Resolve a saved object

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

GET /api/saved_objects/resolve/{type}/{id}

Auth Deprecated

Warning

This API is deprecated. This is a legacy Saved Objects API and may be removed in a future version of Kibana.

Retrieve a single Kibana saved object by ID, using any legacy URL alias if it exists.

Under certain circumstances, when Kibana is upgraded, saved object migrations may necessitate regenerating some object IDs to enable new features. When an object's ID is regenerated, a legacy URL alias is created for that object, preserving its old ID. In such a scenario, that object can be retrieved with the resolve API using either its new ID or its old ID.

Path parameters

type string · max length: 256 required: The saved object type.
id string · max length: 512 required: The saved object identifier.

Responses

200

A resolve response.

application/json

400

A bad request.

application/json

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Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET kbn://api/saved_objects/resolve/dashboard/legacy-id

curl Shell

curl \
  -X GET "${KIBANA_URL}/api/saved_objects/resolve/dashboard/legacy-id" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

Response

{
  "alias_target_id": "example-dashboard-2",
  "outcome": "aliasMatch",
  "saved_object": {
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Example dashboard 2"
    },
    "id": "example-dashboard-2",
    "managed": false,
    "namespaces": [
      "default"
    ],
    "references": [],
    "type": "dashboard",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-17T12:00:00.000Z",
    "version": "WzEsMl0="
  }
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "Unsupported saved object type(s): unknownType",
  "statusCode": 400
}