# Could not parse watch \[circuit\_alert\]. null token

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-parse-watch-circuit-alert-null-token/138146>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [July 2, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-parse-watch-circuit-alert-null-token/138146 "2018-07-02T08:06:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sefa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Sefa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sefa)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-parse-watch-circuit-alert-null-token/138146/1 "2018-07-02T08:06:14Z")

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Hi,

Following alert put request is returning could `not parse watch [circuit_alert]. null token` error. How can I solve it?

```
{
	"trigger": {
	    "schedule": {
	      "interval": "30s"
	    }
  	},
  	"input": {
	    "search": {
	      "request": {
	        "body": {
	        	"query":{
	        		"bool":{
	        			"must":[{"match":{"LogType":"CircuitBrokenException"}}]
	        		}
	        	}
	        }
	      }
	    }
  },
  "condition": {
    "compare": {
      "ctx.payload.hits.total": {
        "gte": 0
      }
    }
  },
  "actions": {
    "notify-slack": {
      "slack": {
        "message": {
          "text": "Encountered {{ctx.payload.hits.total}} errors in the last 5 minutes (facepalm)",
          "to": [
            "#retail-alerts"
          ]
        }
      },
      "throttle_period": "30s",
      "transform": ""
    }
  }
}
```

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-parse-watch-circuit-alert-null-token/138146/2 "2018-07-02T08:34:36Z")

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Hey,

try removing the `transform: ""` at the end.

--Alex

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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 30, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-parse-watch-circuit-alert-null-token/138146/3 "2018-07-30T08:34:40Z")

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