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ApsaraDB RDS:DescribeSlowLogRecords

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2026

Queries the slow log details of an instance.

Operation description

Supported database engines

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL Server
  • MariaDB

Precautions

The response parameters returned by this operation are updated every minute.

Debugging

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Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

  • Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
  • Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
  • Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
    • For mandatory resource types, indicate with a prefix of * .
    • If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
  • Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
  • Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.
Operation Access level Resource type Condition key Associated operation
rds:DescribeSlowLogRecords get
*DBInstance
acs:rds:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:dbinstance/{#dbinstanceId}
  • rds:ResourceTag
none

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Description Example
DBInstanceId string Yes

The ID of the instance. You can call the DescribeDBInstances operation to query the ID of the instance.

rm-uf6wjk5******
SQLHASH string No

The unique ID of the SQL statement. The ID is used to obtain the slow query logs of the SQL statement.

U2FsdGVk****
StartTime string Yes

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.

2020-06-17T16:00Z
EndTime string Yes

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.
2020-06-18T16:00Z
DBName string No

The name of the database.

RDS_MySQL
PageSize integer No

The number of entries per page. Valid value: 30 to 200. Default value: 30.

30
PageNumber integer No

The page number. Pages start from page 1. Default value: 1.

1
NodeId string No

The ID of the node.

Note This parameter is available only for instances that run RDS Cluster Edition. You can specify this parameter to query the logs of a specified node. If this parameter is not specified, the logs of the primary node are returned by default.
rn-p1fm78s90x5****

Response parameters

Parameter Type Description Example
object

The response parameters.

PageRecordCount integer

The number of SQL log reports on the current page.

1
RequestId string

The ID of the request.

4DBB1BB0-E5D8-4D41-B1C9-142364DB****
TotalRecordCount integer

The total number of entries returned.

1
DBInstanceId string

The ID of the instance.

rm-uf6wjk5*******
Engine string

The type of the database engine.

MySQL
PageNumber integer

The page number.

1
Items array<object>

An array that consists of the information about each slow log.

SQLSlowRecord object

Information about slow query log.

HostAddress string

The name and IP address of the client that is connected to the database.

xxx[xxx] @ [1xx.xxx.xxx.xx]
RowsAffectedCount long

The number of affected rows.

Note This parameter is returned only for instances that run SQL Server.
34
QueryTimes long

The execution duration of the query. Unit: seconds.

2
SQLText string

The details of the SQL statement.

select sleep(2)
CpuTime long

The duration during which the SQL statement is processed by the CPU. Unit: milliseconds.

Note This parameter is returned only for instances that run SQL Server.
0.002
QueryTimeMS long

The execution duration of the query. Unit: milliseconds.

2001
ApplicationName string

The name of the application that is connected to the instance.

Note This parameter is returned only for instances that run SQL Server.
example
LockTimes long

The lock duration of the query. Unit: seconds.

0
ExecutionStartTime string

The time when the execution of the SQL statement started. The time follows the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format. The time is displayed in UTC.

2020-06-18T01:40:44Z
LogicalIORead long

The number of logical reads.

Note This parameter is returned only for instances that run SQL Server.
383
WriteIOCount long

The number of I/O writes.

Note This parameter is returned only for instances that run SQL Server.
22
PhysicalIORead long

The number of physical reads.

Note This parameter is returned only for instances that run SQL Server.
200
ReturnRowCounts long

The number of rows returned.

1
ParseRowCounts long

The number of parsed rows.

1
DBName string

The name of the database.

testDB
ClientHostName string

The hostname of the client.

Note This parameter is returned only for instances that run SQL Server.
example
UserName string

The name of the user.

Note This parameter is returned only for instances that run SQL Server.
user
LastRowsAffectedCount long

The number of rows that are affected by the last SQL statement.

Note This parameter is returned only for instances that run SQL Server.
2
SQLHash string

The unique ID of the SQL statement.

U2FsdGVk****

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "PageRecordCount": 1,
  "RequestId": "4DBB1BB0-E5D8-4D41-B1C9-142364DB****",
  "TotalRecordCount": 1,
  "DBInstanceId": "rm-uf6wjk5*******",
  "Engine": "MySQL",
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "Items": {
    "SQLSlowRecord": [
      {
        "HostAddress": "xxx[xxx] @  [1xx.xxx.xxx.xx]",
        "RowsAffectedCount": 34,
        "QueryTimes": 2,
        "SQLText": "select sleep(2)",
        "CpuTime": 0.002,
        "QueryTimeMS": 2001,
        "ApplicationName": "example",
        "LockTimes": 0,
        "ExecutionStartTime": "2020-06-18T01:40:44Z",
        "LogicalIORead": 383,
        "WriteIOCount": 22,
        "PhysicalIORead": 200,
        "ReturnRowCounts": 1,
        "ParseRowCounts": 1,
        "DBName": "testDB",
        "ClientHostName": "example",
        "UserName": "user",
        "LastRowsAffectedCount": 2,
        "SQLHash": "U2FsdGVk****"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
400 InvalidSearchTimeRange search time range cannot be longer than a month. The interval between the end time that is specified by the EndTime parameter and the start time that is specified by the StartTime parameter must be less than 31 days. Check the values of these parameters.
400 IO.Exception IO exception, retry later. An I/O error occurred.

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

Change history

Change time Summary of changes Operation
2024-11-18 API Description Update. The Error code has changed View Change Details
2023-06-06 The Error code has changed View Change Details
2023-06-02 The Error code has changed. The request parameters of the API has changed View Change Details