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Elastic Compute Service:DescribeSendFileResults

Last Updated:Sep 20, 2026

Queries the list and status of files sent by Cloud Assistant.

Operation description

Operation description:

  • After you send a file, the file is not necessarily sent. You must check the actual sending result based on the return value of this operation. The actual output prevails.

  • You can query the execution information from the last day. A maximum of 1,000 entries of execution information can be retained.

  • When paged query the first page of results, set only MaxResults to limit the number of entries to return. The NextToken value returned in the result serves as the token for querying subsequent pages. When paged query subsequent pages, set NextToken to the value obtained from the previous response and set MaxResults to limit the number of entries to return.

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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

ecs:DescribeSendFileResults

get

Instance

acs:ecs:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:instance/{#instanceId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

Yes

The region ID of the ECS instance. You can call DescribeRegions to query the most recent region list.

cn-hangzhou

ResourceGroupId

string

No

The ID of the resource group to which the file sending task belongs. After you specify this parameter, you must also specify ResourceGroupId when sending the file. This parameter allows you to filter file sending results by resource group.

rg-bp67acfmxazb4p****

InvokeId

string

No

The execution ID.

f-hz0jdfwd9f****

Name

string

No

The file name. If you specify this parameter, all sending records of the file with the specified name are queried.

test.txt

InstanceId

string

No

The instance ID. If you specify this parameter, all file sending records of the specified instance are queried.

i-hz0jdfwd9f****

PageNumber

integer

No

Note

This parameter is about to be deprecated. Use NextToken and MaxResults to perform a paging query.

1

PageSize

integer

No

Note

This parameter is about to be deprecated. Use NextToken and MaxResults to perform a paging query.

10

MaxResults

integer

No

The maximum number of entries per page for a paged query.

Maximum value: 50.

Default value: 10.

10

NextToken

string

No

The pagination token. Set this parameter to the NextToken value returned in the previous API call.

AAAAAdDWBF2

InvocationStatus

string

No

The overall sending status of the file. The overall status depends on the common execution status of all target instances. Valid values:

  • Pending: The system is verifying or sending the file. The overall status is Pending if the file sending status of at least one instance is Pending.

  • Running: The file is being sent on instances. The overall status is Running if the file sending status of at least one instance is Running.

  • Success: The file is sent. The overall status is Success if the file sending status of all instances is Success.

  • Failed: The file failed to be sent. The overall status is Failed if the file sending status of all instances is Failed.

  • PartialFailed: The file is sent on some instances but failed on others. The overall status is PartialFailed if the file sending status of all instances is Success or Failed.

Success

Tag

array<object>

No

The tags.

object

No

The tags.

Key

string

No

The tag key of the file sending task. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag key cannot be an empty string.

If you use a single tag to filter resources, the resource count with the specified tag cannot exceed 1,000. If you use multiple tags to filter resources, the resource count of resources that are attached with all specified tags cannot exceed 1,000. If the resource count exceeds 1,000, call the ListTagResources operation to query the resources.

The tag key can be up to 64 characters in length and cannot start with aliyun or acs:. It cannot contain http:// or https://.

TestKey

Value

string

No

The tag value of the file sending task. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag value can be an empty string.

The tag value can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot contain http:// or https://.

TestValue

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Invocations

object

Invocation

array<object>

The file sending records.

array<object>

Content

string

The file content.

#!/bin/bash echo "Current User is :" echo $(ps | grep "$$" | awk '{print $2}')

ContentType

string

The content type of the file. Valid values:

  • PlainText: plain text.

  • Base64: Base64 encoding.

PlainText

CreationTime

string

The time when the file sending task was created. The time is displayed in ISO 8601 format in UTC.

2019-12-20T06:15:54Z

Description

string

The description.

This is a test file.

FileGroup

string

The user group of the file.

test

FileMode

string

The permissions on the file.

777

FileOwner

string

The owner of the file.

test

InvocationStatus

string

The overall sending status of the file. The overall status depends on the common execution status of all target instances. Valid values:

  • Pending: The system is verifying or sending the file. The overall status is Pending if the file sending status of at least one instance is Pending.

