diff --git a/api/v1/const.go b/api/v1/const.go
index ea5b3389..85f71c29 100644
--- a/api/v1/const.go
+++ b/api/v1/const.go
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ var (
 	Delete ChangeAction = "delete"
 	Ignore ChangeAction = "ignore"
 )
+
+const ChangeTypeDiff = "diff"
diff --git a/db/update.go b/db/update.go
index 1ba47e17..3ae3f1f2 100644
--- a/db/update.go
+++ b/db/update.go
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func extractChanges(ctx api.ScrapeContext, result *v1.ScrapeResult, ci *models.C
 			}
 		}
 
-		if change.Severity == "" && change.ChangeType != "diff" {
+		if change.Severity == "" && change.ChangeType != v1.ChangeTypeDiff {
 			change.Severity = events.GetSeverity(change.ChangeType)
 		}
 
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ func updateLastScrapedTime(ctx api.ScrapeContext, ids []string) error {
 // given 2 config items and returns a ConfigChange object if there are any changes.
 func generateConfigChange(ctx api.ScrapeContext, newConf, prev models.ConfigItem) (*v1.ChangeResult, error) {
 	if changeTypExclusion, ok := lo.FromPtr(newConf.Labels)[v1.AnnotationIgnoreChangeByType]; ok {
-		if collections.MatchItems("diff", strings.Split(changeTypExclusion, ",")...) {
+		if collections.MatchItems(v1.ChangeTypeDiff, strings.Split(changeTypExclusion, ",")...) {
 			if ctx.PropertyOn(false, "log.exclusions") {
 				ctx.Logger.V(4).Infof("excluding diff change for config(%s) with annotation (%s)", newConf, changeTypExclusion)
 			}
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ func generateConfigChange(ctx api.ScrapeContext, newConf, prev models.ConfigItem
 
 	return &v1.ChangeResult{
 		ConfigType: newConf.Type,
-		ChangeType: "diff",
+		ChangeType: v1.ChangeTypeDiff,
 		ExternalID: newConf.ExternalID[0],
 		Diff:       &diff,
 		Patches:    string(patch),
diff --git a/scrapers/processors/json.go b/scrapers/processors/json.go
index 93fa9172..15c17868 100644
--- a/scrapers/processors/json.go
+++ b/scrapers/processors/json.go
@@ -476,6 +476,9 @@ func (e Extract) Extract(ctx api.ScrapeContext, inputs ...v1.ScrapeResult) ([]v1
 			}
 
 			extracted, err := e.extractAttributes(result)
+			if extracted.ID == "" {
+				continue
+			}
 			if err != nil {
 				return results, fmt.Errorf("failed to extract attributes: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -517,6 +520,10 @@ func (e Extract) extractAttributes(input v1.ScrapeResult) (v1.ScrapeResult, erro
 	}
 
 	if input.ID == "" {
+		// Ignore kubernetes diffs
+		if len(input.Changes) == 1 && (input.Changes[0].ChangeType == v1.ChangeTypeDiff) {
+			return input, nil
+		}
 		return input, fmt.Errorf("no id defined for: %s: %v", input, e.Config)
 	}