# Timestamp disabled in Kibana Alert and Actions after 7.9.0 update

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-disabled-in-kibana-alert-and-actions-after-7-9-0-update/245900>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [August 21, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-disabled-in-kibana-alert-and-actions-after-7-9-0-update/245900 "2020-08-21T10:07:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![msszafar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@msszafar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/msszafar)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-disabled-in-kibana-alert-and-actions-after-7-9-0-update/245900/1 "2020-08-21T10:07:23Z")

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Hi,

Elasticstack is latest 7.9.0. Before update, we were able to save timestamp when alert was getting triggered but now it's disable. we are unable to save timestamp in alert content being saved on index.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/f/cf34562008e1ad3549cf91730e8fec3d46818053.png)

Highlighted area is disable. When an alert condition meet the criteria and it save the details on index, timestamp is missing. How can we add timestamp with alert document if this feature remains disable.

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**Author:** ![corey.robertson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/corey.robertson/32/54611_2.png) [@corey.robertson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/corey.robertson)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-disabled-in-kibana-alert-and-actions-after-7-9-0-update/245900/2 "2020-08-21T14:28:21Z")

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Hi @msszafar

I'm having trouble reproducing this issue, and don't see anything that would cause that drop down to be disabled. Do you happen to see any errors in your browser console when going to edit this connector?

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**Author:** ![msszafar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@msszafar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/msszafar)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-disabled-in-kibana-alert-and-actions-after-7-9-0-update/245900/3 "2020-08-24T05:20:50Z")

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Hi @corey.robertson,

I am having issue with previously created connector and newly created connector too. Timestamp is disable. It doesn't show any error on Kibana UI. Sceenshots showing the state of connectors as:

**Was previously created connector**

 ![TimeField_Disabled](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/f/7fa445f84e401b55aa5e7ea7ed9ed011826a4d91.png)

**Creating new connector now**

 ![Creating_New_AlertConenctor_Timestamp_Still_Disabled](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/0/90eac06f28a14a54edfe0a075885a19ffe867af5.png)

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**Author:** ![msszafar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@msszafar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/msszafar)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-disabled-in-kibana-alert-and-actions-after-7-9-0-update/245900/4 "2020-08-24T07:43:30Z")

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Hi Sir @corey.robertson,

Issue has been resolved. @timestamp field was disabled because timestamp was not defined in the index. In connector, timestamp means it says hey please tell me what field type **time** do you have or which time do you want to display in alert json document.

First I defined field of type **time** on my index, then connector displayed me that field here.

Thank you for your help and cooperation.

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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:** [September 21, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-disabled-in-kibana-alert-and-actions-after-7-9-0-update/245900/5 "2020-09-21T07:43:36Z")

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