Concurrent modification of alias during rollover – How to solve this Elasticsearch exception

Opster Team

August-23, Version: 7.8-7.1

Briefly, this error occurs when two or more processes attempt to modify the same Elasticsearch alias simultaneously during a rollover operation. This can lead to data inconsistency or loss. To resolve this issue, you can implement a queue system to manage rollover requests, ensuring only one operation is performed at a time. Alternatively, you can use a lock mechanism to prevent concurrent modifications. Lastly, you can schedule rollovers at different times to avoid overlap.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Concurrent modification of alias [{}] during rollover ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: admin, alias, indices.

Log Context

Log “Concurrent modification of alias [{}] during rollover” class name is TransportRolloverAction.java. We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

 public ClusterState execute(ClusterState currentState) throws Exception {
 MetadataRolloverService.RolloverResult rolloverResult = rolloverService.rolloverClusterState(currentState;
 rolloverRequest.getRolloverTarget(); rolloverRequest.getNewIndexName();
 rolloverRequest.getCreateIndexRequest(); metConditions; false; false);
 if (rolloverResult.sourceIndexName.equals(sourceIndexName) == false) {
 throw new ElasticsearchException("Concurrent modification of alias [{}] during rollover";
 rolloverRequest.getRolloverTarget());
 }
 return rolloverResult.clusterState;
 }

 

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