---
type: api
title: Bulk request diagnostics from agents
description: **Spaces method and path for this operation:**
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4493/api/doc/kibana-serverless/operation/operation-post-fleet-agents-bulk-request-diagnostics
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4493/api/doc/kibana-serverless/operation/operation-post-fleet-agents-bulk-request-diagnostics
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Bulk request diagnostics from agents

- Server: `https://{kibana_url}`

## Paths

- `POST` `/api/fleet/agents/bulk_request_diagnostics`
- `POST` `/s/{space_id}/api/fleet/agents/bulk_request_diagnostics`

## Description

Refer to [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces) for more information.

Request diagnostics bundles from multiple agents.

## Required authorization

- Privileges: `fleet-agents-read`

## Authentication

- Api key: `Authorization: <value>`
  You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. To learn about creating keys, go to [API keys](https://www.elastic.co/docs/current/serverless/api-keys).

## Header parameters

- `kbn-xsrf` (string) — required
  A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

## Request body

`application/json`

- `additional_metrics` (enum[] · max items: 1) — optional
  Values: `CPU`
- `agents` (union string[] | string) — required
- `batchSize` (number) — optional
- `dryRun` (boolean) — optional

## Responses

#### `200`

Successful response

`application/json`

Any of:
- **{ actionId }**
  - `actionId` (string)
- **{ count }**
  - `count` (number)
#### `400`

Bad Request

`application/json`

- `attributes` (object)
- `error` (string)
- `errorType` (string)
- `message` (string)
- `statusCode` (number)
## Code examples

#### Console

```console
POST kbn:/api/fleet/agents/bulk_request_diagnostics
{
  "additional_metrics": [
    "CPU"
  ],
  "agents": [
    "agent-id-1",
    "agent-id-2"
  ]
}
```

#### curl

```curl
curl -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/fleet/agents/bulk_request_diagnostics" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "additional_metrics": [
      "CPU"
    ],
    "agents": [
      "agent-id-1",
      "agent-id-2"
    ]
  }'
```

## Response examples

#### Post bulk request diagnostics

Bulk diagnostics action result

```json
{
  "actionId": "action-id-1"
}
```

#### Generic error response

Example of a generic error response

```json
{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "An error message describing what went wrong",
  "statusCode": 400
}
```