# 400 failed to validate metricset: error validating JSON

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-failed-to-validate-metricset-error-validating-json/343226>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** java\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-failed-to-validate-metricset-error-validating-json/343226 "2023-09-18T08:06:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![soudhaf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/soudhaf/32/81969_2.png) [@soudhaf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/soudhaf)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-failed-to-validate-metricset-error-validating-json/343226/1 "2023-09-18T08:06:48Z")

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**Elasticsearch version** :  
7.9.2 & tried 7.17.11  
**APM Server version** :  
7.10.2 & tried 7.17.11

**APM Agent language and version** :  
elastic-apm-agent 1.42.0  
**Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version**:  
added in pom.xml

**Fresh install or upgraded from other version?**  
upgraded from 1.28.1

**Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior. Please include screenshots (if relevant)**:  
It seems there's a problem in the metrics data, I know I can disable all metrics as work a around but I want to see the metrics or some of it, how to go about this ? my other question how to extract the metric to block because when I set ELASTIC\_APM\_DISABLE\_METRICS to '_http\_server\_requests_,_jvm\_gc\_pause_' nothing changes.

**Provide logs and/or server output (if relevant)**:  
apm server logs:

````auto
ERROR [request] middleware/log_middleware.go:99 data validation error {"request_id": "2d690968-56ea-46fb-91e9-88354a220429", "method": "POST", "URL": "/intake/v2/events", "content_length": -1, "remote_address": "10.116.5.8", "user-agent": "apm-agent-java/1.42.0 (myapp)", "event.duration": 10019274911, "response_code": 400, "error": "failed to validate metricset: error validating JSON: I[#] S[#] doesn't validate with \"metricset#\"\n I[#] S[#/allOf/5] allOf failed\n I[#/samples/jvm_gc_pause.histogram] S[#/allOf/5/properties/samples/patternProperties/%5E%5B%5E%2A%22%5D%2A$/required] missing properties: \"value\", failed to validate metricset: error validating JSON: I[#] S[#] doesn't validate with \"metricset#\"\n I[#] S[#/allOf/5] allOf failed\n I[#/samples/jvm_gc_pause.histogram] S[#/allOf/5/properties/samples/patternProperties/%5E%5B%5E%2A%22%5D%2A$/required] missing properties: \"value\", failed to validate metricset: error validating JSON: I[#] S[#] doesn't validate with \"metricset#\"\n I[#] S[#/allOf/5] allOf failed\n I[#/samples/http_server_requests.histogram] S[#/allOf/5/properties/samples/patternProperties/%5E%5B%5E%2A%22%5D%2A$/required] missing properties: \"value\""}```
springboot log

````

```auto
WARN co.elastic.apm.agent.report.AbstractIntakeApiHandler - Response body: {
  "accepted": 84,
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "failed to validate metricset: error validating JSON: I[#] S[#] doesn't validate with \"metricset#\"\n I[#] S[#/allOf/5] allOf failed\n I[#/samples/jvm_gc_pause.histogram] S[#/allOf/5/properties/samples/patternProperties/%5E%5B%5E%2A%22%5D%2A$/required] missing properties: \"value\"",
      "document": "{\"metricset\":{\"timestamp\":1695023459832000,\"tags\":{\"action\":\"end of minor GC\",\"application\":\"myapp\",\"cause\":\"Allocation Failure\"},\"samples\":{\"jvm_gc_pause.count\":{\"value\":43},\"jvm_gc_pause.sum.us\":{\"value\":743000.0},\"jvm_gc_pause.histogram\":{\"values\":[],\"counts\":[]}}}}"
    },
    {
      "message": "failed to validate metricset: error validating JSON: I[#] S[#] doesn't validate with \"metricset#\"\n I[#] S[#/allOf/5] allOf failed\n I[#/samples/jvm_gc_pause.histogram] S[#/allOf/5/properties/samples/patternProperties/%5E%5B%5E%2A%22%5D%2A$/required] missing properties: \"value\"",
      "document": "{\"metricset\":{\"timestamp\":1695023459832000,\"tags\":{\"action\":\"end of major GC\",\"application\":\"myapp\",\"cause\":\"Metadata GC Threshold\"},\"samples\":{\"jvm_gc_pause.count\":{\"value\":2},\"jvm_gc_pause.sum.us\":{\"value\":279000.0},\"jvm_gc_pause.histogram\":{\"values\":[],\"counts\":[]}}}}"
    },
    {
      "message": "failed to validate metricset: error validating JSON: I[#] S[#] doesn't validate with \"metricset#\"\n I[#] S[#/allOf/5] allOf failed\n I[#/samples/http_server_requests.histogram] S[#/allOf/5/properties/samples/patternProperties/%5E%5B%5E%2A%22%5D%2A$/required] missing properties: \"value\"",
      "document": "{\"metricset\":{\"timestamp\":1695023459832000,\"tags\":{\"application\":\"myapp\",\"exception\":\"None\",\"method\":\"GET\",\"outcome\":\"SUCCESS\",\"status\":\"200\",\"uri\":\"/management/health\"},\"samples\":{\"http_server_requests.count\":{\"value\":12},\"http_server_requests.sum.us\":{\"value\":3066128.122},\"http_server_requests.histogram\":{\"values\":[],\"counts\":[]}}}}"
    }
  ]
}

```

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Shirazi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jack_shirazi/32/91641_2.png) [@Jack\_Shirazi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jack_Shirazi)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-failed-to-validate-metricset-error-validating-json/343226/2 "2023-09-18T13:34:27Z")

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The bug is fixed in the current main branch and will be included in the next release of the agent (expected this week). The ELASTIC\_APM\_DISABLE\_METRICS config applies to the metric name as produced by the JVM/application rather than the de-dotted name exposed in the UI, so for example setting to "jvm.memory.non\_heap.used" would eliminate just that metric

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-failed-to-validate-metricset-error-validating-json/343226/3 "2023-10-16T13:35:14Z")

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