Elasticsearch - timeout when deleting index

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i have cluster in red status and heap size is almost full...i need delete some index but i have a timeout error

{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"process_cluster_event_timeout_exception","reason":"failed to process cluster event (delete-index [my.index-2016.08.01]) within 30s"}],"type":"process_cluster_event_timeout_exception","reason":"failed to process cluster event (delete-index [my.index-2016.08.01]) within 30s"},"status":503}

I can delete index in red status?

Kulasangar · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-06 17:03:20Z

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What if you try and increase your master_timeout value within your request itself?

curl -XDELETE yourhost:9200/index?master_timeout=60s

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edited Dec 6, 2016 at 17:03

answered Dec 6, 2016 at 16:47

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Bill Woodger Over a year ago

Truthfully, though, a delete operation that takes longer than even 3 seconds is indicative of an overloaded cluster. Doesn't this imply "sort out your overloaded cluster rather than just increase the timeout (10-fold in you suggestion)"?

stecog Over a year ago

I have already tried with timeout but have same proeblem. The cluster is overloaded just because there are too many indexes and have to delete them...

stecog · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-09 23:18:07Z

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I resolved disabling shard allocation, i could erase indexes, just finished, i reactivated allocation

answered Dec 9, 2016 at 23:18

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mgarciaisaia Over a year ago

Thanks! Your suggestion to disable shard allocations helped with a cluster that was taking more than 1 minute to delete a single index. Here's how to disable shard allocation.

Nagaraj Bayanna · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-08 12:50:26Z

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I tried with timeout but it didn't work, my issues resolved with retry.

answered Aug 8, 2020 at 12:50

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