diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/engineresponse.go b/pkg/engine/api/engineresponse.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..763c386264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/engineresponse.go
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+
+	kyvernov1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v1"
+	utils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/utils/match"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/utils/wildcard"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+)
+
+// EngineResponse engine response to the action
+type EngineResponse struct {
+	// PatchedResource is the resource patched with the engine action changes
+	PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+	// Policy is the original policy
+	Policy kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
+	// PolicyResponse contains the engine policy response
+	PolicyResponse PolicyResponse
+	// NamespaceLabels given by policy context
+	NamespaceLabels map[string]string
+}
+
+// IsOneOf checks if any rule has status in a given list
+func (er EngineResponse) IsOneOf(status ...RuleStatus) bool {
+	for _, r := range er.PolicyResponse.Rules {
+		if r.HasStatus(status...) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// IsSuccessful checks if any rule has failed or produced an error during execution
+func (er EngineResponse) IsSuccessful() bool {
+	return !er.IsOneOf(RuleStatusFail, RuleStatusError)
+}
+
+// IsSkipped checks if any rule has skipped resource or not.
+func (er EngineResponse) IsSkipped() bool {
+	return er.IsOneOf(RuleStatusSkip)
+}
+
+// IsFailed checks if any rule created a policy violation
+func (er EngineResponse) IsFailed() bool {
+	return er.IsOneOf(RuleStatusFail)
+}
+
+// IsError checks if any rule resulted in a processing error
+func (er EngineResponse) IsError() bool {
+	return er.IsOneOf(RuleStatusError)
+}
+
+// IsEmpty checks if any rule results are present
+func (er EngineResponse) IsEmpty() bool {
+	return len(er.PolicyResponse.Rules) == 0
+}
+
+// isNil checks if rule is an empty rule
+func (er EngineResponse) IsNil() bool {
+	return reflect.DeepEqual(er, EngineResponse{})
+}
+
+// GetPatches returns all the patches joined
+func (er EngineResponse) GetPatches() [][]byte {
+	var patches [][]byte
+	for _, r := range er.PolicyResponse.Rules {
+		if r.Patches != nil {
+			patches = append(patches, r.Patches...)
+		}
+	}
+	return patches
+}
+
+// GetFailedRules returns failed rules
+func (er EngineResponse) GetFailedRules() []string {
+	return er.getRules(func(rule RuleResponse) bool { return rule.HasStatus(RuleStatusFail, RuleStatusError) })
+}
+
+// GetSuccessRules returns success rules
+func (er EngineResponse) GetSuccessRules() []string {
+	return er.getRules(func(rule RuleResponse) bool { return rule.HasStatus(RuleStatusPass) })
+}
+
+// GetResourceSpec returns resourceSpec of er
+func (er EngineResponse) GetResourceSpec() ResourceSpec {
+	return ResourceSpec{
+		Kind:       er.PatchedResource.GetKind(),
+		APIVersion: er.PatchedResource.GetAPIVersion(),
+		Namespace:  er.PatchedResource.GetNamespace(),
+		Name:       er.PatchedResource.GetName(),
+		UID:        string(er.PatchedResource.GetUID()),
+	}
+}
+
+func (er EngineResponse) getRules(predicate func(RuleResponse) bool) []string {
+	var rules []string
+	for _, r := range er.PolicyResponse.Rules {
+		if predicate(r) {
+			rules = append(rules, r.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	return rules
+}
+
+func (er *EngineResponse) GetValidationFailureAction() kyvernov1.ValidationFailureAction {
+	for _, v := range er.PolicyResponse.ValidationFailureActionOverrides {
+		if !v.Action.IsValid() {
+			continue
+		}
+		if v.Namespaces == nil {
+			hasPass, err := utils.CheckSelector(v.NamespaceSelector, er.NamespaceLabels)
+			if err == nil && hasPass {
+				return v.Action
+			}
+		}
+		for _, ns := range v.Namespaces {
+			if wildcard.Match(ns, er.PatchedResource.GetNamespace()) {
+				if v.NamespaceSelector == nil {
+					return v.Action
+				}
+				hasPass, err := utils.CheckSelector(v.NamespaceSelector, er.NamespaceLabels)
+				if err == nil && hasPass {
+					return v.Action
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return er.PolicyResponse.ValidationFailureAction
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/engineresponse_test.go b/pkg/engine/api/engineresponse_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba12ec66a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/engineresponse_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,721 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	kyvernov1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+)
+
+func TestEngineResponse_IsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+		Policy          kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
+		PolicyResponse  PolicyResponse
+		NamespaceLabels map[string]string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   bool
+	}{{
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			NamespaceLabels: map[string]string{
+				"a": "b",
+			},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			er := EngineResponse{
+				PatchedResource: tt.fields.PatchedResource,
+				Policy:          tt.fields.Policy,
+				PolicyResponse:  tt.fields.PolicyResponse,
+				NamespaceLabels: tt.fields.NamespaceLabels,
+			}
+			if got := er.IsEmpty(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("EngineResponse.IsEmpty() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEngineResponse_IsNil(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+		Policy          kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
+		PolicyResponse  PolicyResponse
+		NamespaceLabels map[string]string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   bool
+	}{{
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			NamespaceLabels: map[string]string{
+				"a": "b",
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			er := EngineResponse{
+				PatchedResource: tt.fields.PatchedResource,
+				Policy:          tt.fields.Policy,
+				PolicyResponse:  tt.fields.PolicyResponse,
+				NamespaceLabels: tt.fields.NamespaceLabels,
+			}
+			if got := er.IsNil(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("EngineResponse.IsNil() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEngineResponse_IsOneOf(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+		Policy          kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
+		PolicyResponse  PolicyResponse
+		NamespaceLabels map[string]string
+	}
+	type args struct {
+		status []RuleStatus
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		args   args
+		want   bool
+	}{{
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		args: args{
+			status: []RuleStatus{RuleStatusFail},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		args: args{
+			status: []RuleStatus{RuleStatusFail, RuleStatusPass},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		args: args{
+			status: []RuleStatus{RuleStatusPass},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		args: args{
+			status: []RuleStatus{},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			er := EngineResponse{
+				PatchedResource: tt.fields.PatchedResource,
+				Policy:          tt.fields.Policy,
+				PolicyResponse:  tt.fields.PolicyResponse,
+				NamespaceLabels: tt.fields.NamespaceLabels,
+			}
+			if got := er.IsOneOf(tt.args.status...); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("EngineResponse.IsOneOf() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEngineResponse_IsSuccessful(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+		Policy          kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
