# Unable to edit synthetic monitors because of limited privilege

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-edit-synthetic-monitors-because-of-limited-privilege/325384>\
**Category:** Synthetics\
**Created:** [February 13, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-edit-synthetic-monitors-because-of-limited-privilege/325384 "2023-02-13T13:20:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![shinki927](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shinki927/32/116330_2.png) [@shinki927](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shinki927)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-edit-synthetic-monitors-because-of-limited-privilege/325384/1 "2023-02-13T13:20:53Z")

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Hello,

I would like to figure out which privilege is necessary to fully access the monitor management in Uptime. We grant the following privilege according to Elastic doc:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/e/2e89fc0ecc20535c52ff36b038bf9f8891f7c1d9.png)

Our user is able to create and delete monitors but unable to edit the monitor, below is the error message:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/2/221a4c9c6349bc144b08d26a9332779465f93e04.png)

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-edit-synthetic-monitors-because-of-limited-privilege/325384/2 "2023-02-13T15:30:42Z")

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Hi @shinki927, just a heads up that I've changed your topic to Uptime to better fit your question.

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**Author:** ![emilioalvap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emilioalvap/32/99310_2.png) [@emilioalvap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilioalvap)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-edit-synthetic-monitors-because-of-limited-privilege/325384/3 "2023-02-14T19:32:00Z")

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Hi @shinki927,

Thanks for letting us know about this problem, we'll try to help you through.

We've found that documentation is not up to date, `synthetics-*: read` and Kibana privileges are also required, but that shouldn't be the problem in this case.  
The list of privileges we provided are required for administrators to enable Monitor Management cluster-wide, it's not the list of permissions for users to use Uptime App.

Could you give us more detail on where the error is happening? Knowing these things will help:

- Kibana version you're on,
- Cloud or on-prem instance,
- Role privileges that are given to the user (might help replicate),
- What type of monitors fail (http, browser, etc.)
- What type of locations are those monitors run on, cloud or private locations?
- Would you have access to Kibana logs to see the error on the server side?

Please remember to remove any sensitive information before sharing it in this thread.

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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 14, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-edit-synthetic-monitors-because-of-limited-privilege/325384/4 "2023-03-14T19:32:17Z")

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