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Summary

Fixes #242943
Looks like this bug has been around so backporting the fix to the appropriate branches.
This PR sets empty string '' values for string fields in the form back to null when they are deleted from the form. Api will error when sending empty string values otherwise.

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@alvarezmelissa87 alvarezmelissa87 added Feature:Inference UI ML Inference endpoints UI and AI connector v9.3.0 Feature: AI Infra Relating to the AI Assistant flow and any work impacting/involving the AI/Inference Connector v8.19.8 v9.2.2 v9.1.8 labels Nov 24, 2025
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@alvarezmelissa87 alvarezmelissa87 merged commit be957d3 into elastic:main Nov 25, 2025
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Starting backport for target branches: 8.19, 9.1, 9.2

https://github.com/elastic/kibana/actions/runs/19680997399

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alvarezmelissa87 added a commit to alvarezmelissa87/kibana that referenced this pull request Nov 25, 2025
…eleted text in form is not sent as empty string (elastic#244059)

## Summary

Fixes elastic#242943
Looks like this bug has been around so backporting the fix to the
appropriate branches.
This PR sets empty string '' values for string fields in the form back
to null when they are deleted from the form. Api will error when sending
empty string values otherwise.

Before:

<img width="825" height="345" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/95b47dfa-dd6d-4443-a8d2-ddf5e634d752"
/>

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alvarezmelissa87 added a commit to alvarezmelissa87/kibana that referenced this pull request Nov 25, 2025
…eleted text in form is not sent as empty string (elastic#244059)

## Summary

Fixes elastic#242943
Looks like this bug has been around so backporting the fix to the
appropriate branches.
This PR sets empty string '' values for string fields in the form back
to null when they are deleted from the form. Api will error when sending
empty string values otherwise.

Before:

<img width="825" height="345" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/95b47dfa-dd6d-4443-a8d2-ddf5e634d752"
/>

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alvarezmelissa87 added a commit to alvarezmelissa87/kibana that referenced this pull request Nov 25, 2025
…eleted text in form is not sent as empty string (elastic#244059)

## Summary

Fixes elastic#242943
Looks like this bug has been around so backporting the fix to the
appropriate branches.
This PR sets empty string '' values for string fields in the form back
to null when they are deleted from the form. Api will error when sending
empty string values otherwise.

Before:

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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/95b47dfa-dd6d-4443-a8d2-ddf5e634d752"
/>

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peteharverson pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 26, 2025
…sure deleted text in form is not sent as empty string (#244059) (#244235)

# Backport

This will backport the following commits from `main` to `9.2`:
- [[ML] Inference/AI Connector and Inference endpoint creation: ensure
deleted text in form is not sent as empty string
(#244059)](#244059)

<!--- Backport version: 10.2.0 -->

### Questions ?
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peteharverson pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 26, 2025
…sure deleted text in form is not sent as empty string (#244059) (#244236)

# Backport

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- [[ML] Inference/AI Connector and Inference endpoint creation: ensure
deleted text in form is not sent as empty string
(#244059)](#244059)

<!--- Backport version: 10.2.0 -->

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peteharverson pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 26, 2025
…nsure deleted text in form is not sent as empty string (#244059) (#244237)

# Backport

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eokoneyo pushed a commit to eokoneyo/kibana that referenced this pull request Dec 2, 2025
…eleted text in form is not sent as empty string (elastic#244059)

## Summary

Fixes elastic#242943
Looks like this bug has been around so backporting the fix to the
appropriate branches.
This PR sets empty string '' values for string fields in the form back
to null when they are deleted from the form. Api will error when sending
empty string values otherwise.

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JordanSh pushed a commit to JordanSh/kibana that referenced this pull request Dec 9, 2025
…eleted text in form is not sent as empty string (elastic#244059)

## Summary

Fixes elastic#242943
Looks like this bug has been around so backporting the fix to the
appropriate branches.
This PR sets empty string '' values for string fields in the form back
to null when they are deleted from the form. Api will error when sending
empty string values otherwise.

Before:

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/>

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@peteharverson peteharverson changed the title [ML] Inference/AI Connector and Inference endpoint creation: ensure deleted text in form is not sent as empty string Dec 16, 2025
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