+		PolicyResponse  PolicyResponse
+		NamespaceLabels map[string]string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   bool
+	}{{
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusPass,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusWarn,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusError,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusSkip,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			er := EngineResponse{
+				PatchedResource: tt.fields.PatchedResource,
+				Policy:          tt.fields.Policy,
+				PolicyResponse:  tt.fields.PolicyResponse,
+				NamespaceLabels: tt.fields.NamespaceLabels,
+			}
+			if got := er.IsSuccessful(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("EngineResponse.IsSuccessful() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEngineResponse_IsSkipped(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+		Policy          kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
+		PolicyResponse  PolicyResponse
+		NamespaceLabels map[string]string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   bool
+	}{{
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusPass,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusWarn,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusError,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusSkip,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			er := EngineResponse{
+				PatchedResource: tt.fields.PatchedResource,
+				Policy:          tt.fields.Policy,
+				PolicyResponse:  tt.fields.PolicyResponse,
+				NamespaceLabels: tt.fields.NamespaceLabels,
+			}
+			if got := er.IsSkipped(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("EngineResponse.IsSkipped() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEngineResponse_IsFailed(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+		Policy          kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
+		PolicyResponse  PolicyResponse
+		NamespaceLabels map[string]string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   bool
+	}{{
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusPass,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusWarn,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusError,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusSkip,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			er := EngineResponse{
+				PatchedResource: tt.fields.PatchedResource,
+				Policy:          tt.fields.Policy,
+				PolicyResponse:  tt.fields.PolicyResponse,
+				NamespaceLabels: tt.fields.NamespaceLabels,
+			}
+			if got := er.IsFailed(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("EngineResponse.IsFailed() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEngineResponse_IsError(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+		Policy          kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
+		PolicyResponse  PolicyResponse
+		NamespaceLabels map[string]string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   bool
+	}{{
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusPass,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusWarn,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusError,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Status: RuleStatusSkip,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			er := EngineResponse{
+				PatchedResource: tt.fields.PatchedResource,
+				Policy:          tt.fields.Policy,
+				PolicyResponse:  tt.fields.PolicyResponse,
+				NamespaceLabels: tt.fields.NamespaceLabels,
+			}
+			if got := er.IsError(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("EngineResponse.IsError() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEngineResponse_GetFailedRules(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+		Policy          kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
+		PolicyResponse  PolicyResponse
+		NamespaceLabels map[string]string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   []string
+	}{{
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "skip",
+					Status: RuleStatusSkip,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "warn",
+					Status: RuleStatusWarn,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "pass",
+					Status: RuleStatusPass,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "fail",
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: []string{"fail"},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "fail-1",
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}, {
+					Name:   "fail-2",
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: []string{"fail-1", "fail-2"},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "fail-1",
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}, {
+					Name:   "error-1",
+					Status: RuleStatusError,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: []string{"fail-1", "error-1"},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "error-1",
+					Status: RuleStatusError,
+				}, {
+					Name:   "error-2",
+					Status: RuleStatusError,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: []string{"error-1", "error-2"},
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			er := EngineResponse{
+				PatchedResource: tt.fields.PatchedResource,
+				Policy:          tt.fields.Policy,
+				PolicyResponse:  tt.fields.PolicyResponse,
+				NamespaceLabels: tt.fields.NamespaceLabels,
+			}
+			if got := er.GetFailedRules(); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("EngineResponse.GetFailedRules() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEngineResponse_GetSuccessRules(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+		Policy          kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
+		PolicyResponse  PolicyResponse
+		NamespaceLabels map[string]string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   []string
+	}{{
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "skip",
+					Status: RuleStatusSkip,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "warn",
+					Status: RuleStatusWarn,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "pass-1",
+					Status: RuleStatusPass,
+				}, {
+					Name:   "pass-2",
+					Status: RuleStatusPass,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: []string{"pass-1", "pass-2"},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "pass",
+					Status: RuleStatusPass,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: []string{"pass"},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "pass",
+					Status: RuleStatusPass,
+				}, {
+					Name:   "fail",
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: []string{"pass"},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "pass",
+					Status: RuleStatusPass,
+				}, {
+					Name:   "skip",
+					Status: RuleStatusSkip,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: []string{"pass"},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "fail",
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "fail-1",
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}, {
+					Name:   "fail-2",
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "fail-1",
+					Status: RuleStatusFail,
+				}, {
+					Name:   "error-1",
+					Status: RuleStatusError,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			PolicyResponse: PolicyResponse{
+				Rules: []RuleResponse{{
+					Name:   "error-1",
+					Status: RuleStatusError,
+				}, {
+					Name:   "error-2",
