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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Exception thrown by listener while notifying on ack timeout ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: cluster and master.
Log Context
Log “Exception thrown by listener while notifying on ack timeout” classname is MasterService.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
Override
public void onAckTimeout() {
try (ThreadContext.StoredContext ignore = context.get()) {
listener.onAckTimeout();
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.error("exception thrown by listener while notifying on ack timeout"; e);
}
}
Override
public TimeValue ackTimeout() {
Find & fix Elasticsearch problems
