Hello, So I tried setting xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey on an ECE Kibana deployment in User and settings and it appeared to have broken the builtin Fleet (message signing key error when opening Fleet) But how can we safely put this setting without breaking something? The Elastic docs s…

Hello @willemdh On ECE , ELK 9.3.1 if i try to set these values see below message : [image] It does not allow me to set , could you please share what is your ELK version ? Thanks!!

Hi @Tortoise Thanks a lot for your answer. ECE 4.0.3 Elastic 9.2.5. So these settings are not supported by ECE. It would have been nice if the docs made this more clear. The docs Secure Kibana saved objects | Elastic Docs page clearly shows ECE: (We are currently still on trial license) Very we…

How to add xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey for Kibana deployments in ECE without breaking Fleet

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willemdh (WillemDH) March 19, 2026, 7:47pm 4

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How to add xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey for Kibana deployments in ECE without breaking Fleet

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