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ApsaraDB RDS:DescribeEvents

Last Updated:Aug 27, 2026

Queries historical events of an instance.

Operation description

Supported database engines

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL Server
  • MariaDB

References

Note Before you call this operation, read the following documentation and make sure that you fully understand the prerequisites and impacts of this operation.

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:DescribeEvents get
*All Resources
*
    none
none

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Description Example
RegionId string Yes

The region ID. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

cn-hangzhou
StartTime string No

The start 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.

2019-06-11T15:00:00Z
EndTime string No

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

2019-06-12T15:00:00Z
PageSize integer No

The number of entries per page. Valid values:

  • 30
  • 50
  • 100

Default value: 30.

30
PageNumber integer No

The page number. Pages start from page 1.

Default value: 1.

1

Response parameters

Parameter Type Description Example
object

The response parameters.

PageNumber integer

The page number.

1
RequestId string

The request ID.

A103039D-B1B2-4C57-B989-7D7C0DA95426
PageSize integer

The number of entries per page.

30
TotalRecordCount integer

The total number of entries returned.

40
EventItems array<object>

The events.

EventItems object
EventName string

The event name.

ModifySecurityIPList
EventTime string

The time when the event occurred.

2019-08-20T01:08:22Z
EventUserType string

The type of the user who executed the event.

SYSTEM
EventRecordTime string

The time when the event was recorded. The time is slightly later than the time the event occurred.

2019-08-20T01:12:49Z
CallerUid long

The ID of the user who executed the event.

22973492**********
RegionId string

The region ID.

cn-hangzhou
EventId integer

The event ID.

11000053
EventType string

The event type.

NetworkManagement
ResourceType string

The type of the resource associated with the event. Only instances are supported for this parameter.

instance
EventPayload string

The request or context parameters of the event.

{\"Domain\": \"rds-inc-share.aliyuncs.com\", \"Api\": \"ReleaseInstancePublicConnection\"}
EventReason string

The source of the event.

FROM_USER
ResourceName string

The name of the resource associated with the event. Only instance IDs are supported for this parameter.

rm-bp1z3065m9976ix8a

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "RequestId": "A103039D-B1B2-4C57-B989-7D7C0DA95426",
  "PageSize": 30,
  "TotalRecordCount": 40,
  "EventItems": {
    "EventItems": [
      {
        "EventName": "ModifySecurityIPList",
        "EventTime": "2019-08-20T01:08:22Z",
        "EventUserType": "SYSTEM",
        "EventRecordTime": "2019-08-20T01:12:49Z",
        "CallerUid": 0,
        "RegionId": "cn-hangzhou",
        "EventId": 11000053,
        "EventType": "NetworkManagement",
        "ResourceType": "instance",
        "EventPayload": "{\\\"Domain\\\": \\\"rds-inc-share.aliyuncs.com\\\", \\\"Api\\\": \\\"ReleaseInstancePublicConnection\\\"}",
        "EventReason": "FROM_USER",
        "ResourceName": "rm-bp1z3065m9976ix8a"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
400 InvalidStartTime.Format Specified start time is not valid. The start time is invalid.
400 InvalidParameterCombination The end time must be greater than the start time The end time must be later than the start time.
400 RegionNotSupport The region is not supported. The operation failed. The operation is not supported in the region.
404 InvalidRegion.NotFound Specified Region does not exist in the RDS The region ID is invalid.

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

Change history

Change time Summary of changes Operation
2024-11-20 API Description Update. The Error code has changed View Change Details
2022-10-28 The Error code has changed View Change Details