# Error with watcher

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-with-watcher/115282
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-with-watcher/115282 "2018-01-12T11:35:15Z")
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### Author: ![sbampa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@sbampa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sbampa)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-with-watcher/115282/1 "2018-01-12T11:35:15Z")

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Hi all,  
after i set a watcher, in kibana logs i receiving the following error:  
Error: json argument must contain an actionJson.email.body property  
and in the UI of kibana if i click on watcher, i have the red line:

Watcher: Error 500 Internal Server Error: An internal server error occurred

And i don't remember the name of the watcher created in order to delete it.  
How can i solve?

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### Author: ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-with-watcher/115282/2 "2018-01-12T21:06:29Z")

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Hey @sbampa did you create the initial Watch using Kibana? If so, do you see it listed under your Watches when you go to Management -\> Watcher?

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### Author: ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-with-watcher/115282/3 "2018-01-12T21:11:47Z")

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It ends up that this is a known bug, and we'll have a fix for it in 6.1.2. In the mean-time, you'll have to specify a body for your watches or else it'll cause the error that you're seeing.

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### Author: ![sbampa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@sbampa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sbampa)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-with-watcher/115282/4 "2018-01-15T07:48:14Z")

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No, it was created using API, not from kibana UI...  
ok, i need to specify a body!  
Thank you!!

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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: [February 12, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-with-watcher/115282/5 "2018-02-12T07:48:23Z")

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