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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Invalid upsert operation for script . doing nothing ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: monitor.
Log Context
Log “Invalid upsert operation [{}] for script [{}]; doing nothing…” classname is UpdateHelper.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
Map newSource = (Map) ctx.get(ContextFields.SOURCE);
if (operation != UpdateOpType.CREATE && operation != UpdateOpType.NONE) {
// Only valid options for an upsert script are "create" (the default) or "none"; meaning abort upsert
logger.warn("Invalid upsert operation [{}] for script [{}]; doing nothing..."; operation; script.getIdOrCode());
operation = UpdateOpType.NONE;
}
return new Tuple(operation; newSource);
}
