diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/AbstractConnector.java b/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/AbstractConnector.java
index 1a9f613a56..618b01b24a 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/AbstractConnector.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/AbstractConnector.java
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractConnector implements Connector {
     @Setter
     protected ConnectorClientConfig connectorClientConfig;
 
-    public AbstractConnector() {
-        this.createdTime = Instant.now();
-        this.lastUpdateTime = Instant.now();
-    }
+//    public AbstractConnector() {
+//        this.createdTime = Instant.now();
+//        this.lastUpdateTime = Instant.now();
+//    }
 
     protected Map<String, String> createDecryptedHeaders(Map<String, String> headers) {
         if (headers == null) {
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/Connector.java b/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/Connector.java
index c808f6628c..b906246eca 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/Connector.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/Connector.java
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedActionException;
 import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.commons.text.StringSubstitutor;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.LoggingDeprecationHandler;
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ public interface Connector extends ToXContentObject, Writeable {
     String getName();
 
     String getProtocol();
+    void setCreatedTime(Instant createdTime);
+    void setLastUpdatedTime(Instant lastUpdatedTime);
 
     User getOwner();
 
@@ -120,7 +124,10 @@ static Connector createConnector(XContentBuilder builder, String connectorProtoc
 
     @SuppressWarnings("removal")
     static Connector createConnector(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
-        Map<String, Object> connectorMap = parser.map();
+        Map<String, Object> connectorMap = parser.map().entrySet().stream()
+                .filter(field -> field.getValue() != null)
+                .collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue));
+
         String jsonStr;
         try {
             jsonStr = AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedExceptionAction<String>) () -> gson.toJson(connectorMap));
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/HttpConnector.java b/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/HttpConnector.java
index ac2af57e22..9bdadaab90 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/HttpConnector.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/common/connector/HttpConnector.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public HttpConnector(
         User owner,
         ConnectorClientConfig connectorClientConfig
     ) {
+        super();
         validateProtocol(protocol);
         this.name = name;
         this.description = description;
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ public HttpConnector(String protocol, XContentParser parser) throws IOException
 
     @Override
     public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        System.out.println("TEST MESSSAGE****");
         builder.startObject();
         if (name != null) {
             builder.field(NAME_FIELD, name);
@@ -284,7 +286,9 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     public void update(MLCreateConnectorInput updateContent, Function<String, String> function) {
-        this.setLastUpdateTime(Instant.now());
+//        if (this.lastUpdateTime != null) {
+//            this.setLastUpdateTime(Instant.now());
+//        }
         if (updateContent.getName() != null) {
             this.name = updateContent.getName();
         }
@@ -391,6 +395,11 @@ public void encrypt(Function<String, String> function) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setLastUpdatedTime(Instant lastUpdatedTime) {
+        this.lastUpdateTime = lastUpdatedTime;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getActionHttpMethod(String action) {
         return findAction(action).get().getMethod();
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/connector/TransportCreateConnectorAction.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/connector/TransportCreateConnectorAction.java
index 4cadcc936a..5e09768371 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/connector/TransportCreateConnectorAction.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/connector/TransportCreateConnectorAction.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.ml.common.CommonValue.ML_CONNECTOR_INDEX;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_TRUSTED_CONNECTOR_ENDPOINTS_REGEX;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -135,6 +136,11 @@ private void indexConnector(Connector connector, ActionListener<MLCreateConnecto
                 }, listener::onFailure);
 
                 IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(ML_CONNECTOR_INDEX);
+                Instant currentTime = Instant.now();
+
+                connector.setCreatedTime(currentTime);
+                connector.setLastUpdatedTime(currentTime);
+
                 indexRequest.source(connector.toXContent(XContentBuilder.builder(XContentType.JSON.xContent()), ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS));
                 indexRequest.setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE);
                 client.index(indexRequest, ActionListener.runBefore(indexResponseListener, context::restore));