doctl compute action list
Generated on 23 Jun 2025
from doctl version
v1.131.0
Usage
doctl compute action list [flags]Aliases
lsDescription
Retrieve a list of all actions taken on your resources. The following details are provided:
- The action ID
- The action status (
pending,completed, etc) - The action type, such as:
create,destroy,power_cycle,power_off,power_on,backup,migrate,attach_volume - The Date/Time when the action started, in RFC3339 format
- The Date/Time when the action completed, in RFC3339 format
- The resource ID of the resource upon which the action was taken
- The resource type (Droplet, backend)
- The region in which the action took place (nyc3, sfo2, etc)
Example
The following command retrieves a list of all the destroy actions taken on the account after October 12, 2022 at 12:00:01 AM UTC, and displays the action ID and region:
doctl compute action list --action-type destroy --after 2022-10-12T00:00:01.00Z --format ID,RegionFlags
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--action-type |
Filter by action type, such as create or destroy |
--after |
Filter actions taken after a specified date, in RFC3339 format. |
--before |
Filter actions taken after a specified date, in RFC3339 format. |
--format |
Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: ID, Status, Type, StartedAt, CompletedAt, ResourceID, ResourceType, Region. |
--help, -h |
Help for this command |
--no-header |
Return raw data with no headers Default: false |
--region |
Filter by a specified datacenter region, such as nyc |
--resource-type |
Filter by action resource type, such as droplet |
--status |
Filter by action status, such as completed or in-progress. |
Related Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| doctl compute action | Display commands for retrieving resource action history |
Global Flags
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--access-token, -t |
API V2 access token |
--api-url, -u |
Override default API endpoint |
--config, -c |
Specify a custom config file Default: |
--context |
Specify a custom authentication context name |
--http-retry-max |
Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error
Default: 5 |
--http-retry-wait-max |
Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 30 |
--http-retry-wait-min |
Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 1 |
--interactive |
Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false)
Default: false |
--output, -o |
Desired output format [text|json] Default: text |
--trace |
Show a log of network activity while performing a command Default: false |
--verbose, -v |
Enable verbose output Default: false |