  • Running: The file is being sent on instances. The overall status is Running if the file sending status of at least one instance is Running.

  • Success: The overall status is Success if the file sending status of all instances is Success.

  • Failed: The overall status is Failed if the file sending status of all instances is Failed. The value Failed is returned if one or more of the following statuses are returned for instances:
    • The specified file parameters are invalid and the verification failed (Invalid).

    • The file failed to be sent to the instance (Aborted).

    • The file failed to be created on the instance (Failed).

    • The file sending timed out (Timeout).

    • An exception occurred during file sending and the task cannot continue (Error).

  • PartialFailed: The file is sent on some instances but failed on others. The overall status is PartialFailed if the file sending status of all instances is Success or Failed.

Success

InvokeId

string

The execution ID.

f-hz0jdfwd9f****

InvokeInstances

object

InvokeInstance

array<object>

The target instances for file sending.

object

CreationTime

string

The time when the file sending task was created. The time is displayed in ISO 8601 format in UTC.

2019-12-20T06:15:54Z

ErrorCode

string

The error code for the file sending failure. Valid values:

  • Empty: The file is sent.

  • InstanceNotExists: The specified instance does not exist or has been released.

  • InstanceReleased: The instance was released during file sending.

  • InstanceNotRunning: The instance was not in the Running state when the file sending task was created.

  • AccountNotExists: The specified account does not exist.

  • ClientNotRunning: Cloud Assistant Agent is not running.

  • ClientNotResponse: Cloud Assistant Agent is not responding.

  • ClientIsUpgrading: Cloud Assistant Agent is being upgraded.

  • ClientNeedUpgrade: Cloud Assistant Agent needs to be upgraded.

  • DeliveryTimeout: The file sending timed out.

  • FileCreateFail: The file failed to be created.

  • FileAlreadyExists: A file with the same name already exists in the same path.

  • FileContentInvalid: The file content is invalid.

  • FileNameInvalid: The file name is invalid.

  • FilePathInvalid: The file path is invalid.

  • FileAuthorityInvalid: The file permissions are invalid.

  • UserGroupNotExists: The user group specified for file sending does not exist.

InstanceNotExists

ErrorInfo

string

The details of the file sending failure or execution failure. Valid values:

  • Empty: The file is sent.

  • the specified instance does not exists: The specified instance does not exist or has been released.

  • the specified instance has been released.: The instance was released during file sending.

  • the instance is not running when create task: The instance was not in the Running state when the file sending task was created.

  • the specified account does not exists: The specified account does not exist.

  • the aliyun service is not running on the instance: Cloud Assistant Agent is not running.

  • the aliyun service in the instance does not response: Cloud Assistant Agent is not responding.

  • the aliyun service in the instance is upgrading now: Cloud Assistant Agent is being upgraded.

  • the aliyun service in the instance need upgrade: Cloud Assistant Agent needs to be upgraded.

  • the command delivery has been timeout: The file sending timed out.

  • the file creation is failed due to unknown error: The file failed to be created.

  • the authority of file is invalid: The file permissions are invalid.

  • File content is empty: The file content is empty.

  • the content of file is invalid: The file content is invalid.

  • File already exists: A file with the same name already exists in the same path.

  • File name is invalid: The file name is invalid.

  • File path is invalid: The file path is invalid.

  • Owner not exists: The user does not exist.

  • Group not exists: The user group does not exist.

  • Mode is invalid: The file permission settings are invalid.

the instance is not running when create task

FinishTime

string

The time when the sending task was completed. The time is displayed in ISO 8601 format in UTC.

2019-12-20T06:15:54Z

InstanceId

string

The instance ID.

i-uf614fhehhz****

InvocationStatus

string

The file sending status on a single instance. Valid values:

  • Pending: The system is verifying or sending the file.

  • Invalid: The specified file parameters are invalid and the verification failed.

