Failures and conflicts encountered while runnint DeleteByQuery for state – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

Aug-23, Version: 7.5-7.6

Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch encounters issues while executing a DeleteByQuery operation. This could be due to version conflicts, locked indices, or insufficient permissions. To resolve this, you can retry the operation ensuring that the index is not locked and you have the necessary permissions. If version conflicts are the issue, you can set the “conflicts” parameter to “proceed” in your DeleteByQuery request to ignore version conflicts. However, be aware that this might lead to inconsistent data state.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” [{}] {} failures and {} conflicts encountered while runnint DeleteByQuery for state ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: delete, query, plugin.

Log Context

Log “[{}] {} failures and {} conflicts encountered while runnint DeleteByQuery for state” classname is TransportDeleteDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

            bulkByScrollResponse -> {
                if (bulkByScrollResponse.isTimedOut()) {
                    logger.warn("[{}] DeleteByQuery for state timed out"; id);
                }
                if (bulkByScrollResponse.getBulkFailures().isEmpty() == false) {
                    logger.warn("[{}] {} failures and {} conflicts encountered while runnint DeleteByQuery for state"; id;
                        bulkByScrollResponse.getBulkFailures().size(); bulkByScrollResponse.getVersionConflicts());
                    for (BulkItemResponse.Failure failure : bulkByScrollResponse.getBulkFailures()) {
                        logger.warn("[{}] DBQ failure: {}"; id; failure);
                    }
                }

 

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