List execution policies - Execution Policy

WARNINGNote: This endpoint is in preview and is subject to change. If you have any feedback, contact Datadog support.

GEThttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/actions/execution-policieshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/actions/execution-policieshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/actions/execution-policieshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/actions/execution-policieshttps://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/actions/execution-policieshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/actions/execution-policieshttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/actions/execution-policieshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/actions/execution-policieshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/actions/execution-policies

Overview

Retrieve a list of execution policies for the current organization.

This endpoint requires the execution_groups_read permission.

Arguments

Query Strings

Name

Type

Description

page[size]

integer

The number of execution policies to return per page.

Default: 100

page[number]

integer

The page number to return.

Default: 0

filter[name]

string

Filter execution policies by name.

filter[ids]

array

Filter execution policies by a list of IDs.

filter[integration]

array

Filter execution policies by a list of integrations.

filter[effects]

array

Filter execution policies by a list of effects.

filter[creator_ids]

array

Filter execution policies by a list of creator IDs.

sort

array

The sort order for the results. Prefix a field with - to sort in descending order. Valid fields are name, effect, integration, created_at, and updated_at.

Response

Response object that includes a list of execution policies.

Field

Type

Description

data [required]

[object]

The execution policies.

attributes [required]

object

An execution policy.

action_pattern [required]

object

The set of actions this policy applies to.

created_at [required]

date-time

The date and time the execution policy was created.

created_by [required]

string

The ID of the user who created the execution policy.

effect [required]

enum

Whether the policy allows or denies matching actions.

Allowed enum values: allow, deny

name [required]

string

The name of the execution policy.

scope

object

Restricts where the policy applies. At most one of kubernetes, scripts, or remote_action_rshell can be set. An empty object means the policy has no scope restriction.

targets [required]

[object]

The targets this policy applies to.

updated_at [required]

date-time

The date and time the execution policy was last updated.

updated_by [required]

string

The ID of the user who last updated the execution policy.

version [required]

int32

The version of the execution policy. Incremented on every update.

id [required]

string

The ID of the execution policy.

type [required]

enum

The type of the resource. The value should always be execution_policy.

Default: execution_policy

Allowed enum values: execution_policy

meta [required]

object

Pagination metadata for the list of execution policies.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "action_pattern": {
          "action_fqns": [
            "com.datadoghq.script.*"
          ],
          "integration": "INTEGRATION_SCRIPT"
        },
        "created_at": "2026-01-15T10:00:00.000Z",
        "created_by": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
        "effect": "allow",
        "name": "Block prod restarts",
        "scope": {
          "kubernetes": {
            "rules": [
              {
                "target_namespaces": [
                  "default"
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          "remote_action_rshell": {
            "rules": [
              {
                "access": "read_only",
                "target_paths": [
                  "/var/log"
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          "scripts": {
            "rules": [
              {
                "target_script_names": [
                  "restart_service.sh"
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "targets": [
          {
            "agent_tags": [
              "env:prod"
            ],
            "name": "Production hosts"
          }
        ],
        "updated_at": "2026-01-15T10:00:00.000Z",
        "updated_by": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
        "version": 1
      },
      "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "type": "execution_policy"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "page": {
      "total": 1
    }
  }
}

Bad Request

API error response.

Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Forbidden

API error response.

Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Code Example

List execution policies

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/actions/execution-policies" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/actions/execution-policies" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/actions/execution-policies" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/actions/execution-policies" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/actions/execution-policies" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/actions/execution-policies" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/actions/execution-policies" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/actions/execution-policies" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/actions/execution-policies" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

List execution policies

// List execution policies returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.ListExecutionPolicies", true)
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewExecutionPolicyApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.ListExecutionPolicies(ctx, *datadogV2.NewListExecutionPoliciesOptionalParameters())

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `ExecutionPolicyApi.ListExecutionPolicies`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `ExecutionPolicyApi.ListExecutionPolicies`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to main.go and run following commands:

DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"

DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"

DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"

DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"

DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"

DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"

DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"

DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"

DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"

List execution policies

// List execution policies returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.ExecutionPolicyApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.ExecutionPolicyListResponse;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.listExecutionPolicies", true);
    ExecutionPolicyApi apiInstance = new ExecutionPolicyApi(defaultClient);

    try {
      ExecutionPolicyListResponse result = apiInstance.listExecutionPolicies();
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling ExecutionPolicyApi#listExecutionPolicies");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to Example.java and run following commands:

DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"

DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"

DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"

DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"

DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"

DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"

DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"

DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"

DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"

List execution policies

"""
List execution policies returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.execution_policy_api import ExecutionPolicyApi

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
configuration.unstable_operations["list_execution_policies"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = ExecutionPolicyApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.list_execution_policies()

    print(response)

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.py and run following commands:

DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"

DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"

DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"

DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"

DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"

DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"

DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"

DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"

DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"

List execution policies

# List execution policies returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
  config.unstable_operations["v2.list_execution_policies".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::ExecutionPolicyAPI.new
p api_instance.list_execution_policies()

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:

DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"

DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"

DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"

DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"

DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"

DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"

DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"

DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"

DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"

List execution policies

// List execution policies returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_execution_policy::ExecutionPolicyAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_execution_policy::ListExecutionPoliciesOptionalParams;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.list_execution_policies", true);
    let api = ExecutionPolicyAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .list_execution_policies(ListExecutionPoliciesOptionalParams::default())
        .await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to src/main.rs and run following commands:

DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

List execution policies

/**
 * List execution policies returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration({
  authMethods: {
    AuthZ: {
      accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string,
    },
  },
});
configuration.unstableOperations["v2.listExecutionPolicies"] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.ExecutionPolicyApi(configuration);

apiInstance
  .listExecutionPolicies()
  .then((data: v2.ExecutionPolicyListResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.ts and run following commands:

DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"

DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"

DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"

DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"

DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"

DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"

DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"

DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"

DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"