+					Status: RuleStatusError,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			er := EngineResponse{
+				PatchedResource: tt.fields.PatchedResource,
+				Policy:          tt.fields.Policy,
+				PolicyResponse:  tt.fields.PolicyResponse,
+				NamespaceLabels: tt.fields.NamespaceLabels,
+			}
+			if got := er.GetSuccessRules(); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("EngineResponse.GetSuccessRules() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/policyresponse.go b/pkg/engine/api/policyresponse.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d51dcae620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/policyresponse.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	kyvernov1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+type ValidationFailureActionOverride struct {
+	Action            kyvernov1.ValidationFailureAction
+	Namespaces        []string
+	NamespaceSelector *metav1.LabelSelector
+}
+
+// PolicyResponse policy application response
+type PolicyResponse struct {
+	// Policy contains policy details
+	Policy PolicySpec
+	// Resource contains resource details
+	Resource ResourceSpec
+	// PolicyStats contains policy statistics
+	PolicyStats
+	// Rules contains policy rules responses
+	Rules []RuleResponse
+	// ValidationFailureAction audit (default) or enforce
+	ValidationFailureAction kyvernov1.ValidationFailureAction
+	// ValidationFailureActionOverrides overrides
+	ValidationFailureActionOverrides []ValidationFailureActionOverride
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/policyspec.go b/pkg/engine/api/policyspec.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b90053be67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/policyspec.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package api
+
+// PolicySpec policy
+type PolicySpec struct {
+	Name      string
+	Namespace string
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/resourcespec.go b/pkg/engine/api/resourcespec.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75fcf55a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/resourcespec.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package api
+
+// ResourceSpec resource action applied on
+type ResourceSpec struct {
+	Kind       string
+	APIVersion string
+	Namespace  string
+	Name       string
+	UID        string
+}
+
+// String implements Stringer interface
+func (rs ResourceSpec) String() string {
+	return rs.Kind + "/" + rs.Namespace + "/" + rs.Name
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/resourcespec_test.go b/pkg/engine/api/resourcespec_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adfd920126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/resourcespec_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package api
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestResourceSpec_GetKey(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		Kind       string
+		APIVersion string
+		Namespace  string
+		Name       string
+		UID        string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   string
+	}{{
+		fields: fields{
+			Kind:      "Pod",
+			Namespace: "test",
+			Name:      "nignx",
+		},
+		want: "Pod/test/nignx",
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			Kind: "ClusterRole",
+			Name: "admin",
+		},
+		want: "ClusterRole//admin",
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rs := ResourceSpec{
+				Kind:       tt.fields.Kind,
+				APIVersion: tt.fields.APIVersion,
+				Namespace:  tt.fields.Namespace,
+				Name:       tt.fields.Name,
+				UID:        tt.fields.UID,
+			}
+			if got := rs.String(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("ResourceSpec.GetKey() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/response.go b/pkg/engine/api/response.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dde364119a..0000000000
--- a/pkg/engine/api/response.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,287 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-	"time"
-
-	kyvernov1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v1"
-	pssutils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/pss/utils"
-	utils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/utils/match"
-	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/utils/wildcard"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-	"k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"
-)
-
-// EngineResponse engine response to the action
-type EngineResponse struct {
-	// Resource patched with the engine action changes
-	PatchedResource unstructured.Unstructured
-
-	// Original policy
-	Policy kyvernov1.PolicyInterface
-
-	// Policy Response
-	PolicyResponse PolicyResponse
-
-	// NamespaceLabels given by policy context
-	NamespaceLabels map[string]string
-}
-
-// PolicyResponse policy application response
-type PolicyResponse struct {
-	// policy details
-	Policy PolicySpec `json:"policy"`
-	// resource details
-	Resource ResourceSpec `json:"resource"`
-	// policy statistics
-	PolicyStats `json:",inline"`
-	// rule response
-	Rules []RuleResponse `json:"rules"`
-	// ValidationFailureAction: audit (default) or enforce
-	ValidationFailureAction kyvernov1.ValidationFailureAction
-
-	ValidationFailureActionOverrides []ValidationFailureActionOverride
-}
-
-// PolicySpec policy
-type PolicySpec struct {
-	Name      string `json:"name"`
-	Namespace string `json:"namespace"`
-}
-
-// ResourceSpec resource action applied on
-type ResourceSpec struct {
-	Kind       string `json:"kind"`
-	APIVersion string `json:"apiVersion"`
-	Namespace  string `json:"namespace"`
-	Name       string `json:"name"`
-
-	// UID is not used to build the unique identifier
-	// optional
-	UID string `json:"uid"`
-}
-
-// GetKey returns the key
-func (rs ResourceSpec) GetKey() string {
-	return rs.Kind + "/" + rs.Namespace + "/" + rs.Name
-}
-
-// PolicyStats stores statistics for the single policy application
-type PolicyStats struct {
-	// time required to process the policy rules on a resource
-	ProcessingTime time.Duration `json:"processingTime"`
-
-	// Count of rules that were applied successfully
-	RulesAppliedCount int `json:"rulesAppliedCount"`
-
-	// Count of rules that with execution errors
-	RulesErrorCount int `json:"rulesErrorCount"`
-
-	// Timestamp of the instant the Policy was triggered
-	PolicyExecutionTimestamp int64 `json:"policyExecutionTimestamp"`
-}
-
-type RuleType string
-
-const (
-	// Mutation type for mutation rule
-	Mutation RuleType = "Mutation"
-	// Validation type for validation rule
-	Validation RuleType = "Validation"
-	// Generation type for generation rule
-	Generation RuleType = "Generation"
-	// ImageVerify type for image verification
-	ImageVerify RuleType = "ImageVerify"
-)
-
-// RuleResponse details for each rule application
-type RuleResponse struct {
-	// rule name specified in policy
-	Name string `json:"name"`
-
-	// rule type (Mutation,Generation,Validation) for Kyverno Policy
-	Type RuleType `json:"type"`
-
-	// message response from the rule application
-	Message string `json:"message"`
-
-	// JSON patches, for mutation rules
-	Patches [][]byte `json:"patches,omitempty"`
-
-	// Resource generated by the generate rules of a policy
-	GeneratedResource unstructured.Unstructured `json:"generatedResource,omitempty"`
-
-	// rule status
-	Status RuleStatus `json:"status"`
-
-	// statistics
-	RuleStats `json:",inline"`
-
-	// PatchedTarget is the patched resource for mutate.targets
-	PatchedTarget *unstructured.Unstructured
-
-	// PatchedTargetSubresourceName is the name of the subresource which is patched, empty if the resource patched is
-	// not a subresource.
