Kibana breaking changes

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This list summarizes the most important breaking changes in Kibana 8.8.2. For the complete list, go to Kibana breaking changes.

Removes legacy project monitor API

Details
The project monitor API for Synthetics in Elastic Observability has been removed. For more information, refer to #155470.

Impact
In 8.8.0 and later, an error appears when you use the project monitor API.

Changes the privileges for alerts and cases

Details
The privileges for attaching alerts to cases has changed. For more information, refer to #147985.

Impact
To attach alerts to cases, you must have Read access to an Observability or Security feature that has alerts and All access to the Cases feature. For detailed information, check Kibana privileges and Configure access to cases.

New alerts will be generated for Synthetics monitors

Details
All monitor status alerts for the Synthetics app that are active at the time of upgrading will be resolved. New alerts will be created automatically. Refer to #157234.

New Synthetics errors for monitors running on private locations

Details
All Synthetics errors that are in progress for private locations at the time the stack is upgrading will be resolved. A new error state will take its place. Refer to #156324.