# Synthetics **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=2 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Synthetics Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-tags/364540)
**Author:** [@Ankita\_Pachauri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Pachauri)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-tags/364540 "2024-08-08T11:12:31Z")
Hi Team, I have added multiple tags to the monitors in Synthetics App. Please find the screenshot attached. When I apply more than 1 tag on the Synthetics GUI, it does not give the correct count of monitors. I have a … --- ## [Synthetics Monitoring](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-monitoring/363725)
**Author:** [@Ankita\_Pachauri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Pachauri)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-monitoring/363725 "2024-08-08T10:51:57Z")
Hi All, We are running the elk stack version 8.13.4 and have recently started using synthetics to monitor a few services. We could see that the data after each poll is being saved in indices backed by synthetics datastr… --- ## [Example of using Playwright options](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-of-using-playwright-options/364251)
**Author:** [@xyngfei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyngfei)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-of-using-playwright-options/364251 "2024-08-02T10:30:46Z")
How do I include the playwright option under the synthetic monitor setting? --- ## [Synthetic Monitoring Browser and HTTP](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-browser-and-http/364220)
**Author:** [@aisyaharifin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aisyaharifin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-browser-and-http/364220 "2024-08-02T07:52:18Z")
Hello, Just want to ask, if we already setup synthetic monitoring browser journey, do we still need HTTP type to monitor? Does the browser monitoring sufficient enough as I believe it able to capture http error also. T… --- ## [Synthetics Monitoring](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-monitoring/363394)
**Author:** [@Ankita\_Pachauri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Pachauri)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-monitoring/363394 "2024-07-24T14:36:32Z")
Hi Everyone, We are using synthetics to monitor various applications, mostly TCP and HTTP plugins are being used to monitor Application and Web Services. We are trying to create a wrapper dashboard where it will show th… --- ## [Usage of PlayWright devices configuration in sythetics monitor](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/usage-of-playwright-devices-configuration-in-sythetics-monitor/362798)
**Author:** [@Artem\_Ruzak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Artem_Ruzak)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/usage-of-playwright-devices-configuration-in-sythetics-monitor/362798 "2024-07-24T12:53:36Z")
Hello All, We started to use monitors with the PlayWright scripts for testing our cloud instances. For some of the scenarios we need to test with different browsers (web browse, mobile app, different browsers, etc.) T… --- ## [Successful Synthetics Test if Error is Received](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/successful-synthetics-test-if-error-is-received/362966)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/successful-synthetics-test-if-error-is-received/362966 "2024-07-16T15:10:12Z")
I have a need to run a lightweight test on a specific subnet to validate that it is isolated from our internal network; in other words, the the test is SUCCESSFUL if a DNS error or a timeout is received. I have created … --- ## [Monitoring the dynamic elements in synthetic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-the-dynamic-elements-in-synthetic/363207)
**Author:** [@Sachin\_Chourasiya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sachin_Chourasiya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-the-dynamic-elements-in-synthetic/363207 "2024-07-16T13:21:32Z")
Can we monitor the DOM element of the page and put the alert on the dynamic status of the different jobs --- ## [Synthetics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics/362879)
**Author:** [@Ankita\_Pachauri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Pachauri)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics/362879 "2024-07-10T16:35:56Z")
Hi, We are using synthetic monitoring to monitor a three tier application using http/tcp ports. I have few questions regarding the data being shown under synthetics observability. What is the meaning of dotted lines … --- ## [Create new browser context for synthetics journey](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-new-browser-context-for-synthetics-journey/358305)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-new-browser-context-for-synthetics-journey/358305 "2024-07-08T13:50:05Z")
Is there any way I can clear the browser context for a synthetic journey? I'm configuring an Elastic Synthetics journey as a project. When I push the project to Elastic Synthetics, it runs as expected. When I run it loc… --- ## [Elastic Synthetic - gval expression assistance](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetic-gval-expression-assistance/362670)
