# chainctl policies decision

URL: https://edu.chainguard.dev/chainguard/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_policies_decision.md
Last Modified: June 30, 2026
Tags: chainctl, Reference, Product

 chainctl policies decision Inspect policy decisions.
Synopsis A policy decision records the outcome of evaluating one policy against one image digest at pull time. Decisions are recorded for both enforced and dry-run policies, so you can review what a policy blocked, or would have blocked, before promoting it to enforce mode.
Options inherited from parent commands --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly. --console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev") --force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY. -h, --help Help for chainctl --issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev") --log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR") -o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide] -v, --v int Set the log verbosity level. SEE ALSO chainctl policies	- Manage policies. chainctl policies decision list	- List policy decisions.