diff --git a/features/steps/cloud_types_steps.py b/features/steps/cloud_types_steps.py
index 93cd446f1..6158b546c 100644
--- a/features/steps/cloud_types_steps.py
+++ b/features/steps/cloud_types_steps.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def step_new_cloud_resource_with_type(context, resource_type: str):
     """Store a CloudResource with specified resource_type for construction."""
     context.pending_resource = {
         "resource_id": "cloud-test-001",
-        "type": resource_type,
+        "resource_type": resource_type,
     }
 
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def step_cloud_resource_type_accepted(context):
 def step_resource_type_is(context, expected: str):
     """Assert the constructed resource has the expected resource_type."""
     assert context.exc is None
-    assert context.result.type == expected
+    assert context.result.resource_type == expected
 
 
 @given("a new AWSResource is being created")
@@ -250,6 +250,16 @@ def step_azure_subscription_is_lowercase(context):
     assert context.result.subscription_id == "sub-123"
 
 
+# --------------------- AWSResource tag validation ----------------------------
+
+
+@then("it should reject tags with empty key")
+def step_rejects_empty_tag_key(context):
+    """Assert a ValidationError was raised for an empty tag key."""
+    assert context.exc is not None
+    assert isinstance(context.exc, ValidationError)
+
+
 # ------------------------ GCPResource provider assertion --------------------
 
 
diff --git a/src/cleveragents/resource/cloud_types.py b/src/cleveragents/resource/cloud_types.py
index f6f096be9..146f5ce19 100644
--- a/src/cleveragents/resource/cloud_types.py
+++ b/src/cleveragents/resource/cloud_types.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cloud SDK operations -- actual provisioning raises
 
 | Class           | Provider     | Key properties                             |
 |-----------------|--------------|--------------------------------------------|
-| ``CloudResource`` | generic   | provider, type, region, resrc id, state    |
+| ``CloudResource`` | generic   | provider, resource_type, type, region, id  |
 | ``AWSResource``     | AWS       | arn, tags, properties                      |
 | ``GCPResource``     | GCP       | project_id, properties                     |
 | ``AzureResource``   | Azure     | sub_id, tenant_id, props                   |
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ class CloudResource(BaseModel):
         ...,
         description="Cloud provider identifier (aws, gcp, azure).",
     )
+    resource_type: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description=(
+            "Type of cloud resource within a provider "
+            "(e.g., s3_bucket, ec2_instance, gcs_bucket, compute_instance)."
+        ),
+    )
     type: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description=(
@@ -136,6 +143,7 @@ class CloudResource(BaseModel):
         return (
             f"{self.__class__.__name__}("
             f"provider={self.provider!r}, "
+            f"resource_type={self.resource_type!r}, "
             f"type={self.type!r}, "
             f"resource_id={self.resource_id!r}, "
             f"region={self.region!r})"