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Watcher: Support for Keystore Variables in Watch Definitions

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console_fulcrum (console_fulcrum) October 3, 2025, 4:52am 3

Hi @dakrone , sure will do.

On the side, could you help me by confirming that

We cannot as of today use the Elasticsearch Keystore - to store custom secrets, so it can be viewed as encrypted in the Watcher UI as well?
Thank you.

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