In Kibana go to Stack management > Security > API keys. Type into search some letters or a word for an API key name. Nothing is returned, even if the API key names include letters or words you typed. If you type the whole name of the apikey exactly then that API key is filtered. This was not the…

@Dave_Houser Uhhh What version do you see this? :slight_smile:

I am sure it is a bug 8.19.7 Works [Screenshot 2025-12-16 at 8.37.06 AM] You don't have the filter on right?

I'm on 8.19.2 and have a similar behavior. I need to use a wildcard. For example, if I have an API Key named Secops Automation API and type Secops only, nothing will be returned, but if I use Secops*, then it will show up.

So that narrows it down... fix is somewhere between 8.19.3 and 8.19.7 Asssuming what you see @leandrojmp on my screen shot solves the issue I don't have spaces in mine I could try that but you see it finding otel in the middle of names

Spaces / Case Insensitive seems to work [Screenshot 2025-12-16 at 8.40.50 AM]

I upgraded to 8.19.5, the problem is gone and it works as 8.13 worked. Thanks everyone for the recommendations.

Kibana - API key search results broken

Elastic Stack Kibana

leandrojmp (Leandro Pereira) December 16, 2025, 4:43pm 8

I think it was added here: Adding API Key Wildcard Search by Eamonn-OL · Pull Request #221959 · elastic/kibana · GitHub

On versions: 8.18.8, 8.19.5, 9.0.8, 9.1.6, 9.2.0

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Kibana - API key search results broken

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