diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs
index 26d7e676c3..b3fa518f10 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use base64::prelude::*;
-    use std::any;
+    use std::fmt::{self, Display};
     use std::fs::{self, File};
     use std::path;
     use std::str;
@@ -15,16 +15,39 @@ mod tests {
         CopyFileRequest, CreateContainerRequest, CreateSandboxRequest, UpdateInterfaceRequest,
         UpdateRoutesRequest,
     };
-    use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
     use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
     use kata_agent_policy::policy::AgentPolicy;
 
+    // Translate each test case in testcases.json
+    // to one request type.
     #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
-    struct TestCase<T> {
+    #[serde(tag = "type")]
+    enum TestRequest {
+        CopyFile(CopyFileRequest),
+        CreateContainer(CreateContainerRequest),
+        CreateSandbox(CreateSandboxRequest),
+        UpdateInterface(UpdateInterfaceRequest),
+        UpdateRoutes(UpdateRoutesRequest),
+    }
+
+    impl Display for TestRequest {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+            match self {
+                TestRequest::CopyFile(_) => write!(f, "CopyFileRequest"),
+                TestRequest::CreateContainer(_) => write!(f, "CreateContainerRequest"),
+                TestRequest::CreateSandbox(_) => write!(f, "CreateSandboxRequest"),
+                TestRequest::UpdateInterface(_) => write!(f, "UpdateInterfaceRequest"),
+                TestRequest::UpdateRoutes(_) => write!(f, "UpdateRoutesRequest"),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+    struct TestCase {
         description: String,
         allowed: bool,
-        request: T,
+        request: TestRequest,
     }
 
     /// Run tests from the given directory.
@@ -32,11 +55,9 @@ mod tests {
     /// it must contain a `resources.yaml` file as well as a `testcases.json` file.
     /// The resources must produce a policy when fed into genpolicy, so there
     /// should be exactly one entry with a PodSpec. The test case file must contain
-    /// a JSON list of [TestCase] instances appropriate for `T`.
-    async fn runtests<T>(test_case_dir: &str)
-    where
-        T: DeserializeOwned + Serialize,
-    {
+    /// a JSON list of [TestCase] instances. Each instance will be of type enum TestRequest,
+    /// with the tag `type` listing the exact type of request.
+    async fn runtests(test_case_dir: &str) {
         // Prepare temp dir for running genpolicy.
         let workdir = path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_TARGET_TMPDIR")).join(test_case_dir);
         fs::create_dir_all(&workdir)
@@ -102,7 +123,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let case_file =
             File::open(testdata_dir.join("testcases.json")).expect("test case file should open");
-        let test_cases: Vec<TestCase<T>> =
+        let test_cases: Vec<TestCase> =
             serde_json::from_reader(case_file).expect("test case file should parse");
 
