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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Failed to delete river on stop ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: delete.
Overview
DELETE is an Elasticsearch API which removes a document from a specific index. This API requires an index name and _id document to delete the document.
Delete a document
DELETE /my_index/_doc/1
Notes
- A delete request throws 404 error code if the document does not already exist in the index.
- If you want to delete a set of documents that matches a query, you need to use delete by query API.
Log Context
Log “failed to delete river on stop [{}]/[{}]” classname is RiversService.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
Override
public void run() {
try {
closeRiver(riverName);
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.warn("failed to delete river on stop [{}]/[{}]"; e; riverName.type(); riverName.name());
} finally {
latch.countDown();
}
}
});
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