-	PatchedTargetSubresourceName string
-
-	// PatchedTargetParentResourceGVR is the GVR of the parent resource of the PatchedTarget. This is only populated
-	// when PatchedTarget is a subresource.
-	PatchedTargetParentResourceGVR metav1.GroupVersionResource
-
-	// PodSecurityChecks contains pod security checks (only if this is a pod security rule)
-	PodSecurityChecks *PodSecurityChecks
-}
-
-type PodSecurityChecks struct {
-	Level   api.Level
-	Version string
-	Checks  []pssutils.PSSCheckResult
-}
-
-// ToString ...
-func (rr RuleResponse) ToString() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("rule %s (%s): %v", rr.Name, rr.Type, rr.Message)
-}
-
-// RuleStats stores the statistics for the single rule application
-type RuleStats struct {
-	// time required to apply the rule on the resource
-	ProcessingTime time.Duration `json:"processingTime"`
-	// Timestamp of the instant the rule got triggered
-	RuleExecutionTimestamp int64 `json:"ruleExecutionTimestamp"`
-}
-
-// IsSuccessful checks if any rule has failed or produced an error during execution
-func (er EngineResponse) IsSuccessful() bool {
-	for _, r := range er.PolicyResponse.Rules {
-		if r.Status == RuleStatusFail || r.Status == RuleStatusError {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
-
-// IsSkipped checks if any rule has skipped resource or not.
-func (er EngineResponse) IsSkipped() bool {
-	for _, r := range er.PolicyResponse.Rules {
-		if r.Status == RuleStatusSkip {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// IsFailed checks if any rule created a policy violation
-func (er EngineResponse) IsFailed() bool {
-	for _, r := range er.PolicyResponse.Rules {
-		if r.Status == RuleStatusFail {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
-// IsError checks if any rule resulted in a processing error
-func (er EngineResponse) IsError() bool {
-	for _, r := range er.PolicyResponse.Rules {
-		if r.Status == RuleStatusError {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
-// IsEmpty checks if any rule results are present
-func (er EngineResponse) IsEmpty() bool {
-	return len(er.PolicyResponse.Rules) == 0
-}
-
-// isNil checks if rule is an empty rule
-func (er EngineResponse) IsNil() bool {
-	return reflect.DeepEqual(er, EngineResponse{})
-}
-
-// GetPatches returns all the patches joined
-func (er EngineResponse) GetPatches() [][]byte {
-	var patches [][]byte
-	for _, r := range er.PolicyResponse.Rules {
-		if r.Patches != nil {
-			patches = append(patches, r.Patches...)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return patches
-}
-
-// GetFailedRules returns failed rules
-func (er EngineResponse) GetFailedRules() []string {
-	return er.getRules(func(status RuleStatus) bool { return status == RuleStatusFail || status == RuleStatusError })
-}
-
-// GetSuccessRules returns success rules
-func (er EngineResponse) GetSuccessRules() []string {
-	return er.getRules(func(status RuleStatus) bool { return status == RuleStatusPass })
-}
-
-// GetResourceSpec returns resourceSpec of er
-func (er EngineResponse) GetResourceSpec() ResourceSpec {
-	return ResourceSpec{
-		Kind:       er.PatchedResource.GetKind(),
-		APIVersion: er.PatchedResource.GetAPIVersion(),
-		Namespace:  er.PatchedResource.GetNamespace(),
-		Name:       er.PatchedResource.GetName(),
-		UID:        string(er.PatchedResource.GetUID()),
-	}
-}
-
-func (er EngineResponse) getRules(predicate func(RuleStatus) bool) []string {
-	var rules []string
-	for _, r := range er.PolicyResponse.Rules {
-		if predicate(r.Status) {
-			rules = append(rules, r.Name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return rules
-}
-
-func (er *EngineResponse) GetValidationFailureAction() kyvernov1.ValidationFailureAction {
-	for _, v := range er.PolicyResponse.ValidationFailureActionOverrides {
-		if !v.Action.IsValid() {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if v.Namespaces == nil {
-			hasPass, err := utils.CheckSelector(v.NamespaceSelector, er.NamespaceLabels)
-			if err == nil && hasPass {
-				return v.Action
-			}
-		}
-
-		for _, ns := range v.Namespaces {
-			if wildcard.Match(ns, er.PatchedResource.GetNamespace()) {
-				if v.NamespaceSelector == nil {
-					return v.Action
-				}
-
-				hasPass, err := utils.CheckSelector(v.NamespaceSelector, er.NamespaceLabels)
-				if err == nil && hasPass {
-					return v.Action
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return er.PolicyResponse.ValidationFailureAction
-}
-
-type ValidationFailureActionOverride struct {
-	Action            kyvernov1.ValidationFailureAction `json:"action"`
-	Namespaces        []string                          `json:"namespaces,omitempty"`
-	NamespaceSelector *metav1.LabelSelector             `json:"namespaceSelector,omitempty" yaml:"namespaceSelector,omitempty"`
-}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/response_test.go b/pkg/engine/api/response_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cf064b039a..0000000000
--- a/pkg/engine/api/response_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
-	"gotest.tools/assert"
-)
-
-var sourceYAML = `
-policy:
-  name: disallow-bind-mounts
-resource:
-  kind: Pod
-  apiVersion: v1
-  name: image-with-hostpath
-rules:
-- name: validate-hostPath
-  type: Validation
-  status: fail
-`
-
-func Test_parse_yaml(t *testing.T) {
-	var pr PolicyResponse
