diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/agent/handlers.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/agent/handlers.test.ts
index 8e064a92a96a1..e5071b5272c27 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/agent/handlers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/agent/handlers.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 import { coreMock, httpServerMock } from '@kbn/core/server/mocks';
 
-import { getAvailableVersionsHandler } from './handlers';
+import { getAgentStatusForAgentPolicy } from '../../services/agents/status';
+
+import { getAgentStatusForAgentPolicyHandler, getAvailableVersionsHandler } from './handlers';
 
 jest.mock('../../services/agents/versions', () => {
   return {
@@ -24,16 +26,60 @@ jest.mock('../../services/app_context', () => {
   };
 });
 
-describe('getAvailableVersionsHandler', () => {
-  it('should return the value from getAvailableVersions', async () => {
-    const ctx = coreMock.createCustomRequestHandlerContext(coreMock.createRequestHandlerContext());
-    const response = httpServerMock.createResponseFactory();
+jest.mock('../../services/agents/status', () => ({
+  getAgentStatusForAgentPolicy: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+describe('Handlers', () => {
+  describe('getAgentStatusForAgentPolicyHandler', () => {
+    it.each([
+      { requested: 'policy-id-1', called: ['policy-id-1'] },
+      { requested: ['policy-id-2'], called: ['policy-id-2'] },
+      { requested: ['policy-id-3', 'policy-id-4'], called: ['policy-id-3', 'policy-id-4'] },
+      ...[undefined, '', []].map((requested) => ({ requested, called: undefined })),
+    ])('calls getAgentStatusForAgentPolicy with correct parameters', async (item) => {
+      const request = {
+        query: {
+          policyId: 'policy-id',
+          kuery: 'kuery',
+          policyIds: item.requested,
+        },
+      };
+      const response = httpServerMock.createResponseFactory();
+
+      await getAgentStatusForAgentPolicyHandler(
+        {
+          core: coreMock.createRequestHandlerContext(),
+          fleet: { internalSoClient: {} },
+        } as any,
+        request as any,
+        response
+      );
+
+      expect(getAgentStatusForAgentPolicy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.anything(),
+        expect.anything(),
+        'policy-id',
+        'kuery',
+        undefined,
+        item.called
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getAvailableVersionsHandler', () => {
+    it('should return the value from getAvailableVersions', async () => {
+      const ctx = coreMock.createCustomRequestHandlerContext(
+        coreMock.createRequestHandlerContext()
+      );
+      const response = httpServerMock.createResponseFactory();
 
-    await getAvailableVersionsHandler(ctx, httpServerMock.createKibanaRequest(), response);
+      await getAvailableVersionsHandler(ctx, httpServerMock.createKibanaRequest(), response);
 
-    expect(response.ok).toBeCalled();
-    expect(response.ok.mock.calls[0][0]?.body).toEqual({
-      items: ['8.1.0', '8.0.0', '7.17.0'],
+      expect(response.ok).toBeCalled();
+      expect(response.ok.mock.calls[0][0]?.body).toEqual({
+        items: ['8.1.0', '8.0.0', '7.17.0'],
+      });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/agent/handlers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/agent/handlers.ts
index 67703bba5caae..4f4b5592f2d04 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/agent/handlers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/agent/handlers.ts
@@ -323,13 +323,22 @@ export const getAgentStatusForAgentPolicyHandler: FleetRequestHandler<
     const [coreContext, fleetContext] = await Promise.all([context.core, context.fleet]);
     const esClient = coreContext.elasticsearch.client.asInternalUser;
     const soClient = fleetContext.internalSoClient;
+
+    const parsePolicyIds = (policyIds: string | string[] | undefined): string[] | undefined => {
+      if (!policyIds || !policyIds.length) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+
+      return Array.isArray(policyIds) ? policyIds : [policyIds];
+    };
+
     const results = await getAgentStatusForAgentPolicy(
       esClient,
       soClient,
       request.query.policyId,
       request.query.kuery,
       coreContext.savedObjects.client.getCurrentNamespace(),
-      request.query.policyIds
+      parsePolicyIds(request.query.policyIds)
     );
 
     const body: GetAgentStatusResponse = { results };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/types/rest_spec/agent.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/types/rest_spec/agent.ts
index 82cae68602e94..8f44d5554501e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/types/rest_spec/agent.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/types/rest_spec/agent.ts
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export const PostBulkUpdateAgentTagsRequestSchema = {
 export const GetAgentStatusRequestSchema = {
   query: schema.object({
     policyId: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
-    policyIds: schema.maybe(schema.arrayOf(schema.string())),
+    policyIds: schema.maybe(schema.oneOf([schema.arrayOf(schema.string()), schema.string()])),
     kuery: schema.maybe(
       schema.string({
         validate: (value: string) => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/management/pages/policy/store/policy_details/middleware/policy_settings_middleware.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/management/pages/policy/store/policy_details/middleware/policy_settings_middleware.ts
index e74403777523c..bf87eab2a7293 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/management/pages/policy/store/policy_details/middleware/policy_settings_middleware.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/management/pages/policy/store/policy_details/middleware/policy_settings_middleware.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export const policySettingsMiddlewareRunner: MiddlewareRunner = async (
 
     // Agent summary is secondary data, so its ok for it to come after the details
     // page is populated with the main content
-    if (policyItem.policy_id) {
+    if (policyItem.policy_ids?.length) {
       const { results } = await sendGetFleetAgentStatusForPolicy(http, policyItem.policy_ids);
       dispatch({
         type: 'serverReturnedPolicyDetailsAgentSummaryData',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/management/services/policies/ingest.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/management/services/policies/ingest.ts
index 523b1b9a858b1..c125464bffdb9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/management/services/policies/ingest.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/management/services/policies/ingest.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export const sendPutPackagePolicy = (
 };
 
 /**
- * Get a status summary for all Agents that are currently assigned to a given agent policy
+ * Get a status summary for all Agents that are currently assigned to a given agent policies
  *
  * @param http
  * @param policyIds
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const sendPutPackagePolicy = (
  */
 export const sendGetFleetAgentStatusForPolicy = (
   http: HttpStart,
-  /** the Agent (fleet) policy id */
+  /** the Agent (fleet) policy ids */
   policyIds: string[],
   options: Exclude<HttpFetchOptions, 'query'> = {}
 ): Promise<GetAgentStatusResponse> => {