**Author:** [@russellp1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/russellp1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetic-gval-expression-assistance/362670 "2024-07-08T04:48:46Z")
Hi All, We're using Elastic Synthetics to monitor a http endpoint that returns a json payload. Example of the payload is below. \[ { "name": "server\_1", "status": "ready" }, { "name": "server\_2", … --- ## [Schedule options in Monitor.Config to have string compatibility for cron jobs?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-options-in-monitor-config-to-have-string-compatibility-for-cron-jobs/359169)
**Author:** [@Sandy\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sandy_K)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-options-in-monitor-config-to-have-string-compatibility-for-cron-jobs/359169 "2024-06-24T17:24:08Z")
Hello, we are working on browser monitors and using synthetics/journeys. We have been using the schedule interval in monitor.use for our browser monitors and it is working fine if we only provide the time interval in num… --- ## [Uptime : Server marked Down](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-server-marked-down/360713)
**Author:** [@Khaled\_Saidi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khaled_Saidi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-server-marked-down/360713 "2024-06-24T15:01:14Z")
Hi everyone, Is anyone have an idea about why in my uptime dashboard, 2 datacenters are marked down while they are Up and code status is 200. The related error is : validate:only positive pattern mismatch Thank you f… --- ## [Synthetic Monitoring : Scripting in Detect Error Text](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-scripting-in-detect-error-text/361824)
**Author:** [@aisyaharifin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aisyaharifin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-scripting-in-detect-error-text/361824 "2024-06-21T07:21:11Z")
Hi Elastic, Need help on how can I create a script on my use case where, if we detect there is Error display in the page, we want to note it as Fail and not Complete as in success. For example, below is the sample of e… --- ## [Elastic Synthetics stuck in pending with private location](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-stuck-in-pending-with-private-location/361587)
**Author:** [@tuanlt7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tuanlt7)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-stuck-in-pending-with-private-location/361587 "2024-06-21T02:12:36Z")
Dears support team, Ours elastic run on-premise We started Fleet Server and status Healthy follow UI guide: curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/elastic-agent/elastic-agent-8.12.2-linux-x86\_64.tar.… --- ## [Synthetics Private Location creation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-private-location-creation/360870)
**Author:** [@s.buksa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s.buksa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-private-location-creation/360870 "2024-06-12T17:59:14Z")
Hi, there! Those who are more experienced with Synthetics Private Location creation - is it possible to create Private Location in a specific Kibana Space? Official documentation provides two types of syntax - general … --- ## [Can't create alert rules for specific monitors anymore \[8.13.4\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-alert-rules-for-specific-monitors-anymore-8-13-4/360801)
**Author:** [@chmaeuer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chmaeuer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-alert-rules-for-specific-monitors-anymore-8-13-4/360801 "2024-06-04T18:00:26Z")
Hello, in the past I used to create separate alert rules for some of the Uptime or Synthetics Monitors to use different connectors for alerting (e.g. different Slack Channels). I noticed today that with the current ver… --- ## [Http browser is not creating any monitors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-browser-is-not-creating-any-monitors/360301)
**Author:** [@Sandy\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sandy_K)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-browser-is-not-creating-any-monitors/360301 "2024-05-31T12:30:57Z")
Hello, I was trying to create http browser monitor and when I push it using GitHub Actions, it's not creating any monitors in the ELK synthetics. We are using ELK version 8.10.3. Does this version support creating brows… --- ## [Elastic Synthetics Alerts in the same workspace to different teams](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-alerts-in-the-same-workspace-to-different-teams/359477)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-alerts-in-the-same-workspace-to-different-teams/359477 "2024-05-23T14:10:26Z")
I'm using Elastic Synthetics with Elastic Cloud v8.13.4. I am in the process of setting up in tests for some applications where alerts for tests which need to be in the same workspace need to be routed to different teams… --- ## [Custom Alert Rules for Sythetics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-alert-rules-for-sythetics/359728)
**Author:** [@RichiCoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RichiCoder)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-alert-rules-for-sythetics/359728 "2024-05-23T14:08:41Z")
We've been using the new Synthetics capability in Elastic Observability to much success, however we've run into a distinct issue that it's not clear how to send specific synthetic alerts to specific channels. For Uptime… --- ## [Synthetic Monitoring : Multi-Level Monitoring](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-multi-level-monitoring/359684)
