# Cannot Edit Dashboards in Kibana After Initial Successful Setup (Vega-Lite Dashboards Affected)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-edit-dashboards-in-kibana-after-initial-successful-setup-vega-lite-dashboards-affected/380787>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 6, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-edit-dashboards-in-kibana-after-initial-successful-setup-vega-lite-dashboards-affected/380787 "2025-08-06T07:48:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![arunp77](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunp77/32/144475_2.png) [@arunp77](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunp77)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-edit-dashboards-in-kibana-after-initial-successful-setup-vega-lite-dashboards-affected/380787/1 "2025-08-06T07:48:22Z")

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Hi Kibana team,

I'm encountering an issue where I can no longer edit dashboards in Kibana, despite having been able to do so previously. Here’s a detailed description of the situation:

- **Elasticsearch Version:** 8.17.3
- **Kibana version:** 8.18.0
- **Server OS** : Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS

- **Kibana Configuration** (`kibana.yml` includes):

```auto
server.port: 5601
  server.host: "0.0.0.0"
  server.publicBaseUrl: "https://my_host:5601"  
  server.name: "my_server_name"
  server.ssl.enabled: true
  server.ssl.certificate: /etc/kibana/certs/kibana.crt
  server.ssl.key: /etc/kibana/certs/kibana.key
  elasticsearch.hosts: ["https://my_host:9200"]
  elasticsearch.username: "kibana_system"
  elasticsearch.password: "my_password" 
  elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: "certificate"
  elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: ["/etc/kibana/certs/http_ca.crt"]
  xpack.fleet.outputs:
    - id: fleet-default-output
      name: default
      is_default: true
      is_default_monitoring: true
      type: elasticsearch
      hosts: ["https://my_host:9200"]
      ca_trusted_fingerprint: ...... 
  
  xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey: "....................." 
  
  xpack.security.sameSiteCookies: "None"

```

- **Security** :

- **Usage** :

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### **Current Problem**

- I can log in to Kibana using both users.
- I can view dashboards and fetch data from Kibana into the Flask app.
- However, I cannot edit or modify existing dashboards anymore in kibana (created using vega-lite).
- The UI shows the dashboards, but the \*\*edit button is either missing, disabled, or unresponsive.
- This affects all dashboards, especially Vega-Lite based ones.

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### **What Changed Recently**

- I modified the `kibana.yml` and added:

```auto
xpack.security.sameSiteCookies: "None"

```

After this, I had issues logging in and reverted the config, but the dashboard edit issue persisted.

- Possibly some internal Kibana state or role permissions were affected.

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### **What I Tried**

- Restarting Kibana and Elasticsearch.
- Clearing browser cache and trying different browsers.
- Verified user roles have the correct permissions (`kibana_admin`, `dashboard-only` roles were checked).
- Checked that Vega visualizations still render and data flows correctly.

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### **Additional Context**

- Flask app still successfully fetches data via Elasticsearch API.
- This issue is not related to data access or visualization, only to dashboard editability.

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 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/8/e88a6e6fa2b5cf05067745c66c5ed7a581708561.png)

Please let me know what logs, configs, or browser console errors you need. I’m happy to provide them.

Thanks for your help and for maintaining Kibana!

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**Author:** ![arunp77](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunp77/32/144475_2.png) [@arunp77](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunp77)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-edit-dashboards-in-kibana-after-initial-successful-setup-vega-lite-dashboards-affected/380787/2 "2025-08-06T07:49:57Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/c/7c1b550330f8d5e1930fbd399e55a546202df4cb.png)

In the first image (control bar), I can see the edit button, and when I click it, I’m able to make changes as needed.

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**Author:** ![arunp77](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunp77/32/144475_2.png) [@arunp77](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunp77)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-edit-dashboards-in-kibana-after-initial-successful-setup-vega-lite-dashboards-affected/380787/3 "2025-08-06T07:51:14Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/c/7c1b550330f8d5e1930fbd399e55a546202df4cb.png)

However, in the second image (the chart created using Vega-Lite), I don’t see the edit button in the usual area (highlighted with the red circle). Normally, this button allows me to directly edit the chart code, but now it’s missing.

I was experimenting with the config files earlier, and they kept crashing, so I stopped. Now I need help restoring or enabling that edit functionality. I have created a issue in the discussion page still no concrete answer.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Tortoise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tortoise/32/147587_2.png) [@Tortoise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tortoise)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-edit-dashboards-in-kibana-after-initial-successful-setup-vega-lite-dashboards-affected/380787/4 "2025-08-07T05:53:25Z")

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> [@arunp77](#):
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> Verified user roles have the correct permissions (`kibana_admin`, `dashboard-only` roles were checked).

Hello @arunp77

Welcome to the community!!

Could you please check if this issue persists with elastic user as well?  
As from below it seems `dashboard-only` is custom role so not sure if this role actually has all the required privileges?

`Verified user roles have the correct permissions (kibana_admin, dashboard-only roles were checked).`

Thanks!!

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**Author:** ![arunp77](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunp77/32/144475_2.png) [@arunp77](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunp77)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-edit-dashboards-in-kibana-after-initial-successful-setup-vega-lite-dashboards-affected/380787/5 "2025-08-07T06:51:31Z")

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Hey, thanks a lot for your help. I wasn’t able to fix it even with the superuser `elastic`, but it turned out to be an access rights issue. I had unknowingly changed the permissions myself a few weeks ago, and once I corrected that, everything started working again.