[Synthetics] Add links to package policies in inspect monitor flyout by miguelmartin-elastic · Pull Request #258356 · elastic/kibana

miguelmartin-elastic · 2026-03-18T13:36:34Z

[Synthetics] Add links to package policies in inspect flyout

Summary

For monitors running on private locations, the inspect flyout now shows a Linked Fleet policies table with direct links to the agent policy and package policy in Fleet.

References stored on the monitor's saved object are used as the source of truth for the links. This means:

New monitors (saved after this change): links appear immediately after saving.
Legacy monitors (saved before this change, whose SO references use the old {configId}-{locationId}-{spaceId} format): a warning callout is shown with a "Migrate now" button. Clicking it fetches the saved monitor from the server and re-saves it, which recreates the package policy with the new ID format and populates the references. Using the saved state (rather than the current form state) ensures any unsaved form edits are not accidentally persisted during migration. A success/error toast confirms the result, and the table refreshes in place.

How to test

Happy path (new monitor)

Create an HTTP monitor assigned to a private location.
Open the edit page and click Inspect configuration.
Scroll down — the Linked Fleet policies table should show links to the agent policy and package policy.
Clicking the package policy link should open the correct Fleet integration page.

Legacy monitor path

You may use this script for setting the monitor: set_legacy_monitor_ref.sh

Pick an existing monitor with a private location (or create one and manually patch its SO reference to use the legacy format {configId}-{locationId}-{spaceId} via the ES API).
Open Inspect configuration.
A warning callout should appear: "Package policy references not found" — no broken links in the table.
Click Migrate now — a success toast should appear and the table should refresh showing the correct links.
Clicking the package policy link should open the correct Fleet integration page.

mgiota · 2026-03-19T12:40:14Z

...ions/observability/plugins/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/state/monitor_management/api.ts

@@ -29,18 +29,32 @@ export const createMonitorAPI = async ({
  });
 };

+export interface PackagePolicyLink {


Can you move this in common, so that it can be reused by inspect_monitor as well ?https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/258356/changes#diff-1f6abe4d9285d3e6d7042ac44c3a4195aa7b7d6498df39fa10acceab5120915aR21

mgiota · 2026-03-19T12:41:48Z

...ck/solutions/observability/plugins/synthetics/server/routes/monitor_cruds/inspect_monitor.ts

@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@ import { validateMonitor } from './monitor_validation';
 import { getPrivateLocationsForMonitor } from './add_monitor/utils';
 import { AddEditMonitorAPI } from './add_monitor/add_monitor_api';

+export interface PackagePolicyLink {


See my comment above, same interface is defined again in state/monitor_management/api.ts in public folder. You can move this to common and reuse in both public and server.

moved to /common ✅

mgiota · 2026-03-19T14:16:25Z

I tested happy path and all looks good

Not a blocker, I was wondering how easy it is to display the name of agent and package policies instead of the id. Is this something we have available, or is it another request we need to make?

Regarding legacy monitor path, I ran the script like this ./set_legacy_monitor_ref.sh MONITOR_ID LOCATION_ID. The warning callout appeared, but when I clicked on the Migrate now button I got an error. My guess is that I didn't properly use the script. Do I need to adapt something in the script?

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mgiota · 2026-03-19T16:00:30Z

...y/plugins/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/common/components/monitor_inspect.tsx

+    setIsMigrating(true);
+    try {
+      const savedMonitor = await fetchMonitorAPI({ id: monitorId });
+      await updateMonitorAPI({ monitor: savedMonitor, id: monitorId });


@miguelmartin-elastic When I clicked on the Migrate now button I got Invalid key(s) for browser type: created_at|updated_at | spaceId

I had to strip metadata fields (created_at, updated_at, spaceId, spaces) from the monitor before sending the PUT. After this change, migrate ran successfully.

import { omit } from 'lodash'; const { spaceId, ...monitorWithoutMetadata } = savedMonitor; const monitorToUpdate = omit(monitorWithoutMetadata, [ 'created_at', 'updated_at', 'spaces', ]); await updateMonitorAPI({ monitor: monitorToUpdate, id: monitorId, spaceId, });

Good catch. I added a stripServerFields funtion to remove create_at, updated_at and spaceId. I also fixed the return type from the GET /monitor endpoint to include some fields that were missing, thanks!!

…://github.com/miguelmartin-elastic/kibana into synthetics/link-package-policies-in-inspector

miguelmartin-elastic · 2026-03-20T11:13:28Z

Not a blocker, I was wondering how easy it is to display the name of agent and package policies instead of the id. Is this something we have available, or is it another request we need to make?

@mgiota We could show the name of the package policy without any additional fetch. For the agent policy we would need to fetch it, which I'm not sure if it'd be worth it, since the link already takes the user to the policy itself. We could:

Leave it as it is
Show the id for the agent policy, Show the name for the package policy (No need to fetch)
Show names for both policies (With an additional fetch)

I'd go with 1), but I'm open to change it if you think it adds value

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mgiota · 2026-03-20T11:36:59Z

@miguelmartin-elastic I am fine with 1, since anyway the link already takes the user to the policy itself as you mentioned!

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Apply EXTENDED_TIMEOUT (10s) to 4 tests across 3 files that intermittently exceed the default 5s Jest timeout: - discover_sidebar_responsive.test.tsx (2 tests) - build_esql_fetch_subscribe.test.ts (1 test) - field_editor_flyout_content.test.ts (1 test) Closes elastic#258414, elastic#258356, elastic#258285, elastic#258235, elastic#257970, elastic#257835, elastic#257586

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