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(sourceYAML), &pr); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("failed to parse YAML: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(pr.Rules))
-	assert.Equal(t, RuleStatusFail, pr.Rules[0].Status)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/ruleresponse.go b/pkg/engine/api/ruleresponse.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..358f21ffec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/ruleresponse.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	pssutils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/pss/utils"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"
+)
+
+// PodSecurityChecks details about pod securty checks
+type PodSecurityChecks struct {
+	// Level is the pod security level
+	Level api.Level
+	// Version is the pod security version
+	Version string
+	// Checks contains check result details
+	Checks []pssutils.PSSCheckResult
+}
+
+// RuleResponse details for each rule application
+type RuleResponse struct {
+	// Name is the rule name specified in policy
+	Name string
+	// Type is the rule type (Mutation,Generation,Validation) for Kyverno Policy
+	Type RuleType
+	// Message is the message response from the rule application
+	Message string
+	// Patches are JSON patches, for mutation rules
+	Patches [][]byte
+	// GeneratedResource is the generated by the generate rules of a policy
+	GeneratedResource unstructured.Unstructured
+	// Status rule status
+	Status RuleStatus
+	// ExecutionStats statistics
+	ExecutionStats
+	// PatchedTarget is the patched resource for mutate.targets
+	PatchedTarget *unstructured.Unstructured
+	// PatchedTargetSubresourceName is the name of the subresource which is patched, empty if the resource patched is not a subresource.
+	PatchedTargetSubresourceName string
+	// PatchedTargetParentResourceGVR is the GVR of the parent resource of the PatchedTarget. This is only populated when PatchedTarget is a subresource.
+	PatchedTargetParentResourceGVR metav1.GroupVersionResource
+	// PodSecurityChecks contains pod security checks (only if this is a pod security rule)
+	PodSecurityChecks *PodSecurityChecks
+}
+
+// HasStatus checks if rule status is in a given list
+func (r RuleResponse) HasStatus(status ...RuleStatus) bool {
+	for _, s := range status {
+		if r.Status == s {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// String implements Stringer interface
+func (r RuleResponse) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("rule %s (%s): %v", r.Name, r.Type, r.Message)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/ruleresponse_test.go b/pkg/engine/api/ruleresponse_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38f4857da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/ruleresponse_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+)
+
+func TestRuleResponse_String(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		Name                           string
+		Type                           RuleType
+		Message                        string
+		Patches                        [][]byte
+		GeneratedResource              unstructured.Unstructured
+		Status                         RuleStatus
+		ExecutionStats                 ExecutionStats
+		PatchedTarget                  *unstructured.Unstructured
+		PatchedTargetSubresourceName   string
+		PatchedTargetParentResourceGVR metav1.GroupVersionResource
+		PodSecurityChecks              *PodSecurityChecks
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   string
+	}{{
+		fields: fields{
+			Name:    "test-mutation",
+			Type:    Mutation,
+			Message: "message",
+		},
+		want: "rule test-mutation (Mutation): message",
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			Name:    "test-validation",
+			Type:    Validation,
+			Message: "message",
+		},
+		want: "rule test-validation (Validation): message",
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			Name:    "test-generation",
+			Type:    Generation,
+			Message: "message",
+		},
+		want: "rule test-generation (Generation): message",
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			Name:    "test-image-verify",
+			Type:    ImageVerify,
+			Message: "message",
+		},
+		want: "rule test-image-verify (ImageVerify): message",
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rr := RuleResponse{
+				Name:                           tt.fields.Name,
+				Type:                           tt.fields.Type,
+				Message:                        tt.fields.Message,
+				Patches:                        tt.fields.Patches,
+				GeneratedResource:              tt.fields.GeneratedResource,
+				Status:                         tt.fields.Status,
+				ExecutionStats:                 tt.fields.ExecutionStats,
+				PatchedTarget:                  tt.fields.PatchedTarget,
+				PatchedTargetSubresourceName:   tt.fields.PatchedTargetSubresourceName,
+				PatchedTargetParentResourceGVR: tt.fields.PatchedTargetParentResourceGVR,
+				PodSecurityChecks:              tt.fields.PodSecurityChecks,
+			}
+			if got := rr.String(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("RuleResponse.ToString() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRuleResponse_HasStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		Name                           string
+		Type                           RuleType
+		Message                        string
+		Patches                        [][]byte
+		GeneratedResource              unstructured.Unstructured
