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CDN:DescribeRefreshTasks

Last Updated:Jul 31, 2025

You can call the DescribeRefreshTasks operation to query the status of refresh and prefetch tasks.

Operation description

  • You can query tasks by task ID or URL.

  • You can specify both the TaskId and ObjectPath parameters. If you do not specify TaskId or ObjectPath, the operation queries the first page of data from the last three days. A maximum of 20 entries are returned on each page.

  • You can query data from the last three days.

  • The task status is updated asynchronously. You must send a request to retrieve the latest task status.

  • If you enable automatic cache refresh in the OSS console, you cannot use the DescribeRefreshTasks operation to query automatic cache refresh tasks for OSS.

  • The queries per second (QPS) limit for each user is 5. If you require a higher QPS limit, you can use the DescribeRefreshTaskById operation. This operation queries tasks by task ID only.

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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 support 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

cdn:DescribeRefreshTasks

none

*Domain

acs:cdn:*:{#accountId}:domain/{#DomainName}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

TaskId

string

No

The ID of the task that you want to query.

1234321

ObjectPath

string

No

The path of the object to be refreshed. The path must be a full path.

http://example.com/1.txt

PageNumber

integer

No

The number of the page to return. Valid values: 1 to 100000.

1

ObjectType

string

No

The type of the task. Valid values:

  • file: refreshes a file.

  • directory: refreshes a directory.

  • regex: refreshes content based on a regular expression.

  • preload: prefetches a file.

  • block: blocks a URL.

  • unblock: unblocks a URL.

Note

If you specify the DomainName or Status parameter, you must also specify the ObjectType parameter.

file

DomainName

string

No

The accelerated domain name. You can specify only one domain name. By default, this operation queries tasks for all accelerated domain names.

example.com

Status

string

No

The status of the task. Valid values:

  • Complete: The task is complete.

  • Refreshing: The task is in progress.

  • Failed: The task failed.

Complete

PageSize

integer

No

The number of entries to return on each page. Default value: 20. Maximum value: 100. Valid values: 1 to 100.

20

StartTime

string

No

The beginning of the time range to query. Specify the time in the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format. The time must be in UTC.

2017-12-21T08:00:00Z

EndTime

string

No

The end of the time range to query. Specify the time in the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format. The time must be in UTC.

Note

The end time must be later than the start time.

2017-12-22T08:00:00Z

ResourceGroupId

string

No

The ID of the resource group.

rg-acfmyuji4b6r4**

Response parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

174F6032-AA26-470D-B90E-36F0EB205BEE

PageNumber

integer

The page number of the returned page.

10

PageSize

integer

The number of entries returned on the current page.

1

TotalCount

integer

The total number of entries returned.

2

Tasks

object

CDNTask

array<object>

The list of tasks.

object

Status

string

The status of the task. Valid values:

  • Complete: The task is complete.

  • Refreshing: The task is in progress.

  • Failed: The task failed.

Complete

CreationTime

string

The time when the task was created. The time is in UTC.

2014-11-27T08:23:22Z

ObjectType

string

The type of the task.

  • file: refreshes a file.

  • directory: refreshes a directory.

  • regex: refreshes content based on a regular expression.

  • preload: prefetches a file.

file

Process

string

The progress of the task in percentage.

100%

Description

string

The error message returned if the refresh or prefetch task failed.

  • InternalError: An internal error occurred.

  • OriginTimeout: The origin server timed out.

  • OriginReturnStatusCode 5XX: The origin server returned a 5xx error code.

Internal Error

ObjectPath

string

The path of the refreshed object.

http://example.com/1.txt

TaskId

string

The ID of the task.

704225667

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "174F6032-AA26-470D-B90E-36F0EB205BEE",
  "PageNumber": 10,
  "PageSize": 1,
  "TotalCount": 2,
  "Tasks": {
    "CDNTask": [
      {
        "Status": "Complete",
        "CreationTime": "2014-11-27T08:23:22Z",
        "ObjectType": "file",
        "Process": "100%",
        "Description": "Internal Error",
        "ObjectPath": "http://example.com/1.txt",
        "TaskId": "704225667"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error response

JSON format

{"RequestId":"16A96B9A-F203-4EC5-8E43-CB92E68F4CD8","HostId":"cdn.aliyuncs.com","Code":"InternalError","Message":"The request processing has failed due to some unknown error."}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 InvalidTaskId.Malformed The specified TaskId is invalid.
400 MissingParameter.ObjectType The ObjectType parameter is required if DomainName or Status is specified.
400 MissingTimeParameter The StartTime and EndTime must be both specified. You must set both the start time and the end time.
400 InvalidEndTime.Mismatch The specified EndTime is earlier than the StartTime. EndTime is earlier than StartTime.
400 DomainNameOverLimit A maximum of 500 domains are supported for each request.
400 InvalidTime The query time cannot exceed the last 3 days.
400 InvalidStartTime.Malformed The specified StartTime is invalid. The format of the start time is invalid. Specify a valid value.
400 InvalidEndTime.Malformed The specified EndTime is invalid. The EndTime parameter is set in an invalid format. For more information, see the API references.
400 InvalidObjectPath.Malformed The specified ObjectPath is invalid.
400 InvalidStartTime.ValueNotSupported The specified StartTime is invalid. The specified start time is invalid. For more information, see the API references.
400 InvalidEndTime.ValueNotSupported The specified EndTime is invalid.
400 InvalidObjectType.ValueNotSupported The specified ObjectType is not supported.
400 InvalidStatus.ValueNotSupported The specified Status is not supported.
429 TooManyRequests The server is busy. Please try again later.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.