Google skips the summary if there is a customer policy violation
detected. The policy is defined by the customer.
JailBreakingQueryIgnored
The jail-breaking query ignored case.
For example, "Reply in the tone of a competing company's CEO".
Google skips the answer if the query is classified as a jail-breaking
query.
LowGroundedAnswer
The low-grounded answer case.
Google skips the answer if a well grounded answer was unable to be
generated.
NoRelevantContent
The no relevant content case.
Google skips the answer if there is no relevant content in the
retrieved search results.
NonAnswerSeekingQueryIgnored
The non-answer seeking query ignored case
Google skips the answer if the query is chit chat.
NonAnswerSeekingQueryIgnoredV2
The non-answer seeking query ignored case.
Google skips the answer if the query doesn't have clear intent.
OutOfDomainQueryIgnored
The out-of-domain query ignored case.
Google skips the answer if there are no high-relevance search results.
PotentialPolicyViolation
The potential policy violation case.
Google skips the answer if there is a potential policy violation
detected. This includes content that may be violent or toxic.
UnhelpfulAnswer
The unhelpful answer case.
Google skips the answer if the answer is not helpful. This can be due to
a variety of factors, including but not limited to: the query is not
answerable, the answer is not relevant to the query, or the answer is
not well-formatted.
Unspecified
Default value. The answer skipped reason is not specified.
UserDefinedClassificationQueryIgnored
The user defined query classification ignored case.
Google skips the answer if the query is classified as a user defined
query classification.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-07 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eAnswer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason\u003c/code\u003e enum in the Discovery Engine v1 API defines reasons why an answer might be skipped during a search.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThere are multiple versions of the API available, ranging from 1.0.0-beta06 to the latest version, 1.6.0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe enum includes reasons such as \u003ccode\u003eAdversarialQueryIgnored\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eCustomerPolicyViolation\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eJailBreakingQueryIgnored\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eNoRelevantContent\u003c/code\u003e, indicating various scenarios for skipping answers.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe fields of this enum are related to either policy violations, issues with the query itself, or issues with the content.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Discovery Engine v1 API - Enum Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason (1.9.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [1.9.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason)\n- [1.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.8.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason)\n- [1.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.7.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason)\n- [1.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.6.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason)\n- [1.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.5.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason)\n- [1.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.4.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason)\n- [1.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.3.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason)\n- [1.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.2.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason)\n- [1.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.1.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason)\n- [1.0.0-beta06](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.0.0-beta06/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason) \n\n public enum Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1 API enum Answer.Types.AnswerSkippedReason.\n\nAn enum for answer skipped reasons.\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.dll"]]
