# Kibana access Watcher

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-access-watcher/118120
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 1, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-access-watcher/118120 "2018-02-01T23:13:49Z")
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### Author: ![cavramescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cavramescu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cavramescu)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-access-watcher/118120/1 "2018-02-01T23:13:49Z")

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When i try to access the Watcher from Kibana , i receive 500 . After checking the logs i found out this

-\>json argument must contain a watchStatusJson property

What should i do?

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-access-watcher/118120/2 "2018-02-01T23:14:56Z")

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Please post the entire log entry, along with what version of the Elastic Stack you are using.

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### Author: ![cavramescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cavramescu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cavramescu)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-access-watcher/118120/3 "2018-02-01T23:17:44Z")

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i'm using 6.1 for all of them .  
Also this is the log :

> {"type":"error","@timestamp":"2018-02-01T23:07:56Z","tags":,"pid":8283,"level":"error","error":{"message":"json argument must contain a watchStatusJson property","name":"Error","stack":"Error: json argument must contain a watchStatusJson property\n at Function.getPropsFromUpstreamJson (/usr/share/kibana/plugins/x-pack/plugins/watcher/server/models/watch/base\_watch.js:90:13)\n at Function.fromUpstreamJson (/usr/share/kibana/plugins/x-pack/plugins/watcher/server/models/watch/monitoring\_watch.js:51:13)\n at Function.fromUpstreamJson (/usr/share/kibana/plugins/x-pack/plugins/watcher/server/models/watch/watch.js:41:22)\n at hits.map.hit (/usr/share/kibana/plugins/x-pack/plugins/watcher/server/routes/api/watches/register\_list\_route.js:41:24)\n at Array.map (native)\n at fetchWatches.then.hits (/usr/share/kibana/plugins/x-pack/plugins/watcher/server/routes/api/watches/register\_list\_route.js:36:30)\n at bound (domain.js:280:14)\n at runBound (domain.js:293:12)\n at tryCatcher (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/bluebird/js/main/util.js:26:23)\n at Promise.\_settlePromiseFromHandler (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/bluebird/js/main/promise.js:503:31)\n at Promise.\_settlePromiseAt (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/bluebird/js/main/promise.js:577:18)\n at Async.\_drainQueue (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/bluebird/js/main/async.js:128:12)\n at Async.\_drainQueues (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/bluebird/js/main/async.js:133:10)\n at Immediate.Async.drainQueues (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/bluebird/js/main/async.js:15:14)\n at runCallback (timers.js:672:20)\n at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:645:5)\n at processImmediate [as \_immediateCallback] (timers.js:617:5)"},"url":{"protocol":null,"slashes":null,"auth":null,"host":null,"port":null,"hostname":null,"hash":null,"search":"","query":{},"pathname":"/api/watcher/watches","path":"/api/watcher/watches","href":"/api/watcher/watches"},"message":"json argument must contain a watchStatusJson property"}

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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: [March 1, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-access-watcher/118120/4 "2018-03-01T23:18:36Z")

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