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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Inconsistent behaviour in handling projectid param for different list APIs","articleBody":"### problem\n\nMany list APIs support the projectid parameter to filter resources for a specific project. However, when projectid = -1 is passed with listall=true, the behavior is inconsistent: some APIs return all resources accessible to the caller (typically for admins), while others only return resources explicitly associated with a project. This inconsistency creates confusion, and we should explore options to normalize the behavior across APIs.\n\nRelated:\n\n- https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/9602\n- https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/pull/185#issuecomment-3220902626\n\n### versions\n4.21-Snapshot, earlier\n\n### Different API behaviour for listVirtualMachines and listNetworks\n\n```\n(localcloud) 🐱 \u003e list networks listall=true filter=id,name,project\n{\n  \"count\": 1,\n  \"network\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": \"8d7f5b0f-f215-48ee-92f5-8cbd1d0259d9\",\n      \"name\": \"demonet\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n(localcloud) 🐱 \u003e list virtualmachines projectid=-1 listall=true filter=id,name,project\n{\n  \"count\": 3,\n  \"virtualmachine\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": \"e34775ec-720b-42b4-a7ee-726e399e429d\",\n      \"name\": \"kvm-vm\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"id\": \"76108354-30fe-4ced-a18d-0db35afca135\",\n      \"name\": \"proxmox-vm\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"id\": \"0a652b81-c2b2-45b4-a747-0de511fcdcc7\",\n      \"name\": \"project-vm\",\n      \"project\": \"demo\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n(localcloud) 🐱 \u003e list virtualmachines listall=true filter=id,name,project\n{\n  \"count\": 2,\n  \"virtualmachine\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": \"e34775ec-720b-42b4-a7ee-726e399e429d\",\n      \"name\": \"kvm-vm\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"id\": \"76108354-30fe-4ced-a18d-0db35afca135\",\n      \"name\": \"proxmox-vm\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n(localcloud) 🐱 \u003e list networks projectid=-1 listall=true filter=id,name,project\n{\n  \"count\": 1,\n  \"network\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": \"2640fda5-2b5a-4f7f-8750-b2b898ea9e9a\",\n      \"name\": \"project-l2\",\n      \"project\": \"demo\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n(localcloud) 🐱 \u003e list networks listall=true filter=id,name,project\n{\n  \"count\": 1,\n  \"network\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": \"8d7f5b0f-f215-48ee-92f5-8cbd1d0259d9\",\n      \"name\": \"demonet\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/shwstppr","@type":"Person","name":"shwstppr"},"datePublished":"2025-08-26T07:02:15.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/11517/cloudstack/issues/11517"}