+		Status                         RuleStatus
+		ExecutionStats                 ExecutionStats
+		PatchedTarget                  *unstructured.Unstructured
+		PatchedTargetSubresourceName   string
+		PatchedTargetParentResourceGVR metav1.GroupVersionResource
+		PodSecurityChecks              *PodSecurityChecks
+	}
+	type args struct {
+		status []RuleStatus
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		args   args
+		want   bool
+	}{{
+		fields: fields{
+			Status: RuleStatusFail,
+		},
+		args: args{
+			status: []RuleStatus{RuleStatusFail},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			Status: RuleStatusFail,
+		},
+		args: args{
+			status: []RuleStatus{RuleStatusError},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			Status: RuleStatusFail,
+		},
+		args: args{
+			status: []RuleStatus{RuleStatusError, RuleStatusPass, RuleStatusFail},
+		},
+		want: true,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			Status: RuleStatusFail,
+		},
+		args: args{
+			status: []RuleStatus{},
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}, {
+		fields: fields{
+			Status: RuleStatusFail,
+		},
+		want: false,
+	}}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			r := RuleResponse{
+				Name:                           tt.fields.Name,
+				Type:                           tt.fields.Type,
+				Message:                        tt.fields.Message,
+				Patches:                        tt.fields.Patches,
+				GeneratedResource:              tt.fields.GeneratedResource,
+				Status:                         tt.fields.Status,
+				ExecutionStats:                 tt.fields.ExecutionStats,
+				PatchedTarget:                  tt.fields.PatchedTarget,
+				PatchedTargetSubresourceName:   tt.fields.PatchedTargetSubresourceName,
+				PatchedTargetParentResourceGVR: tt.fields.PatchedTargetParentResourceGVR,
+				PodSecurityChecks:              tt.fields.PodSecurityChecks,
+			}
+			if got := r.HasStatus(tt.args.status...); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("RuleResponse.HasStatus() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/rulestatus.go b/pkg/engine/api/rulestatus.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7fce6b9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/rulestatus.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package api
+
+// RuleStatus represents the status of rule execution
+type RuleStatus string
+
+const (
+	// RuleStatusPass indicates that the resources meets the policy rule requirements
+	RuleStatusPass RuleStatus = "pass"
+	// RuleStatusFail indicates that the resource does not meet the policy rule requirements
+	RuleStatusFail RuleStatus = "fail"
+	// RuleStatusWarn indicates that the resource does not meet the policy rule requirements, but the policy is not scored
+	RuleStatusWarn RuleStatus = "warning"
+	// RuleStatusError indicates that the policy rule could not be evaluated due to a processing error, for
+	// example when a variable cannot be resolved  in the policy rule definition. Note that variables
+	// that cannot be resolved in preconditions are replaced with empty values to allow existence
+	// checks.
+	RuleStatusError RuleStatus = "error"
+	// RuleStatusSkip indicates that the policy rule was not selected based on user inputs or applicability, for example
+	// when preconditions are not met, or when conditional or global anchors are not satistied.
+	RuleStatusSkip RuleStatus = "skip"
+)
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/ruletype.go b/pkg/engine/api/ruletype.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42e27aa177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/ruletype.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package api
+
+// RuleType represents the type of a rule
+type RuleType string
+
+const (
+	// Mutation type for mutation rule
+	Mutation RuleType = "Mutation"
+	// Validation type for validation rule
+	Validation RuleType = "Validation"
+	// Generation type for generation rule
+	Generation RuleType = "Generation"
+	// ImageVerify type for image verification
+	ImageVerify RuleType = "ImageVerify"
+)
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/stats.go b/pkg/engine/api/stats.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7acb72f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/stats.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+// ExecutionStats stores the statistics for the single policy/rule application
+type ExecutionStats struct {
+	// ProcessingTime is the time required to apply the policy/rule on the resource
+	ProcessingTime time.Duration
+	// Timestamp of the instant the policy/rule got triggered
+	Timestamp int64
+}
+
+// PolicyStats stores statistics for the single policy application
+type PolicyStats struct {
+	// ExecutionStats policy execution stats
+	ExecutionStats
+	// RulesAppliedCount is the count of rules that were applied successfully
+	RulesAppliedCount int
+	// RulesErrorCount is the count of rules that with execution errors
+	RulesErrorCount int
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/status.go b/pkg/engine/api/status.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8360ab82b5..0000000000
--- a/pkg/engine/api/status.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-// RuleStatus represents the status of rule execution
-type RuleStatus string
-
-// RuleStatusPass is used to report the result of processing a rule.
