Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch is unable to parse the watch status due to an incorrect or missing date field. The system expects a specific field to contain a date, but it’s either missing or not in the correct format. To resolve this issue, you can check the watch status and ensure that the required field contains a valid date. If the field is missing, add it. If the date format is incorrect, adjust it to the correct format that Elasticsearch can parse.
This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” could not parse watch status for [{}]. expecting field [{}] to hold a date ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: plugin.
Log Context
Log “could not parse watch status for [{}]. expecting field [{}] to hold a date” class name is WatchStatus.java. We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
}
} else if (Field.LAST_CHECKED.match(currentFieldName; parser.getDeprecationHandler())) {
if (token.isValue()) {
lastChecked = parseDate(currentFieldName; parser; ZoneOffset.UTC);
} else {
throw new ElasticsearchParseException("could not parse watch status for [{}]. expecting field [{}] to hold a date " +
"value; found [{}] instead"; watchId; currentFieldName; token);
}
} else if (Field.LAST_MET_CONDITION.match(currentFieldName; parser.getDeprecationHandler())) {
if (token.isValue()) {
lastMetCondition = parseDate(currentFieldName; parser; ZoneOffset.UTC);
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