- NAME
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- gcloud policy-troubleshoot iam - troubleshoot the IAM Policy
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud policy-troubleshoot iamRESOURCE--permission=PERMISSION--principal-email=PRINCIPAL_EMAIL[--destination-ip=DESTINATION_IP] [--destination-port=DESTINATION_PORT] [--request-time=REQUEST_TIME] [--resource-name=RESOURCE_NAME] [--resource-service=RESOURCE_SERVICE] [--resource-type=RESOURCE_TYPE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Performs a check on whether a principal is granted a permission on a resource and how that access is determined according to the resource's effective IAM policy interpretation.
- EXAMPLES
- To troubleshoot a permission of a principal on a resource, run:
gcloud policy-troubleshoot iam //cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/projects/project-id --principal-email = my-iam-account@somedomain.com --permission = resourcemanager.projects.getSee https://cloud.google.com/iam/help/allow-policies/overview for more information about IAM policies.
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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RESOURCE - Full resource name that access is checked against. See: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/resource-names .
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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- Cloud IAM permission to check, e.g. "resourcemanager.projects.get".
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--principal-email=PRINCIPAL_EMAIL - Email address that identifies the principal to check. Only Google Accounts and service accounts are supported.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--destination-ip=DESTINATION_IP - The request destination IP address to use when checking conditional bindings.
For example,
198.1.1.1. -
--destination-port=DESTINATION_PORT - The request destination port to use when checking conditional bindings. For example, 8080.
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--request-time=REQUEST_TIME - The request timestamp to use when checking conditional bindings. This string must adhere to UTC format (RFC 3339). For example,2021-01-01T00:00:00Z. See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339
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--resource-name=RESOURCE_NAME - The resource name value to use when checking conditional bindings. See: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/conditions-resource-attributes#resource-name .
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--resource-service=RESOURCE_SERVICE - The resource service value to use when checking conditional bindings. See: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/conditions-resource-attributes#resource-service
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--resource-type=RESOURCE_TYPE - The resource type value to use when checking conditional bindings. See: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/conditions-resource-attributes#resource-type
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- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
policytroubleshooter/v2alpha1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/iam/ - NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha policy-troubleshoot iamgcloud beta policy-troubleshoot iam
gcloud policy-troubleshoot iam
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