-const (
-	// RuleStatusPass indicates that the resources meets the policy rule requirements
-	RuleStatusPass RuleStatus = "pass"
-	// RuleStatusFail indicates that the resource does not meet the policy rule requirements
-	RuleStatusFail RuleStatus = "fail"
-	// RuleStatusWarn indicates that the resource does not meet the policy rule requirements, but the policy is not scored
-	RuleStatusWarn RuleStatus = "warning"
-	// RuleStatusError indicates that the policy rule could not be evaluated due to a processing error, for
-	// example when a variable cannot be resolved  in the policy rule definition. Note that variables
-	// that cannot be resolved in preconditions are replaced with empty values to allow existence
-	// checks.
-	RuleStatusError RuleStatus = "error"
-	// RuleStatusSkip indicates that the policy rule was not selected based on user inputs or applicability, for example
-	// when preconditions are not met, or when conditional or global anchors are not satistied.
-	RuleStatusSkip RuleStatus = "skip"
-)
-
-// // String implements Stringer interface
-// func (s RuleStatus) String() string {
-// 	return toString[s]
-// }
-
-// // MarshalJSON marshals the enum as a quoted json string
-// func (s *RuleStatus) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-// 	var b strings.Builder
-// 	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\"%s\"", toString[*s])
-// 	return []byte(b.String()), nil
-// }
-
-// // UnmarshalJSON unmarshals a quoted json string to the enum value
-// func (s *RuleStatus) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
-// 	var strVal string
-// 	err := json.Unmarshal(b, &strVal)
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return err
-// 	}
-
-// 	statusVal, err := getRuleStatus(strVal)
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return err
-// 	}
-
-// 	*s = *statusVal
-// 	return nil
-// }
-
-// func getRuleStatus(s string) (*RuleStatus, error) {
-// 	for k, v := range toID {
-// 		if s == k {
-// 			return &v, nil
-// 		}
-// 	}
-
-// 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid status: %s", s)
-// }
-
-// func (s *RuleStatus) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
-// 	var str string
-// 	if err := unmarshal(&str); err != nil {
-// 		return err
-// 	}
-
-// 	statusVal, err := getRuleStatus(str)
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return err
-// 	}
-
-// 	*s = *statusVal
-// 	return nil
-// }
diff --git a/pkg/engine/background.go b/pkg/engine/background.go
index 775e4afc53..4e11c298fd 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/background.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/background.go
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ func filterRules(rclient registryclient.Client, policyContext *PolicyContext, st
 				Namespace: policyContext.policy.GetNamespace(),
 			},
 			PolicyStats: engineapi.PolicyStats{
-				PolicyExecutionTimestamp: startTime.Unix(),
+				ExecutionStats: engineapi.ExecutionStats{
+					Timestamp: startTime.Unix(),
+				},
 			},
 			Resource: engineapi.ResourceSpec{
 				Kind:       kind,
@@ -106,9 +108,9 @@ func filterRule(rclient registryclient.Client, rule kyvernov1.Rule, policyContex
 					Name:   rule.Name,
 					Type:   ruleType,
 					Status: engineapi.RuleStatusFail,
-					RuleStats: engineapi.RuleStats{
-						ProcessingTime:         time.Since(startTime),
-						RuleExecutionTimestamp: startTime.Unix(),
+					ExecutionStats: engineapi.ExecutionStats{
+						ProcessingTime: time.Since(startTime),
+						Timestamp:      startTime.Unix(),
 					},
 				}
 			}
@@ -147,9 +149,9 @@ func filterRule(rclient registryclient.Client, rule kyvernov1.Rule, policyContex
 			Name:   ruleCopy.Name,
 			Type:   ruleType,
 			Status: engineapi.RuleStatusSkip,
-			RuleStats: engineapi.RuleStats{
-				ProcessingTime:         time.Since(startTime),
-				RuleExecutionTimestamp: startTime.Unix(),
+			ExecutionStats: engineapi.ExecutionStats{
+				ProcessingTime: time.Since(startTime),
+				Timestamp:      startTime.Unix(),
 			},
 		}
 	}
@@ -159,9 +161,9 @@ func filterRule(rclient registryclient.Client, rule kyvernov1.Rule, policyContex
 		Name:   ruleCopy.Name,
 		Type:   ruleType,
 		Status: engineapi.RuleStatusPass,
-		RuleStats: engineapi.RuleStats{
-			ProcessingTime:         time.Since(startTime),
-			RuleExecutionTimestamp: startTime.Unix(),
+		ExecutionStats: engineapi.ExecutionStats{
+			ProcessingTime: time.Since(startTime),
+			Timestamp:      startTime.Unix(),
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/engine/generation.go b/pkg/engine/generation.go
index 1630fd3d14..8f121b54f1 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/generation.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/generation.go
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ func filterGenerateRules(rclient registryclient.Client, policyContext *PolicyCon
 				Namespace: pNamespace,
 			},
 			PolicyStats: engineapi.PolicyStats{
-				PolicyExecutionTimestamp: startTime.Unix(),
+				ExecutionStats: engineapi.ExecutionStats{
+					Timestamp: startTime.Unix(),
+				},
 			},
 			Resource: engineapi.ResourceSpec{
 				Kind:       kind,
diff --git a/pkg/engine/mutate/patch/patchJSON6902.go b/pkg/engine/mutate/patch/patchJSON6902.go
index af087c7844..76b9bdb935 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/mutate/patch/patchJSON6902.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/mutate/patch/patchJSON6902.go
