Service resource labels

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Updated at October 13, 2025

Label usage examples
Services that support labels
Use cases

Most Yandex Cloud services support resource labeling.

A label is a key-value pair in <label_name>=<label_value> format. You can use labels to break resources into logical groups.

Label operation limits:

Maximum number of labels per resource: 64.
Label key parameters:
- It must be from 1 to 63 characters long.
- It may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.
- Use a letter for the first character.
Label value parameters:
- It may be up to 63 characters long.
- It may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.

Label usage examples

Viewing service usage details by labels.

For example, you can view the DataSphere spending details.
Searching for resources belonging to the same project, owner, environment, etc.

For example, you can use the project:app label to find the Yandex Cloud resources used in the app project.
Grouping resources by different criteria, such as project, team, environment, application, etc.

For example, you can use the environment:production and environment:test labels to mark Yandex Cloud resources as belonging to the production and test environments.
Automating actions with a resource group, such as launching, stopping, or deleting labeled resources.

For example, you can manage a resource group using Yandex Cloud Functions.

Services that support labels

Note

Some service resources do not support labels, and some interfaces may not display them. For example, resource labels may not be visible in the management console interface or Cloud Center interface.