Set a detection alert status

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

POST /api/detection_engine/signals/status

Auth

Set the status of one or more detection alerts.

Request body

An object containing desired status and explicit alert ids or a query to select alerts

One of:

Responses

Successful response

application/json

Response Type: object

Invalid input data response

application/json

One of:

error string required
message string required
statusCode integer required

Unsuccessful authentication response

application/json

error string required
message string required
statusCode integer required

Internal server error response

application/json

message string required
status_code integer required

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST kbn:/api/detection_engine/signals/status
{
  "signal_ids": [
    "80e1383f856e67c1b7f7a1634744fa6d66b6e2ef7aa26d226e57afb5a7b2b4a1"
  ],
  "status": "closed"
}

Generated from the API spec

curl Shell

curl -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/detection_engine/signals/status" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "signal_ids": [
      "80e1383f856e67c1b7f7a1634744fa6d66b6e2ef7aa26d226e57afb5a7b2b4a1"
    ],
    "status": "closed"
  }'

Generated from the API spec

Response

{
  "batches": 1,
  "deleted": 0,
  "failures": [],
  "noops": 0,
  "requests_per_second": -1,
  "retries": {
    "bulk": 0,
    "search": 0
  },
  "throttled_millis": 0,
  "throttled_until_millis": 0,
  "timed_out": false,
  "took": 81,
  "total": 1,
  "updated": 1,
  "version_conflicts": 0
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "[request body].signal_ids: at least one alert id is required to update status",
  "statusCode": 400
}

{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "[security_exception\n\tRoot causes:\n\t\tsecurity_exception: unable to authenticate user [elastic] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]]: unable to authenticate user [elastic] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]",
  "statusCode": 401
}

{
  "message": "Internal Server Error",
  "status_code": 500
}

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST kbn:/api/detection_engine/signals/status
{
  "conflicts": "proceed",
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "filter": [
        {
          "@timestamp": {
            "format": "strict_date_optional_time",
            "gte": "2024-10-23T07:00:00.000Z",
            "lte": "2025-01-21T20:12:11.704Z"
          },
          "range": "null"
        },
        {
          "bool": {
            "filter": {
              "bool": {
                "filter": [
                  {
                    "match_phrase": {
                      "kibana.alert.workflow_status": "open"
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "@timestamp": {
                      "format": "strict_date_optional_time",
                      "gte": "2024-10-23T07:00:00.000Z",
                      "lte": "2025-01-21T20:12:11.704Z"
                    },
                    "range": "null"
                  }
                ],
                "must": [],
                "must_not": [
                  {
                    "exists": {
                      "field": "kibana.alert.building_block_type"
                    }
                  }
                ],
                "should": []
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "must": [],
      "must_not": [],
      "should": []
    }
  },
  "status": "closed"
}

Generated from the API spec

curl Shell

curl -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/detection_engine/signals/status" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "conflicts": "proceed",
    "query": {
      "bool": {
        "filter": [
          {
            "@timestamp": {
              "format": "strict_date_optional_time",
              "gte": "2024-10-23T07:00:00.000Z",
              "lte": "2025-01-21T20:12:11.704Z"
            },
            "range": "null"
          },
          {
            "bool": {
              "filter": {
                "bool": {
                  "filter": [
                    {
                      "match_phrase": {
                        "kibana.alert.workflow_status": "open"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "@timestamp": {
                        "format": "strict_date_optional_time",
                        "gte": "2024-10-23T07:00:00.000Z",
                        "lte": "2025-01-21T20:12:11.704Z"
                      },
                      "range": "null"
                    }
                  ],
                  "must": [],
                  "must_not": [
                    {
                      "exists": {
                        "field": "kibana.alert.building_block_type"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "should": []
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "must": [],
        "must_not": [],
        "should": []
      }
    },
    "status": "closed"
  }'

Generated from the API spec

Response

{
  "batches": 1,
  "deleted": 0,
  "failures": [],
  "noops": 0,
  "requests_per_second": -1,
  "retries": {
    "bulk": 0,
    "search": 0
  },
  "throttled_millis": 0,
  "throttled_until_millis": 0,
  "timed_out": false,
  "took": 100,
  "total": 17,
  "updated": 17,
  "version_conflicts": 0
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "[request body].signal_ids: at least one alert id is required to update status",
  "statusCode": 400
}

{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "[security_exception\n\tRoot causes:\n\t\tsecurity_exception: unable to authenticate user [elastic] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]]: unable to authenticate user [elastic] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]",
  "statusCode": 401
}

{
  "message": "Internal Server Error",
  "status_code": 500
}