Get an action policy

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

GET /api/alerting/v2/action_policies/{id}
GET /s/{space_id}/api/alerting/v2/action_policies/{id}

Refer to Spaces for more information.

Get an action policy by identifier.

Required authorization

Authentication

Path parameters

Responses

Returns the requested action policy.

application/json

created_at string · format: date-time required: The ISO datetime when the action policy was created.
created_by object required: The actor who created the action policy.
description string: A description of the action policy. Omitted when the policy has none.
destinations union oneOf[] required: The list of destinations.; One of:
enabled boolean required: Whether the action policy is enabled.
grouping union oneOf: One of: (determined by mode)
id string required: The unique identifier for the action policy.
matcher object: Selects the alerts this policy applies to. Set tags to match alerts from rules with those routing tags. Set expression to a KQL query, which will be evaluated against each alert.

If you set both tags and expression, an alert must match the tags and the expression for the policy to apply. At least one of tags and expression must be set, so an empty matcher is rejected. Omit matcher entirely for a catch-all policy that applies to all alerts.
name string required: The name of the action policy.
snoozed_until string: The ISO datetime until which the policy is snoozed. Omitted when the policy is not snoozed.
throttle union oneOf: One of: (determined by strategy)
updated_at string · format: date-time required: The ISO datetime when the action policy was last updated.
updated_by object required: The actor who last updated the action policy.

Indicates the request failed schema validation.

application/json

Indicates the request was not authenticated.

application/json

Indicates the user does not have the required privileges to perform the request.

application/json

Indicates an action policy with the given ID does not exist.

application/json

Indicates an unexpected server-side error.

application/json

Indicates the alerting engine is disabled by the alerting:v2:enabled advanced setting.

application/json

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET kbn:/api/alerting/v2/action_policies/ID

Generated from the API spec

curl Shell

curl -X GET "${KIBANA_URL}/api/alerting/v2/action_policies/${ID}" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

Generated from the API spec

Response

{
  "created_at": "2026-01-15T12:00:00.000Z",
  "created_by": {
    "profile_uid": "u_elastic_0"
  },
  "description": "Sends notifications for alerts generated by rules with the production tag.",
  "destinations": [
    {
      "id": "workflow-1",
      "type": "workflow"
    }
  ],
  "enabled": true,
  "grouping": {
    "mode": "per_alert"
  },
  "id": "action-policy-1",
  "matcher": {
    "tags": [
      "production"
    ]
  },
  "name": "Notify on production alerts",
  "throttle": {
    "strategy": "on_status_change"
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-01-15T12:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "profile_uid": "u_elastic_0"
  }
}

{
  "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
  "details": {
    "errors": {
      "errors": [],
      "properties": {
        "page": {
          "errors": [
            "Too small: expected number to be \u003E=1"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "page: Too small: expected number to be \u003E=1"
}

{
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Authentication required to access this API."
}

{
  "code": "FORBIDDEN",
  "error": "Forbidden",
  "message": "The current user does not have the required privileges for this request."
}

{
  "code": "ACTION_POLICY_NOT_FOUND",
  "details": {
    "action_policy_id": "action-policy-1"
  },
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Action policy with ID \u0022action-policy-1\u0022 not found"
}

{
  "code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
  "error": "Internal Server Error",
  "message": "An unexpected error occurred."
}

{
  "code": "ALERTING_DISABLED",
  "error": "Service Unavailable",
  "message": "Alerting is disabled."
}