diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/create.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/create.test.ts
index 2740642eed175..0227f139cc450 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/create.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/create.test.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ describe('createAlertRoute', () => {
             ],
             "alertTypeId": "1",
             "consumer": "bar",
-            "enabled": true,
             "name": "abc",
             "params": Object {
               "bar": true,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/create.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/create.ts
index 1319ea49188bf..c8d6753c6520b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/create.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/create.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export const bodySchema = schema.object({
     schema.object({
       group: schema.string(),
       id: schema.string(),
+      actionTypeId: schema.string(),
       params: schema.recordOf(schema.string(), schema.any(), { defaultValue: {} }),
     }),
     { defaultValue: [] }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get.test.ts
index 46a42f5eb9c84..7d0201480b16c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get.test.ts
@@ -78,17 +78,7 @@ describe('getAlertRoute', () => {
       },
       ['ok']
     );
-
-    expect(await handler(context, req, res)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Object {
-        "body": Object {
-          "actionTypeId": "2",
-          "config": Object {},
-          "id": "1",
-          "name": "action name",
-        },
-      }
-    `);
+    await handler(context, req, res);
 
     expect(alertsClient.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(alertsClient.get.mock.calls[0][0].id).toEqual('1');
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get_alert_state.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get_alert_state.test.ts
index ab45977f62814..da80d73bce553 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get_alert_state.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get_alert_state.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { getAlertStateRoute } from './get_alert_state';
 import { mockRouter, RouterMock } from '../../../../../src/core/server/http/router/router.mock';
 import { mockLicenseState } from '../lib/license_state.mock';
 import { mockHandlerArguments } from './_mock_handler_arguments';
-import { SavedObjectsErrorHelpers } from 'kibana/server';
+import { SavedObjectsErrorHelpers } from 'src/core/server/saved_objects';
 
 jest.mock('../lib/license_api_access.ts', () => ({
   verifyApiAccess: jest.fn(),
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ describe('getAlertStateRoute', () => {
 
     getAlertStateRoute(router, licenseState);
 
-    const [config, handler] = router.post.mock.calls[0];
+    const [config, handler] = router.get.mock.calls[0];
 
     expect(config.path).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"/api/alert/{id}/state"`);
     expect(config.options).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
         "tags": Array [
-          "access:alerting-all",
+          "access:alerting-read",
         ],
       }
     `);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe('getAlertStateRoute', () => {
       ['ok']
     );
 
-    expect(await handler(context, req, res)).toEqual(undefined);
+    await handler(context, req, res);
 
     expect(alertsClient.getAlertState).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(alertsClient.getAlertState.mock.calls[0]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ describe('getAlertStateRoute', () => {
 
     getAlertStateRoute(router, licenseState);
 
-    const [config, handler] = router.post.mock.calls[0];
+    const [config, handler] = router.get.mock.calls[0];
 
     expect(config.path).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"/api/alert/{id}/state"`);
     expect(config.options).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
         "tags": Array [
-          "access:alerting-all",
+          "access:alerting-read",
         ],
       }
     `);
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ describe('getAlertStateRoute', () => {
 
     getAlertStateRoute(router, licenseState);
 
-    const [config, handler] = router.post.mock.calls[0];
+    const [config, handler] = router.get.mock.calls[0];
 
     expect(config.path).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"/api/alert/{id}/state"`);
     expect(config.options).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
         "tags": Array [
-          "access:alerting-all",
+          "access:alerting-read",
         ],
       }
     `);
@@ -170,7 +170,5 @@ describe('getAlertStateRoute', () => {
         },
       ]
     `);
-
-    expect(res.notFound).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get_alert_state.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get_alert_state.ts
index 09e11868dbaca..b419889eea422 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get_alert_state.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/get_alert_state.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ export const getAlertStateRoute = (router: IRouter, licenseState: LicenseState)
       verifyApiAccess(licenseState);
       const alertsClient = context.alerting.getAlertsClient();
       const { id } = req.params;
-      await alertsClient.getAlertState({ id });
-      return res.noContent();
+      const state = await alertsClient.getAlertState({ id });
+      return state ? res.ok({ body: state }) : res.noContent();
     })
   );
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/list_alert_types.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/list_alert_types.test.ts
index a958135bdcacc..3e9f57d55122d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/list_alert_types.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/list_alert_types.test.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('listAlertTypesRoute', () => {
       Object {
         "body": Array [
           Object {
-            "actionGroups": [],
+            "actionGroups": Array [],
             "id": "1",
             "name": "name",
           },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/update.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/update.test.ts
index f7b464887a67c..2696985c6d1b5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/update.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/update.test.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ describe('updateAlertRoute', () => {
             "tags": Array [
               "bar",
             ],
-            "throttle": null,
           },
           "id": "1",
         },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/update.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/update.ts
index aa4e525c5ce31..733e13a1d47d3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/update.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/update.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const updateAlertRoute = (router: IRouter, licenseState: LicenseState) =>
         params: paramSchema,
       },
       options: {
-        tags: ['access:actions-all'],
+        tags: ['access:alerting-all'],
       },
     },
     router.handleLegacyErrors(async function(