Kibana 7.0.0 URL field formatter doesn't render relative hyperlinks properly

[dougburks]

Kibana version:
Kibana 7.0.0 through Kibana 7.5.0

Elasticsearch version:
Elasticsearch 7.0.0 through Elasticsearch 7.5.0

Server OS version:
Ubuntu 16.04

Browser version:
Chromium 73

Browser OS version:
Ubuntu 16.04

Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, from source, etc.):
Docker

Describe the bug:
In Kibana 6.5.4, I can set a URL field formatter on an IP field using a relative hyperlink (no https://servername at the beginning) and it will render the hyperlink properly.

In Kibana 7.0.0 and higher, the same relative hyperlink on an IP field does not render properly. Further testing reveals that relative hyperlinks on string fields do render properly.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Set a URL field formatter on an IP field to a relative hyperlink. For example: /RelativeHyperlink
2. View the resulting formatted IP field on a dashboard.
3. The field will not be hyperlinked and thus not clickable.

Expected behavior:
Kibana 7.0.0 and higher should render the hyperlink properly as previous versions of Kibana did.

Screenshots (if relevant):
Here's a screenshot of Kibana 6.5.4 rendering relative hyperlinks properly:

Here's a screenshot of Kibana 7.0.0 rendering those same relative hyperlinks incorrectly:

Errors in browser console (if relevant):

Provide logs and/or server output (if relevant):

Any additional context:

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-app-arch

[dougburks]

Hi @lukeelmers ,

Thanks for adding the labels. I see that elasticmachine pinged the kibana-app-arch team, but if I click on that link (https://github.com/orgs/elastic/teams/kibana-app-arch), I get Page not found, so does that team no longer exist?

Please let me know if I can provide any more information to get this issue resolved.

Thanks!

[lukeelmers]

Thanks @dougburks! Don’t worry, the ping went to the right team :) I’m guessing the team page is private to the elastic org maybe?

We are going to take a look at and will follow up with any questions for you.

[dougburks]

Thanks for confirming @lukeelmers !

After more testing, it seems like this issue happens on fields of type IP, but not on fields of type string. I've updated the initial description to reflect this.

I've also been trying to pinpoint where in the source this URL formatting happens, but I'm not familiar with the Kibana codebase. It looks like in 6.5.4, the relevant file for URL formatting is src/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/url.js but that file was moved in 7.0.0 to src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/url.js.

Am I on the right track?

[dougburks]

I just tested Kibana 7.0.1 and this is still an issue:

Any chance of this getting resolved in 7.0.2?

Thanks!

[robcowart]

What I have found is that doesn't matter if it is an IP or a string. The issue occurs with both.

From my testing it occurs when a relative path URL is used.

For example the following relative URL worked in all 6.x versions through 6.6.2 (I didn't test later versions), but has problems with 7.x versions...

kibana#/dashboard/402b3910-068d-11e8-b8c9-63672ef3f062?_g=(filters:!(('$state':(store:globalState),meta:(alias:!n,disabled:!f,index:'logs-conn-*',key:conn.client_hostname,negate:!f,params:(query:'{{value}}',type:phrase),type:phrase,value:'{{value}}'),query:(match:(conn.client_hostname:(query:'{{value}}',type:phrase))))))

However when the full URL including domain is used, it works.

http://www.domain.name/app/kibana#/dashboard/402b3910-068d-11e8-b8c9-63672ef3f062?_g=(filters:!(('$state':(store:globalState),meta:(alias:!n,disabled:!f,index:'logs-conn-*',key:conn.client_hostname,negate:!f,params:(query:'{{value}}',type:phrase),type:phrase,value:'{{value}}'),query:(match:(conn.client_hostname:(query:'{{value}}',type:phrase))))))

Unfortunately adding the full URL as a workaround doesn't really work. Some users connect with only the IP address of the Kibana server, and other the full URL, which would be problematic. Also this would prevent the index pattern from being exported from one environment and imported into another (the server/domain name portion of the URL would be wrong in other environments).

What I also noticed is that not everything is affected. The field formatter configuration page, and the table visualization have the problem. However, viewing the field in Explorer (or a saved search) does not.

Table Visualization:

Saved search:

[dougburks]

Just tested Kibana 7.2.0 and confirmed this is still an issue. Is there any other information I can provide to help with getting this issue resolved?

[bicaluv]

I would like to upvote the issue.
We have a string field with url format and it worked till 6.7.1 and is now broken using 7.1.1

[dougburks]

Just tested Kibana 7.3.1 and confirmed this is still an issue. Is there any other information I can provide to help with getting this issue resolved?

[bicaluv]

Looks like that our problem is not important enough to get fixed :-(