diff --git a/src/test/resources/tosca/operational-policy-properties.json b/src/test/resources/tosca/operational-policy-properties.json
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+{
+	"guard_policies": {
+		"guard1":{
+			"recipe": "Rebuild",
+			"actor": "SO",
+			"clname": "testloop",
+			"guardTargets": ".*",
+			"minGuard": "3",
+			"maxGuard": "7",
+			"limitGuard": "",
+			"timeUnitsGuard": "",
+			"timeWindowGuard": "",
+			"guardActiveStart": "00:00:01-05:00",
+			"guardActiveEnd": "23:59:01-05:00"
+		},
+		"guard2":{
+			"recipe": "Migrate",
+			"actor": "SO",
+			"clname": "testloop",
+			"guardTargets": ".*",
+			"minGuard": "1",
+			"maxGuard": "2",
+			"limitGuard": "",
+			"timeUnitsGuard": "",
+			"timeWindowGuard": "",
+			"guardActiveStart": "00:00:01-05:00",
+			"guardActiveEnd": "23:59:01-05:00"
+		}
+	},
+	"operational_policy": {
+		"controlLoop": {
+			"controlLoopName": "control loop",
+			"version": "2.0.0",
+			"trigger_policy": "new1",
+			"timeout": "30",
+			"abatement": "true"
+		},
+		"policies": [
+			{
+				"id": "new1",
+				"recipe": "Rebuild",
+				"retry": "10",
+				"timeout": "20",
+				"actor": "SO",
+				"payload": "test",
+				"success": "new2",
+				"failure": "new2",
+				"failure_timeout": "new2",
+				"failure_retries": "new2",
+				"failure_exception": "new2",
+				"failure_guard": "new2",
+				"target": {
+					"type": "VFC",
+					"resourceTargetId": "test"
+				}
+			},
+			{
+				"id": "new2",
+				"recipe": "Migrate",
+				"retry": "30",
+				"timeout": "40",
+				"actor": "SDNC",
+				"payload": "test",
+				"target": {
+					"type": "VFC",
+					"resourceTargetId": "test"
+				}
+			}
+		]
+	}
+}