# A question about Logstash S3 output plugin behaviour

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-about-logstash-s3-output-plugin-behaviour/348651>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 5, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-about-logstash-s3-output-plugin-behaviour/348651 "2023-12-05T14:33:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![milon.james](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@milon.james](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/milon.james)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-about-logstash-s3-output-plugin-behaviour/348651/1 "2023-12-05T14:33:35Z")

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Hello,

Would like to know what is the default behaviour of Logstash S3 output plugin if we stop the process. Can we configure the plugin to close all the open temporary files and push them to S3 before the process shuts down ?

> **[S3 output plugin | Logstash Reference \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-s3.html)**

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-about-logstash-s3-output-plugin-behaviour/348651/2 "2024-01-02T14:34:11Z")

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