diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_crud.yml b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_crud.yml
index e66982aadece1..9b9cb6ae21b74 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_crud.yml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_crud.yml
@@ -605,49 +605,6 @@ setup:
             "version": "7.3.0"
           }
 ---
-"Test force deleting a running transform":
-  - do:
-      transform.put_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
-        body: >
-          {
-            "source": { "index": "airline-data" },
-            "dest": { "index": "airline-data-by-airline-start-delete" },
-            "pivot": {
-              "group_by": { "airline": {"terms": {"field": "airline"}}},
-              "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
-            },
-            "sync": {
-              "time": {
-                "field": "time",
-                "delay": "90m"
-              }
-            }
-          }
-  - match: { acknowledged: true }
-  - do:
-      transform.start_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
-  - match: { acknowledged: true }
-
-  - do:
-      transform.get_transform_stats:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
-  - match: { count: 1 }
-  - match: { transforms.0.id: "airline-transform-start-delete" }
-  - match: { transforms.0.state: "/started|indexing/" }
-
-  - do:
-      catch: /Cannot delete transform \[airline-transform-start-delete\] as the task is running/
-      transform.delete_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
-
-  - do:
-      transform.delete_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
-        force: true
-  - match: { acknowledged: true }
----
 "Test put transform with missing pipeline":
   - do:
       catch: /Pipeline with id \[missing-transform-pipeline\] could not be found/
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_force_delete.yml b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_force_delete.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b763fcaf47820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_force_delete.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+setup:
+  - do:
+      indices.create:
+        index: airline-data
+        body:
+          mappings:
+            properties:
+              time:
+                type: date
+              airline:
+                type: keyword
+              responsetime:
+                type: float
+              event_rate:
+                type: integer
+  - do:
+      transform.put_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
+        body: >
+          {
+            "source": { "index": "airline-data" },
+            "dest": { "index": "airline-data-by-airline-start-delete" },
+            "pivot": {
+              "group_by": { "airline": {"terms": {"field": "airline"}}},
+              "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
+            },
+            "sync": {
+              "time": {
+                "field": "time",
+                "delay": "90m"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+
+---
+teardown:
+  - do:
+      transform.stop_transform:
+        wait_for_checkpoint: false
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
+        wait_for_completion: true
+        ignore: 404
+  - do:
+      transform.delete_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
+        ignore: 404
+---
+"Test force deleting a running transform":
+  - do:
+      transform.start_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
+  - match: { acknowledged: true }
+
+  - do:
+      transform.get_transform_stats:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
+  - match: { count: 1 }
+  - match: { transforms.0.id: "airline-transform-start-delete" }
+  - match: { transforms.0.state: "/started|indexing/" }
+
+  - do:
+      catch: /Cannot delete transform \[airline-transform-start-delete\] as the task is running/
+      transform.delete_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
+
+  - do:
+      transform.delete_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-start-delete"
+        force: true
+  - match: { acknowledged: true }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_stats.yml b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_stats.yml
index f0c5545563841..e238525720415 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_stats.yml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_stats.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,30 @@ setup:
               "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
             }
           }
+  - do:
+      transform.put_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-dos"
+        body: >
+          {
+            "source": { "index": "airline-data" },
+            "dest": { "index": "airline-data-by-airline-stats-dos" },
+            "pivot": {
+              "group_by": { "airline": {"terms": {"field": "airline"}}},
+              "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
+            }
+          }
+  - do:
+      transform.put_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-the-third"
+        body: >
+          {
+            "source": { "index": "airline-data" },
+            "dest": { "index": "airline-data-by-airline-stats-the-third" },
+            "pivot": {
+              "group_by": { "airline": {"terms": {"field": "airline"}}},
+              "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
+            }
+          }
   - do:
       transform.start_transform:
         transform_id: "airline-transform-stats"
@@ -36,11 +60,16 @@ teardown:
         wait_for_checkpoint: false
         transform_id: "airline-transform-stats"
         wait_for_completion: true
-
   - do:
       transform.delete_transform:
         transform_id: "airline-transform-stats"
+  - do:
+      transform.delete_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-dos"
 
