_install: Install an add-on.

  • cluster_addon_upgrade: Upgrade an add-on.

  • cluster_addon_uninstall: Uninstall an add-on.

  • runtime_upgrade: Upgrade the runtime.

  • nodepool_upgrade: Upgrade a node pool.

  • nodepool_update: Update a node pool.

nodepool_upgrade

page_size

integer

No

The number of entries to return on each page.

Valid values: 1 to 100.

Default value: 50.

50

page_number

integer

No

The page number.

1

next_token

string

No

The pagination token that is used in the next request to retrieve a new page of results. You do not need to specify this parameter for the first request. You must specify the token that is obtained from the previous query as the value of next_token.

5c0a1c0f91c14c6****

max_results

integer

No

The maximum number of entries to return for a single request.

10

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response body.

events

array<object>

The list of events.

array<object>

The details of an event.

event_id

string

The event ID.

e-dba703c8-953b-40d8-82e8-cb713590****

type

string

The event type. Valid values:

  • cluster_create: Creates a cluster.

  • cluster_scaleout: Scales out a cluster.

  • cluster_attach: Attaches an existing node.

  • cluster_delete: Deletes a cluster.

  • cluster_upgrade: Upgrades a cluster.

  • cluster_migrate: Migrates a cluster.

  • cluster_node_delete: Removes a node.

  • cluster_node_drain: Drains a node.

  • cluster_modify: Modifies a cluster.

  • cluster_configuration_modify: Modifies the control plane configuration of a cluster.

  • cluster_addon_install: Installs an add-on.

  • cluster_addon_upgrade: Upgrades an add-on.

  • cluster_addon_uninstall: Uninstalls an add-on.

  • runtime_upgrade: Upgrades the runtime.

  • nodepool_upgrade: Upgrades a node pool.

  • nodepool_update: Updates a node pool.

nodepool_upgrade

source

string

The event source.

task

subject

string

The event subject.

np6a5c86f4ecae436f8f4a3dc034a7****

time

string

The start time of the event.

2025-04-23T20:48:01+08:00

cluster_id

string

The cluster ID.

cf62854ac2130470897be7a27ed1f****

data

object

The data of the event.

level

string

The severity level of the event. Valid values:

  • info: An informational event.

  • warning: A warning event.

  • error: An error event.

info

reason

string

The status of the event.

Started

message

string

The human-readable message for the event.

Start to upgrade NodePool nodePool/nodePool-A

next_token

string

The token to retrieve the next page of results. It is returned when more results are available.

5c0a1c0f91c14c6****

page_info

object

The pagination information.

page_size

integer

The number of entries returned per page.

50

page_number

integer

The current page number.

1

total_count

integer

The total number of entries that match the query.

3

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "events": [
    {
      "event_id": "e-dba703c8-953b-40d8-82e8-cb713590****",
      "type": "nodepool_upgrade",
      "source": "task",
      "subject": "np6a5c86f4ecae436f8f4a3dc034a7****",
      "time": "2025-04-23T20:48:01+08:00",
      "cluster_id": "cf62854ac2130470897be7a27ed1f****",
      "data": {
        "level": "info",
        "reason": "Started",
        "message": "Start to upgrade NodePool nodePool/nodePool-A"
      }
    }
  ],
  "next_token": "5c0a1c0f91c14c6****",
  "page_info": {
    "page_size": 50,
    "page_number": 1,
    "total_count": 3
  }
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.