diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/migrations/synthetics/to_v8_8_0.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/migrations/synthetics/to_v8_8_0.test.ts
index 23d7462872c39..6bd316095c5fd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/migrations/synthetics/to_v8_8_0.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/migrations/synthetics/to_v8_8_0.test.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe('8.8.0 Synthetics Package Policy migration', () => {
   });
 
   describe('throttling migration', () => {
-    it('handles throtling config for throttling: false', () => {
+    it('handles throttling config for throttling: false', () => {
       const actual = migration(getBrowserPolicy('false'), {} as SavedObjectMigrationContext);
       expect(actual.attributes?.inputs[3]?.streams[0]?.vars?.['throttling.config']?.value).toEqual(
         'false'
@@ -164,4 +164,16 @@ describe('8.8.0 Synthetics Package Policy migration', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('location id migration', () => {
+    it('set run from id as agent policy id', () => {
+      const actual = migration(httpPolicy, {} as SavedObjectMigrationContext);
+      expect(actual.attributes?.inputs[0]?.streams[0]?.vars?.location_id?.value).toEqual(
+        'fa2e69b0-dec6-11ed-8746-c5b1a1a12ec1'
+      );
+      expect(actual.attributes?.inputs[0]?.streams[0]?.compiled_stream?.location_id).toEqual(
+        'fa2e69b0-dec6-11ed-8746-c5b1a1a12ec1'
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/migrations/synthetics/to_v8_8_0.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/migrations/synthetics/to_v8_8_0.ts
index 872313471ae9b..26a94d7865af7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/migrations/synthetics/to_v8_8_0.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/migrations/synthetics/to_v8_8_0.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,15 @@ export const ALLOWED_SCHEDULES_IN_MINUTES = [
 export const migratePackagePolicyToV880: SavedObjectMigrationFn<PackagePolicy, PackagePolicy> = (
   packagePolicyDoc
 ) => {
-  if (packagePolicyDoc.attributes.package?.name !== 'synthetics') {
+  if (
+    packagePolicyDoc.attributes.package?.name !== 'synthetics' ||
+    !packagePolicyDoc.attributes.is_managed
+  ) {
     return packagePolicyDoc;
   }
 
+  const agentPolicyId = packagePolicyDoc.attributes.policy_id;
+
   const updatedPackagePolicyDoc: SavedObjectUnsanitizedDoc<PackagePolicy> = packagePolicyDoc;
 
   const enabledInput = updatedPackagePolicyDoc.attributes.inputs.find(
@@ -66,6 +71,12 @@ export const migratePackagePolicyToV880: SavedObjectMigrationFn<PackagePolicy, P
     }
   }
 
+  // set location_id.id to agentPolicyId
+  if (enabledStream.vars) {
+    enabledStream.vars.location_id = { value: agentPolicyId, type: 'text' };
+    enabledStream.compiled_stream.location_id = agentPolicyId;
+  }
+
   return updatedPackagePolicyDoc;
 };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/formatters/format_synthetics_policy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/formatters/format_synthetics_policy.ts
index 1a9eedd6acf2a..76a050bd99956 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/formatters/format_synthetics_policy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/formatters/format_synthetics_policy.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export const formatSyntheticsPolicy = (
   config: Partial<
     MonitorFields & {
       location_name: string;
+      location_id: string;
       'monitor.project.name': string;
       'monitor.project.id': string;
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/runtime_types/ping/observer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/runtime_types/ping/observer.ts
index 46aca34753cbb..67635c9fe9a8b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/runtime_types/ping/observer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/runtime_types/ping/observer.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const ObserverCodec = t.partial({
   hostname: t.string,
   ip: t.array(t.string),
   mac: t.array(t.string),
+  name: t.union([t.string, t.undefined]),
   geo: t.partial({
     name: t.string,
     continent_name: t.string,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/server/synthetics_service/private_location/synthetics_private_location.ts b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/server/synthetics_service/private_location/synthetics_private_location.ts
index 51545433b9450..5adbc2b88d1b3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/server/synthetics_service/private_location/synthetics_private_location.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/server/synthetics_service/private_location/synthetics_private_location.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export class SyntheticsPrivateLocation {
           ...(config as Partial<MonitorFields>),
           config_id: config.fields?.config_id,
           location_name: privateLocation.label,
+          location_id: privateLocation.id,
           'monitor.project.id': config.fields?.['monitor.project.name'],
           'monitor.project.name': config.fields?.['monitor.project.name'],
         },