+  - do:
+      transform.delete_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-the-third"
 ---
 "Test get transform stats":
   - do:
@@ -71,30 +100,6 @@ teardown:
 
 ---
 "Test get multiple transform stats":
-  - do:
-      transform.put_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-dos"
-        body: >
-          {
-            "source": { "index": "airline-data" },
-            "dest": { "index": "airline-data-by-airline-stats-dos" },
-            "pivot": {
-              "group_by": { "airline": {"terms": {"field": "airline"}}},
-              "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
-            }
-          }
-  - do:
-      transform.put_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-the-third"
-        body: >
-          {
-            "source": { "index": "airline-data" },
-            "dest": { "index": "airline-data-by-airline-stats-the-third" },
-            "pivot": {
-              "group_by": { "airline": {"terms": {"field": "airline"}}},
-              "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
-            }
-          }
   - do:
       transform.get_transform_stats:
         transform_id: "*"
@@ -135,58 +140,26 @@ teardown:
   - match: { transforms.0.id: "airline-transform-stats-dos" }
   - match: { transforms.1.id: "airline-transform-stats-the-third" }
 
-  - do:
-      transform.delete_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-dos"
-
-  - do:
-      transform.delete_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-the-third"
-
-
 ---
 "Test get multiple transform stats where one does not have a task":
-  - do:
-      transform.put_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-dos"
-        body: >
-          {
-            "source": { "index": "airline-data" },
-            "dest": { "index": "airline-data-by-airline-stats-dos" },
-            "pivot": {
-              "group_by": { "airline": {"terms": {"field": "airline"}}},
-              "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
-            }
-          }
   - do:
       transform.get_transform_stats:
         transform_id: "*"
-  - match: { count: 2 }
+  - match: { count: 3 }
   - match: { transforms.0.id: "airline-transform-stats" }
   - match: { transforms.1.id: "airline-transform-stats-dos" }
+  - match: { transforms.2.id: "airline-transform-stats-the-third" }
 
   - do:
       transform.get_transform_stats:
         transform_id: "_all"
-  - match: { count: 2 }
+  - match: { count: 3 }
   - match: { transforms.0.id: "airline-transform-stats" }
   - match: { transforms.1.id: "airline-transform-stats-dos" }
+  - match: { transforms.2.id: "airline-transform-stats-the-third" }
 
