diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/jira/service.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/jira/service.ts
index 1deb19e9d52ea..a3262a526e2f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/jira/service.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/jira/service.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
 } from './types';
 
 import * as i18n from './translations';
-import { request, getErrorMessage, throwIfRequestIsNotValid } from '../lib/axios_utils';
+import { request, getErrorMessage, throwIfResponseIsNotValid } from '../lib/axios_utils';
 import { ActionsConfigurationUtilities } from '../../actions_config';
 
 const VERSION = '2';
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
         requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['id', 'key'],
       });
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
         requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['id'],
       });
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
       });
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
         requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['id', 'created'],
       });
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
         requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['capabilities'],
       });
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
           configurationUtilities,
         });
 
-        throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+        throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
           res,
         });
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
           configurationUtilities,
         });
 
-        throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+        throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
           res,
         });
 
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
           configurationUtilities,
         });
 
-        throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+        throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
           res,
         });
 
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
           configurationUtilities,
         });
 
-        throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+        throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
           res,
         });
 
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
       });
 
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
       });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/lib/axios_utils.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/lib/axios_utils.test.ts
index 1953f99bba21b..d0177e0e5a8a2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/lib/axios_utils.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/lib/axios_utils.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   request,
   patch,
   getErrorMessage,
-  throwIfRequestIsNotValid,
+  throwIfResponseIsNotValid,
   createAxiosResponse,
 } from './axios_utils';
 import { loggingSystemMock } from '../../../../../../src/core/server/mocks';
@@ -300,19 +300,19 @@ describe('getErrorMessage', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('throwIfRequestIsNotValid', () => {
+describe('throwIfResponseIsNotValid', () => {
   const res = createAxiosResponse({
     headers: { ['content-type']: 'application/json' },
     data: { incident: { id: '1' } },
   });
 
   test('it does NOT throw if the request is valid', () => {
-    expect(() => throwIfRequestIsNotValid({ res })).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => throwIfResponseIsNotValid({ res })).not.toThrow();
   });
 
   test('it does throw if the content-type is not json', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res: { ...res, headers: { ['content-type']: 'text/html' } },
       })
     ).toThrow(
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ describe('throwIfRequestIsNotValid', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  test('it does throw if the content-type is defined', () => {
+  test('it does throw if the content-type is undefined', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res: { ...res, headers: {} },
       })
     ).toThrow(
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ describe('throwIfRequestIsNotValid', () => {
 
   test('it does throw if the data is not an object or array', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res: { ...res, data: 'string' },
       })
     ).toThrow('Response is not a valid JSON');
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ describe('throwIfRequestIsNotValid', () => {
 
   test('it does NOT throw if the data is an array', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res: { ...res, data: ['test'] },
       })
     ).not.toThrow();
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ describe('throwIfRequestIsNotValid', () => {
 
   test.each(['', [], {}])('it does NOT throw if the data is %p', (data) => {
     expect(() =>
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res: { ...res, data },
       })
     ).not.toThrow();
@@ -356,22 +356,22 @@ describe('throwIfRequestIsNotValid', () => {
 
   test('it does throw if the required attribute is not in the response', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({ res, requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['not-exist'] })
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({ res, requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['not-exist'] })
     ).toThrow('Response is missing at least one of the expected fields: not-exist');
   });
 
-  test('it does NOT throw if the required attribute is not in the response and the data are an array', () => {
+  test('it does throw if the required attribute are defined and the data is an array', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res: { ...res, data: ['test'] },
         requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['not-exist'],
       })
-    ).not.toThrow();
+    ).toThrow('Response is missing at least one of the expected fields: not-exist');
   });
 
   test('it does NOT throw if the value of the required attribute is null', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res: { ...res, data: { id: null } },
         requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['id'],
       })
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/lib/axios_utils.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/lib/axios_utils.ts
index 13c5732b73b3d..43c9d276e6574 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/lib/axios_utils.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/lib/axios_utils.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export const getErrorMessage = (connector: string, msg: string) => {
   return `[Action][${connector}]: ${msg}`;
 };
 
-export const throwIfRequestIsNotValid = ({
+export const throwIfResponseIsNotValid = ({
   res,
   requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse = [],
 }: {
@@ -110,19 +110,27 @@ export const throwIfRequestIsNotValid = ({
     throw new Error('Response is not a valid JSON');
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Check for required attributes only if provided and
-   * data is an object and not an array
-   */
-  if (requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse.length > 0 && !Array.isArray(data)) {
+  if (requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse.length > 0) {
+    const requiredAttributesError = new Error(
+      `Response is missing at least one of the expected fields: ${requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse.join(
+        ','
+      )}`
+    );
+
+    /**
+     * If the response is an array and requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse
+     * are not empty then we thrown an error assuming that the consumer
+     * expects an object response and not an array.
+     */
+
+    if (Array.isArray(data)) {
+      throw requiredAttributesError;
+    }
+
     requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse.forEach((attr) => {
       // Check only for undefined as null is a valid value
       if (data[attr] === undefined) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Response is missing at least one of the expected fields: ${requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse.join(
-            ','
-          )}`
-        );
+        throw requiredAttributesError;
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/resilient/service.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/resilient/service.ts
index b3d1eaf18dcef..a469c631fac37 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/resilient/service.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/resilient/service.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 } from './types';
 
 import * as i18n from './translations';
-import { getErrorMessage, request, throwIfRequestIsNotValid } from '../lib/axios_utils';
+import { getErrorMessage, request, throwIfResponseIsNotValid } from '../lib/axios_utils';
 import { ActionsConfigurationUtilities } from '../../actions_config';
 
 const VIEW_INCIDENT_URL = `#incidents`;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
       });
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
         requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['id', 'create_date'],
       });
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
       });
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
       });
 
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
       });
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
       });
 
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         configurationUtilities,
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
       });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/swimlane/service.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/swimlane/service.ts
index 7f7d57c73a84c..d917d7f5677bb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/swimlane/service.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/builtin_action_types/swimlane/service.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Logger } from '@kbn/logging';
 import axios from 'axios';
 
 import { ActionsConfigurationUtilities } from '../../actions_config';
-import { getErrorMessage, request, throwIfRequestIsNotValid } from '../lib/axios_utils';
+import { getErrorMessage, request, throwIfResponseIsNotValid } from '../lib/axios_utils';
 import { getBodyForEventAction } from './helpers';
 import {
   CreateCommentParams,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         url: getPostRecordUrl(appId),
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
         requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['id', 'name', 'createdDate'],
       });
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export const createExternalService = (
         url: getPostRecordIdUrl(appId, params.incidentId),
       });
 
-      throwIfRequestIsNotValid({
+      throwIfResponseIsNotValid({
         res,
         requiredAttributesToBeInTheResponse: ['id', 'name', 'modifiedDate'],
       });