  • Running: The file is being sent on the instance.

  • Aborted: The file failed to be sent to the instance.

  • Success: The file is sent.

  • Failed: The file failed to be created on the instance.

  • Error: An exception occurred during file sending and the task cannot continue.

  • Timeout: The file sending timed out.

Success

StartTime

string

The time when the sending task started to run on the instance. The time is displayed in ISO 8601 format in UTC.

2019-12-20T06:15:54Z

UpdateTime

string

The time when the task status was updated. The time is displayed in ISO 8601 format in UTC.

2019-12-20T06:15:54Z

Name

string

The file name.

test.txt

Overwrite

string

Indicates whether overwriting is allowed.

false

Tags

object

Tag

array<object>

The tag information of the file sending task.

object

The tag information of the file sending task.

TagKey

string

The tag key of the file sending task.

owner

TagValue

string

The tag value of the file sending task.

zhangsan

TargetDir

string

The destination path.

/home/user

VmCount

integer

The number of target instances.

1

NextToken

string

The pagination token returned in this call.

AAAAAdDWBF2

PageNumber

integer

The page number of the returned results.

1

PageSize

integer

The number of entries per page.

10

RequestId

string

The request ID.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

TotalCount

integer

The total number of scripts.

2

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "Invocations": {
    "Invocation": [
      {
        "Content": "#!/bin/bash  echo \"Current User is :\"  echo $(ps | grep \"$$\" | awk '{print $2}')",
        "ContentType": "PlainText",
        "CreationTime": "2019-12-20T06:15:54Z",
        "Description": "This is a test file.",
        "FileGroup": "test",
        "FileMode": "777",
        "FileOwner": "test",
        "InvocationStatus": "Success",
        "InvokeId": "f-hz0jdfwd9f****",
        "InvokeInstances": {
          "InvokeInstance": [
            {
              "CreationTime": "2019-12-20T06:15:54Z",
              "ErrorCode": "InstanceNotExists",
              "ErrorInfo": "the instance is not running when create task",
              "FinishTime": "2019-12-20T06:15:54Z",
              "InstanceId": "i-uf614fhehhz****",
              "InvocationStatus": "Success",
              "StartTime": "2019-12-20T06:15:54Z",
              "UpdateTime": "2019-12-20T06:15:54Z"
            }
          ]
        },
        "Name": "test.txt",
        "Overwrite": "false",
        "Tags": {
          "Tag": [
            {
              "TagKey": "owner",
              "TagValue": "zhangsan"
            }
          ]
        },
        "TargetDir": "/home/user",
        "VmCount": 1
      }
    ]
  },
  "NextToken": "AAAAAdDWBF2",
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "PageSize": 10,
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E",
  "TotalCount": 2
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 RegionId.ApiNotSupported The api is not supported in this region. The API operation cannot be called in the specified region. Check whether the specified RegionId parameter is valid.
400 NumberExceed.Tags The Tags parameter number is exceed. The number of tags exceeds the maximum limit.
400 MissingParameter.TagKey You must specify Tag.N.Key. The tag key is not specified.
400 Duplicate.TagKey The Tag.N.Key contain duplicate key. The specified tag key already exists. Tag keys must be unique.
400 InvalidTagKey.Malformed The specified Tag.n.Key is not valid. The specified Tag.N.Key parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidTagValue.Malformed The specified Tag.n.Value is not valid. The specified tag value is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.PageNumber The specified parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.PageSize The specified parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidParameter.NextToken The specified parameter NextToken is not valid. The specified parameter NextToken is illegal.
400 InvalidParameter.MaxResults The specified parameter MaxResults is not valid. The specified parameter MaxResults is illegal.
500 InternalError.Dispatch An error occurred when you dispatched the request. An error occurred while the request is being sent. Try again later.
403 InvalidParameterCharacter The specified parameter %s contains illegal characters.
403 Operation.Forbidden The operation is not permitted. The operation is not supported.
404 InvalidRegionId.NotFound The RegionId provided does not exist in our records. Region information error

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.