I have a discover session that I am trying share, I have the time picker set to a relative option (1 hour), yet when I try and share the view, it’s saying it will share it using the current time (it’s specifying the start and end time) and says to to use a relative time range in the picker first. Anyone know how to resolve this. Oh, I’m using v9.2.3. If I then follow the link it will view the session with the specified start and end time, not the 1 hour relative timeframe.
stephenb
January 30, 2026, 2:53am
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Hi @mcdaidh Welcome to the community...
Huh, I see the same things, not what I expected, let me look....
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stephenb
January 30, 2026, 3:13pm
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Hi @mcdaidh
This is a known bug and it was fixed. The fix was backported to 9.2.4 and 8.19.10
main ← angeles-mb:246977-fix-share-modal-time-range-selection
opened 09:21AM - 13 Jan 26 UTC
Closes https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/246977
## Summary
- This P… R fixes 3 issues in share modal:
1. Relative to absolute time range toggle never showing up
2. Callout to use a relative time range always showing up
3. Anywhere but dashboards: short URL generated not honoring the time range indicator selected (always shared as absolute)
- Added test cases to avoid this from happening in the future
### Testing
Manually tested both in Discover and Dashboards that all UI elements are shown as expected and the following use cases:
- Set a rel time range, copy URL, verify object is shared with relative time range
- Set a rel time range, toggle to abs, copy URL, verify object is shared with absolute time range
- Set an abs time range, copy URL, verify object is shared with absolute time range
- Set a mixed rel and abs time range, copy URL, verify object is shared with mixed relative and absolute time range
- Set a mixed rel and abs time range, copy URL, toggle to abs, verify object is shared with absolute time range
Discover with rel time range selected:
<img width="410" height="280" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-13 at 10 02 00" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fbc07552-1764-4c96-8bbf-181d7e8d2635" />
Discover with abs time range selected:
<img width="400" height="285" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-13 at 10 01 41" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8095e8ac-6c46-460b-94cd-810f9398e391" />
Dashboards with rel time range selected:
<img width="400" height="370" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-13 at 10 00 58" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/887c585e-8d12-49be-955c-eba4c8921d1e" />
Dashboards with abs time range selected:
<img width="400" height="400" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-13 at 10 00 29" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a6a4b1df-5312-4322-883e-cc74f7bc5865" />
## Release Notes
Fixes an issue with share modal where all time ranges were being shared as absolute.
I'll upgrade you should to and give it a try
@stephenb , thanks for the information. I’ll look into performing an upgrade.
stephenb
January 30, 2026, 5:19pm
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@mcdaidh
Update looks like it missed
9.2.4 and 8.19.10
Looks like it will be
9.2.5 and 8.19.11