 ---
 "Test get single transform stats when it does not have a task":
-
-  - do:
-      transform.put_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-dos"
-        body: >
-          {
-            "source": { "index": "airline-data" },
-            "dest": { "index": "airline-data-by-airline-stats-dos" },
-            "pivot": {
-              "group_by": { "airline": {"terms": {"field": "airline"}}},
-              "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
-            }
-          }
   - do:
       transform.get_transform_stats:
         transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-dos"
@@ -204,59 +177,3 @@ teardown:
   - match: { transforms.0.stats.search_time_in_ms: 0 }
   - match: { transforms.0.stats.search_total: 0 }
   - match: { transforms.0.stats.search_failures: 0 }
----
-"Test get continuous transform stats":
-  - do:
-      transform.put_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous"
-        body: >
-          {
-            "source": { "index": "airline-data" },
-            "dest": { "index": "airline-data-by-airline-stats-continuous" },
-            "pivot": {
-              "group_by": { "airline": {"terms": {"field": "airline"}}},
-              "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
-            },
-            "sync": { "time": { "field": "time", "delay": "1m" } }
-          }
-  - do:
-      transform.start_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous"
-  - do:
-      transform.get_transform_stats:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous"
-  - match: { count: 1 }
-  - match: { transforms.0.id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous" }
-  # Since this is continuous, there is no worry of it automatically stopping
-  - match: { transforms.0.state: "/started|indexing/" }
-  - lte: { transforms.0.checkpointing.last.checkpoint: 1 }
-  # Since this is continuous, and _start does not return until it is assigned
-  # we should see a node assignment
-  - is_true: transforms.0.node
-  - is_true: transforms.0.node.id
-  - is_true: transforms.0.node.name
-  - is_true: transforms.0.node.ephemeral_id
-  - is_true: transforms.0.node.transport_address
-  - lte: { transforms.0.stats.pages_processed: 1 }
-  - match: { transforms.0.stats.documents_processed: 0 }
-  - match: { transforms.0.stats.documents_indexed: 0 }
-  - lte: { transforms.0.stats.trigger_count: 1 }
-  - match: { transforms.0.stats.index_time_in_ms: 0 }
-  - match: { transforms.0.stats.index_total: 0 }
-  - match: { transforms.0.stats.index_failures: 0 }
-  - gte: { transforms.0.stats.search_time_in_ms: 0 }
-  - lte: { transforms.0.stats.search_total: 1 }
-  - match: { transforms.0.stats.search_failures: 0 }
-  - is_true: transforms.0.stats.exponential_avg_checkpoint_duration_ms
-  - match: { transforms.0.stats.exponential_avg_documents_indexed: 0.0 }
-  - match: { transforms.0.stats.exponential_avg_documents_processed: 0.0 }
-
-  - do:
-      transform.stop_transform:
-        wait_for_checkpoint: false
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous"
-        wait_for_completion: true
-
-  - do:
-      transform.delete_transform:
-        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous"
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_stats_continuous.yml b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_stats_continuous.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f40422715183f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/transform/transforms_stats_continuous.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+setup:
+  - do:
+      indices.create:
+        index: airline-data
+        body:
+          mappings:
+            properties:
+              time:
+                type: date
+              airline:
+                type: keyword
+              responsetime:
+                type: float
+              event_rate:
+                type: integer
+  - do:
+      transform.put_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous"
+        body: >
+          {
+            "source": { "index": "airline-data" },
+            "dest": { "index": "airline-data-by-airline-stats-continuous" },
+            "pivot": {
+              "group_by": { "airline": {"terms": {"field": "airline"}}},
+              "aggs": {"avg_response": {"avg": {"field": "responsetime"}}}
+            },
+            "sync": { "time": { "field": "time", "delay": "1m" } }
+          }
+  - do:
+      transform.start_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous"
+
+---
+teardown:
+  - do:
+      transform.stop_transform:
+        wait_for_checkpoint: false
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous"
+        wait_for_completion: true
+
+  - do:
+      transform.delete_transform:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous"
+
+---
+"Test get continuous transform stats":
+  - do:
+      transform.get_transform_stats:
+        transform_id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous"
+  - match: { count: 1 }
+  - match: { transforms.0.id: "airline-transform-stats-continuous" }
+  # Since this is continuous, there is no worry of it automatically stopping
+  - match: { transforms.0.state: "/started|indexing/" }
+  - lte: { transforms.0.checkpointing.last.checkpoint: 1 }
+  # Since this is continuous, and _start does not return until it is assigned
+  # we should see a node assignment
+  - is_true: transforms.0.node
+  - is_true: transforms.0.node.id
+  - is_true: transforms.0.node.name
+  - is_true: transforms.0.node.ephemeral_id
+  - is_true: transforms.0.node.transport_address
+  - lte: { transforms.0.stats.pages_processed: 1 }
+  - match: { transforms.0.stats.documents_processed: 0 }
+  - match: { transforms.0.stats.documents_indexed: 0 }
+  - lte: { transforms.0.stats.trigger_count: 1 }
+  - match: { transforms.0.stats.index_time_in_ms: 0 }
+  - match: { transforms.0.stats.index_total: 0 }
+  - match: { transforms.0.stats.index_failures: 0 }
+  - gte: { transforms.0.stats.search_time_in_ms: 0 }
+  - lte: { transforms.0.stats.search_total: 1 }
+  - match: { transforms.0.stats.search_failures: 0 }
+  - is_true: transforms.0.stats.exponential_avg_checkpoint_duration_ms
+  - match: { transforms.0.stats.exponential_avg_documents_indexed: 0.0 }
+  - match: { transforms.0.stats.exponential_avg_documents_processed: 0.0 }