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File Storage NAS:DescribeLifecyclePolicies

Last Updated:Jan 26, 2026

Queries lifecycle policies.

Operation description

Only General-purpose NAS and CPFS for Lingjun file systems support this operation.

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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.
OperationAccess levelResource typeCondition keyAssociated operation
nas:DescribeLifecyclePoliciesget
*LifecyclePolicy
acs:nas:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:filesystem/{#filesystemId}
    none
none

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
FileSystemIdstringYes

The ID of the file system.

31a8e4****
LifecyclePolicyNamestringNo

The name of the lifecycle policy. The naming rules are as follows:

The name must be 3 to 64 characters in length and must start with a letter. It can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

Note Optional for General-purpose NAS file systems. If this parameter is provided, it takes precedence over LifecyclePolicyId. If left empty, LifecyclePolicyId is used.
lifecyclepolicy_01
PageSizeintegerNo

The number of entries per page.

Valid values: 1 to 100.

Default value: 10.

10
PageNumberintegerNo

The page number.

Pages start from page 1. Default value: 1.

1
StorageTypestringNo

The storage class.

  • InfrequentAccess: the Infrequent Access (IA) storage class.
  • Archive: the Archive storage class.
Note If StorageType is not specified, all lifecycle policies are returned.
InfrequentAccess
LifecyclePolicyIdstringNo

The ID of the lifecycle policy.

lc-xxx
LifecyclePolicyTypestringNo

The type of the lifecycle policy.

Valid values:

  • Auto: The job is automatically triggered.
  • OnDemand: On-demand execution.
Note Only CPFS for Lingjun supports this parameter.
Auto
DescriptionstringNo

The description of the policy.

Note Only CPFS for Lingjun supports this parameter.
Description
PathstringNo

Filter by path.

Note Only CPFS for Lingjun supports this parameter.
/abc/

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object
TotalCountinteger

The total number of lifecycle policies.

10
RequestIdstring

The request ID.

BC7C825C-5F65-4B56-BEF6-98C56C7C****
PageSizeinteger

The number of entries per page.

10
PageNumberinteger

The page number.

1
LifecyclePoliciesarray<object>

The queried lifecycle policies.

LifecyclePolicyobject
FileSystemIdstring

The ID of the file system.

31a8e4****
LifecycleRuleNamestring

The management rule that is associated with the lifecycle policy.

Valid values:

  • DEFAULT_ATIME_14: Files that are not accessed in the last 14 days.
  • DEFAULT_ATIME_30: Files that are not accessed in the last 30 days.
  • DEFAULT_ATIME_60: Files that are not accessed in the last 60 days.
  • DEFAULT_ATIME_90: Files that are not accessed in the last 90 days.
DEFAULT_ATIME_14
CreateTimestring

The time when the lifecycle policy was created.

The time follows the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format.

2019-10-30T10:08:08Z
Pathstring

The absolute path of a directory with which the lifecycle policy is associated.

/pathway/to/folder
StorageTypestring

The storage class.

  • InfrequentAccess: the IA storage class.
  • Archive: the Archive storage class.
InfrequentAccess
LifecyclePolicyNamestring

The name of the lifecycle policy.

lifecyclepolicy_01
Pathsarray

The absolute paths of directories with which the lifecycle policy is associated.

Pathstring

The absolute paths of directories with which the lifecycle policy is associated.

["/path1","/path2"]
LifecyclePolicyIdstring

The ID of the lifecycle policy.

lc-xxx
Descriptionstring

Description

Description
LifecyclePolicyTypestring

The type of the lifecycle policy.

Auto
TransitRulesarray<object>

Data transition rules.

Ruleobject

The data transition rule.

Attributestring

Attribute of the rule.

Atime
Thresholdstring

Threshold for the rule.

3
RetrieveRulesarray<object>

File data retrieval rules.

Ruleobject

The file data retrieval rule.

Attributestring

Attribute of the rule.

RetrieveType
Thresholdstring

Threshold for the rule.

All

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "TotalCount": 10,
  "RequestId": "BC7C825C-5F65-4B56-BEF6-98C56C7C****",
  "PageSize": 10,
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "LifecyclePolicies": [
    {
      "FileSystemId": "31a8e4****",
      "LifecycleRuleName": "DEFAULT_ATIME_14",
      "CreateTime": "2019-10-30T10:08:08Z",
      "Path": "/pathway/to/folder",
      "StorageType": "InfrequentAccess",
      "LifecyclePolicyName": "lifecyclepolicy_01",
      "Paths": [
        [
          "/path1",
          "/path2"
        ]
      ],
      "LifecyclePolicyId": "lc-xxx",
      "Description": "Description\n",
      "LifecyclePolicyType": "Auto",
      "TransitRules": [
        {
          "Attribute": "Atime",
          "Threshold": 3
        }
      ],
      "RetrieveRules": [
        {
          "Attribute": "RetrieveType",
          "Threshold": "All"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Error codes

HTTP status codeError codeError messageDescription
404InvalidFileSystem.NotFoundThe specified file system does not exist.The specified file system does not exist.

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

Change history

Change timeSummary of changesOperation
2026-01-08The Error code has changed. The request parameters of the API has changed. The response structure of the API has changedView Change Details
2024-03-25The Error code has changed. The request parameters of the API has changedView Change Details