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Run and monitor a Tag Policy

Once you have created a policy, you can run it manually, toggle its status, and review detailed execution history.

Before you begin​

Role: a user granted the Run Tag policy permission. The policy has already been created.

Enable / disable a policy​

Each policy card has an Active toggle:

  • Active (on): the On Creation trigger works; the Run now button is enabled.
  • Inactive (off): On Creation does not fire; the Run now button is disabled.

Click the toggle to switch the state immediately.

Run a policy manually​

  1. Go to Tagging → Policies tab.
  2. Find the policy you want to run (it must be Active).
  3. Click Run now.

The system evaluates the conditions and tags the matching resources. The result appears in the Execution History.

💡 Tip: Use Run now to backfill after editing a policy, or to tag resources that were created before the policy existed.

View the Execution History​

  1. Click a policy card to expand its Execution History.
  2. Each row shows:
    • Run at: when it ran
    • Trigger: Manual run / On creation
    • Result: {n} matched → {n} tagged[, {n} skipped]
    • Status: Success / Partial / Skipped / Failed
StatusMeaning
SuccessEvery matching resource was tagged
PartialSome resources were skipped — usually because inherited tags cannot be replaced or the cluster has no member VMs
SkippedNo resource matched the conditions
FailedA technical error occurred during the run

View the run details​

Click the result link ({n} matched → {n} tagged) to open the Run details modal:

  • The list of each matching resource
  • Status: Tagged (green) or Skipped (orange)
  • The Note column: the skip reason if Skipped

Run details modal

Example skip reason: "Inherited tag from k8s-prod-cluster-01 — cannot be replaced"

Edit a policy​

  1. Click ⋮ on the policy card → Edit.
  2. The wizard opens in edit mode — Resource scope and Action are locked.
  3. Edit the name, conditions, trigger, or tag list.
  4. Click Save changes.

A confirmation dialog reminds you: changes apply only to subsequent runs. Use Run now to backfill.

Delete a policy​

  1. Click ⋮ on the policy card → Delete.
  2. Confirm in the dialog.

Deleting a policy does not affect tags that were already assigned.