         for test_case in test_cases {
@@ -112,7 +133,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             let results = pol
                 .allow_request(
-                    any::type_name::<T>().split("::").last().unwrap(),
+                    &test_case.request.to_string(),
                     &serde_json::to_string(&v).unwrap(),
                 )
                 .await;
@@ -130,36 +151,36 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_copyfile() {
-        runtests::<CopyFileRequest>("copyfile").await;
+        runtests("copyfile").await;
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_create_sandbox() {
-        runtests::<CreateSandboxRequest>("createsandbox").await;
+        runtests("createsandbox").await;
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_update_routes() {
-        runtests::<UpdateRoutesRequest>("updateroutes").await;
+        runtests("updateroutes").await;
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_update_interface() {
-        runtests::<UpdateInterfaceRequest>("updateinterface").await;
+        runtests("updateinterface").await;
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_create_container_network_namespace() {
-        runtests::<CreateContainerRequest>("createcontainer/network_namespace").await;
+        runtests("createcontainer/network_namespace").await;
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_create_container_sysctls() {
-        runtests::<CreateContainerRequest>("createcontainer/sysctls").await;
+        runtests("createcontainer/sysctls").await;
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_create_container_generate_name() {
-        runtests::<CreateContainerRequest>("createcontainer/generate_name").await;
+        runtests("createcontainer/generate_name").await;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/copyfile/testcases.json b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/copyfile/testcases.json
index d6b56f7a19..fce3a84e52 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/copyfile/testcases.json
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/copyfile/testcases.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "description": "copy initiated by k8s mount",
     "allowed": true,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CopyFile",
       "path": "/run/kata-containers/shared/containers/81e5f43bc8599c5661e66f959ac28df5bfb30da23c5d583f2dcc6f9e0c5186dc-ce23cfeb91e75aaa-resolv.conf"
     }
   },
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
     "description": "a dirname can have trailing dots",
     "allowed": true,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CopyFile",
       "path": "/run/kata-containers/shared/containers/81e5f43bc8599c5661e66f959ac28df5bfb30da23c5d583f2dcc6f9e0c5186dc-ce23cfeb91e75aaa-foo../bar"
     }
   },
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@
     "description": "attempt to copy outside of container root",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CopyFile",
       "path": "/etc/ssl/cert.pem"
     }
   },
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@
     "description": "attempt to write into container root",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CopyFile",
       "path": "/run/kata-containers/shared/containers/81e5f43bc8599c5661e66f959ac28df5bfb30da23c5d583f2dcc6f9e0c5186dc/rootfs/bin/sh"
     }
   },
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@
     "description": "attempt to write into container root - guest pull",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CopyFile",
       "path": "/run/kata-containers/81e5f43bc8599c5661e66f959ac28df5bfb30da23c5d583f2dcc6f9e0c5186dc/rootfs/bin/sh"
     }
   },
@@ -38,6 +43,7 @@
     "description": "attempted directory traversal",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CopyFile",
       "path": "/run/kata-containers/shared/containers/81e5f43bc8599c5661e66f959ac28df5bfb30da23c5d583f2dcc6f9e0c5186dc-ce23cfeb91e75aaa-foo/../../../../../etc/ssl/cert.pem"
     }
   },
@@ -45,6 +51,7 @@
     "description": "attempted directory traversal - parent directory",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CopyFile",
       "path": "/run/kata-containers/shared/containers/81e5f43bc8599c5661e66f959ac28df5bfb30da23c5d583f2dcc6f9e0c5186dc-ce23cfeb91e75aaa-foo/.."
     }
   },
@@ -52,6 +59,7 @@
     "description": "relative path",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CopyFile",
       "path": "etc/ssl/cert.pem"
     }
   },
@@ -59,6 +67,7 @@
     "description": "relative path - parent directory",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CopyFile",
       "path": ".."
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/generate_name/testcases.json b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/generate_name/testcases.json
index 031b3062e1..87865f4c5b 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/generate_name/testcases.json
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/generate_name/testcases.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "description": "generated name with valid prefix (dummyxyz)",
     "allowed": true,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateContainer",
       "OCI": {
         "Version": "1.1.0",
         "Annotations": {
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@
     "description": "generated name with invalid prefix (xyzdummy)",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateContainer",
       "OCI": {
         "Version": "1.1.0",
         "Annotations": {
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/network_namespace/testcases.json b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/network_namespace/testcases.json
index 5de73c5fcc..67b780f71c 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/network_namespace/testcases.json
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/network_namespace/testcases.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "description": "one network namespace",
     "allowed": true,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateContainer",
       "OCI": {
         "Version": "1.1.0",
         "Annotations": {
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@
     "description": "same network namespace",
     "allowed": true,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateContainer",
       "OCI": {
         "Version": "1.1.0",
         "Annotations": {
@@ -265,6 +267,7 @@
     "description": "no network namespace",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateContainer",
       "OCI": {
         "Version": "1.1.0",
         "Annotations": {
@@ -392,6 +395,7 @@
     "description": "different network namespace",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateContainer",
       "OCI": {
         "Version": "1.1.0",
         "Annotations": {
@@ -519,4 +523,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/sysctls/testcases.json b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/sysctls/testcases.json
index 3985006481..a3209134ba 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/sysctls/testcases.json
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createcontainer/sysctls/testcases.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "allowed": true,
     "state": {"sandbox_name": "policy-redis-deployment-6674f9448-xjrzf"},
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateContainer",
       "OCI": {
         "Annotations": {
           "io.katacontainers.pkg.oci.bundle_path": "/run/containerd/io.containerd.runtime.v2.task/k8s.io/4bae4a8e74302a8edfe17424aff0b632cae893687f4d9ad2f2115666899f9a12",
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@
     "allowed": false,
     "state": {"sandbox_name": "policy-redis-deployment-6674f9448-xjrzf"},
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateContainer",
       "OCI": {
         "Annotations": {
           "io.katacontainers.pkg.oci.bundle_path": "/run/containerd/io.containerd.runtime.v2.task/k8s.io/4bae4a8e74302a8edfe17424aff0b632cae893687f4d9ad2f2115666899f9a12",
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createsandbox/testcases.json b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createsandbox/testcases.json
index 430c1d7af3..dfda33479c 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createsandbox/testcases.json
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createsandbox/testcases.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "description": "no pidns",
     "allowed": true,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateSandbox",
       "sandbox_pidns": false
     }
   },
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
     "description": "pidns",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateSandbox",
       "sandbox_pidns": true
     }
   },
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@
     "description": "kernel modules",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateSandbox",
       "sandbox_pidns": false,
       "kernel_modules": [{"name": "evil.ko"}]
     }
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@
     "description": "guest hooks",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "CreateSandbox",
       "sandbox_pidns": false,
       "guest_hook_path": "/attacker/controlled/path"
     }
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/updateinterface/testcases.json b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/updateinterface/testcases.json
index 70ebb4200c..490c2c00a8 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/updateinterface/testcases.json
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/updateinterface/testcases.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "description": "no flags",
     "allowed": true,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateInterface",
       "interface": {
           "device": "eth0",
           "name": "eth0",
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
     "description": "allowed arp flag",
     "allowed": true,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateInterface",
       "interface": {
           "device": "eth0",
           "name": "eth0",
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
     "description": "forbidden flag",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateInterface",
       "interface": {
           "device": "eth0",
           "name": "eth0",
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@
     "description": "forbidden name",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateInterface",
       "interface": {
           "device": "eth0",
           "name": "lo",
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@
     "description": "forbidden hwAddr",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateInterface",
       "interface": {
           "device": "eth0",
           "name": "eth0",
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/updateroutes/testcases.json b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/updateroutes/testcases.json
index bc581e6bad..8ada7478d0 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/updateroutes/testcases.json
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/updateroutes/testcases.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "description": "compliant routes",
     "allowed": true,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateRoutes",
       "routes": {
         "Routes": [
           {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
     "description": "forbidden device",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateRoutes",
       "routes": {
         "Routes": [
           {
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@
     "description": "one compliant route, one noncompliant",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateRoutes",
       "routes": {
         "Routes": [
           {
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@
     "description": "noncompliant routes",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateRoutes",
       "routes": {
         "Routes": [
           {
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@
     "description": "noncompliant routes ipv6 1",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateRoutes",
       "routes": {
         "Routes": [
           {
@@ -101,6 +106,7 @@
     "description": "noncompliant routes ipv6 2",
     "allowed": false,
     "request": {
+      "type": "UpdateRoutes",
       "routes": {
         "Routes": [
           {