# App state disappeared in dashboard url

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-state-disappeared-in-dashboard-url/308337>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 28, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-state-disappeared-in-dashboard-url/308337 "2022-06-28T09:14:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Osysh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Osysh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Osysh)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-state-disappeared-in-dashboard-url/308337/1 "2022-06-28T09:14:40Z")

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Hi,

I've noticed that a dashboard url doesn't contains the app state `_a()` anymore in web browsers. However it appears in the link in the snapshots. Is it a normal behavior ?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![JLeysens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jleysens/32/67404_2.png) [@JLeysens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JLeysens)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-state-disappeared-in-dashboard-url/308337/2 "2022-06-28T09:37:26Z")

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Hello @Osysh ! What version of the stack are you seeing this on? We did migrate away from maintaining state in the URL due to technical limitations on URL length.

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**Author:** ![Osysh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Osysh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Osysh)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-state-disappeared-in-dashboard-url/308337/3 "2022-06-28T09:40:04Z")

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Thanks for your answer !

I am currently on version 7.16.3, but I tried on 8.2.1 and this is the same.  
Oh okay, these limitations are not a problem for discover ? Because the app state actually appears in discover

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**Author:** ![JLeysens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jleysens/32/67404_2.png) [@JLeysens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JLeysens)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-state-disappeared-in-dashboard-url/308337/4 "2022-06-28T11:06:03Z")

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It's not an issue, no. If you navigate to snapshot URLs with state in them it should be removed from the address bar when Dashboard loads up.

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**Author:** ![Osysh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Osysh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Osysh)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-state-disappeared-in-dashboard-url/308337/5 "2022-06-28T12:19:00Z")

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Ok Thanks

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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:** [July 26, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-state-disappeared-in-dashboard-url/308337/6 "2022-07-26T12:19:46Z")

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