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ func ProcessPatchJSON6902(ruleName string, patchesJSON6902 []byte, resource unst
 	resp.Name = ruleName
 	resp.Type = engineapi.Mutation
 	defer func() {
-		resp.RuleStats.ProcessingTime = time.Since(startTime)
-		resp.RuleStats.RuleExecutionTimestamp = startTime.Unix()
-		logger.V(4).Info("applied JSON6902 patch", "processingTime", resp.RuleStats.ProcessingTime.String())
+		resp.ExecutionStats.ProcessingTime = time.Since(startTime)
+		resp.ExecutionStats.Timestamp = startTime.Unix()
+		logger.V(4).Info("applied JSON6902 patch", "processingTime", resp.ExecutionStats.ProcessingTime.String())
 	}()
 
 	resourceRaw, err := resource.MarshalJSON()
diff --git a/pkg/engine/mutate/patch/strategicMergePatch.go b/pkg/engine/mutate/patch/strategicMergePatch.go
index 7a3bb21854..2bee924251 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/mutate/patch/strategicMergePatch.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/mutate/patch/strategicMergePatch.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ func ProcessStrategicMergePatch(ruleName string, overlay interface{}, resource u
 	resp.Type = engineapi.Mutation
 
 	defer func() {
-		resp.RuleStats.ProcessingTime = time.Since(startTime)
-		resp.RuleStats.RuleExecutionTimestamp = startTime.Unix()
-		logger.V(4).Info("finished applying strategicMerge patch", "processingTime", resp.RuleStats.ProcessingTime.String())
+		resp.ExecutionStats.ProcessingTime = time.Since(startTime)
+		resp.ExecutionStats.Timestamp = startTime.Unix()
+		logger.V(4).Info("finished applying strategicMerge patch", "processingTime", resp.ExecutionStats.ProcessingTime.String())
 	}()
 
 	overlayBytes, err := json.Marshal(overlay)
diff --git a/pkg/engine/mutation.go b/pkg/engine/mutation.go
index 4a9604077c..87b032152a 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/mutation.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/mutation.go
@@ -375,6 +375,6 @@ func endMutateResultResponse(logger logr.Logger, resp *engineapi.EngineResponse,
 	}
 
 	resp.PolicyResponse.ProcessingTime = time.Since(startTime)
-	resp.PolicyResponse.PolicyExecutionTimestamp = startTime.Unix()
+	resp.PolicyResponse.Timestamp = startTime.Unix()
 	logger.V(5).Info("finished processing policy", "processingTime", resp.PolicyResponse.ProcessingTime.String(), "mutationRulesApplied", resp.PolicyResponse.RulesAppliedCount)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/engine/validation.go b/pkg/engine/validation.go
index 46f0a84fa7..c9d737f446 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/validation.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func buildResponse(ctx *PolicyContext, resp *engineapi.EngineResponse, startTime
 	}
 
 	resp.PolicyResponse.ProcessingTime = time.Since(startTime)
-	resp.PolicyResponse.PolicyExecutionTimestamp = startTime.Unix()
+	resp.PolicyResponse.Timestamp = startTime.Unix()
 }
 
 func validateResource(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logger, rclient registryclient.Client, enginectx *PolicyContext, cfg config.Configuration) *engineapi.EngineResponse {
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ func processValidationRule(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logger, rclient registr
 }
 
 func addRuleResponse(log logr.Logger, resp *engineapi.EngineResponse, ruleResp *engineapi.RuleResponse, startTime time.Time) {
-	ruleResp.RuleStats.ProcessingTime = time.Since(startTime)
-	ruleResp.RuleStats.RuleExecutionTimestamp = startTime.Unix()
-	log.V(4).Info("finished processing rule", "processingTime", ruleResp.RuleStats.ProcessingTime.String())
+	ruleResp.ExecutionStats.ProcessingTime = time.Since(startTime)
+	ruleResp.ExecutionStats.Timestamp = startTime.Unix()
+	log.V(4).Info("finished processing rule", "processingTime", ruleResp.ExecutionStats.ProcessingTime.String())
 
 	if ruleResp.Status == engineapi.RuleStatusPass || ruleResp.Status == engineapi.RuleStatusFail {
 		incrementAppliedCount(resp)
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/policyexecutionduration/policyExecutionDuration.go b/pkg/metrics/policyexecutionduration/policyExecutionDuration.go
index 1c131f2a88..e26c7fcac5 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/policyexecutionduration/policyExecutionDuration.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/policyexecutionduration/policyExecutionDuration.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func ProcessEngineResponse(ctx context.Context, m metrics.MetricsConfigManager,
 		default:
 			ruleResult = metrics.Fail
 		}
-		ruleExecutionLatencyInSeconds := float64(rule.RuleStats.ProcessingTime) / float64(1000*1000*1000)
+		ruleExecutionLatencyInSeconds := float64(rule.ExecutionStats.ProcessingTime) / float64(1000*1000*1000)
 		registerPolicyExecutionDurationMetric(
 			ctx,
 			m,
diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/utils/error.go b/pkg/webhooks/utils/error.go
index fdc9436853..98540bacff 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/utils/error.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/utils/error.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func GetErrorMsg(engineReponses []*engineapi.EngineResponse) string {
 			str = append(str, fmt.Sprintf("failed policy %s:", er.PolicyResponse.Policy.Name))
 			for _, rule := range er.PolicyResponse.Rules {
 				if rule.Status != engineapi.RuleStatusPass {
-					str = append(str, rule.ToString())
+					str = append(str, rule.String())
 				}
 			}
 		}