**Author:** [@aisyaharifin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aisyaharifin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-multi-level-monitoring/359684 "2024-05-23T13:57:32Z")
Hello Elastic, I have a use case where I am monitoring specific application. For example, the application have a technology stack on it which is Azure AD Login. The one that is failing is the AAD Login and the website… --- ## [Isolation of specific Synthetics monitors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/isolation-of-specific-synthetics-monitors/359257)
**Author:** [@s.buksa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s.buksa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/isolation-of-specific-synthetics-monitors/359257 "2024-05-17T10:32:28Z")
Hi, Is it possible to hide specific Synthetics Monitors from appearing? For example, I have one Kibana Namspace where two HTTP type monitors-1 and HTTP type monitor-2 are available. At the same time I have User-1 and U… --- ## [Problem with synthetic monitoring in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-synthetic-monitoring-in-kibana/358445)
**Author:** [@HOrellana03](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HOrellana03)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-synthetic-monitoring-in-kibana/358445 "2024-05-03T10:59:05Z")
Hello, I am new to Kibana synthetic monitoring, I have configured monitoring with Journey in 2 locations, one local and one in the cloud. The one that is in the cloud is running without problems. But for the local one,… --- ## [Importing Synthetic Monitoring](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-synthetic-monitoring/358386)
**Author:** [@aisyaharifin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aisyaharifin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-synthetic-monitoring/358386 "2024-04-30T02:00:42Z")
Hello Elastic, I have inquiry where is there a way for us to import synthetic monitoring from different tools. Specifically, we would like to migrate from Dynatrace to Elasticsearch and our Dynatrace already onboard mo… --- ## [Create A Duplicate Monitor](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-duplicate-monitor/357644)
**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-duplicate-monitor/357644 "2024-04-18T03:30:41Z")
Hello, Is there a way to duplicate a monitor, essentially avoiding writing the same configuration more than once if the configuration applies to all. Any help would be great? --- ## [How bypass a login popup in Synthetics?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-bypass-a-login-popup-in-synthetics/356796)
**Author:** [@rafaeljsc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rafaeljsc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-bypass-a-login-popup-in-synthetics/356796 "2024-04-17T09:08:06Z")
I'm building a synthetic monitoring where I need login in this page to enter on the application: But I can't interact with this pop up, because it is not page's part, it is a browser part. So, I set a header to bypa… --- ## [Elastic Synthetics stuck in pending when using API options](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-stuck-in-pending-when-using-api-options/357041)
**Author:** [@elfarlo13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elfarlo13)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-stuck-in-pending-when-using-api-options/357041 "2024-04-09T10:04:06Z")
I am trying to run an elastic synthetics test using the inline script editor however when I run the following step and run a manual test to verify the test, the run seems to get stuck in pending then returns "Failed to g… --- ## [Use environment variables in lightweight monitors?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-environment-variables-in-lightweight-monitors/355762)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-environment-variables-in-lightweight-monitors/355762 "2024-03-20T12:41:22Z")
Can I use environment variables in an Elastic Synthetics lightweight journey deployed from the command line? This is possible with heartbeat by referencing the variable as ${VAR\_NAME}, but with Elastic Synthetics it appe… --- ## [Synthetics - White Boxs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-white-boxs/355169)
**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-white-boxs/355169 "2024-03-19T20:29:04Z")
Hello, I was just wondering if this is expected behavior? I created monitors but they all look to be pending, therefore leading to white overview. Strangely, I click on the monitor and it shows "Up". Self Manage… --- ## [Elastic Synthetics Environment Variables](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-environment-variables/355621)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-environment-variables/355621 "2024-03-19T19:45:01Z")
A quick question. At one point, when writing an @elastic/synthetics journey and pushing it to Elastic Synthetics via npx @elastic/synthetics push, Elastic Synthetics would push the local values of any environment variab… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=1) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=3)