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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Invalid action name ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: ping.
Log Context
Log “invalid action name [” classname is TransportService.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
private void validateActionName(String actionName) {
// TODO we should makes this a hard validation and throw an exception but we need a good way to add backwards layer
// for it. Maybe start with a deprecation layer
if (isValidActionName(actionName) == false) {
logger.warn("invalid action name [" + actionName + "] must start with one of: " +
TransportService.VALID_ACTION_PREFIXES );
}
}
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