# ActionRequestValidationException **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 10, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actionrequestvalidationexception/6335 "2012-01-10T17:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank\_LaRosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Frank\_LaRosa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frank_LaRosa)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actionrequestvalidationexception/6335/1 "2012-01-10T17:23:30Z")
I am receiving an ActionRequestValidationException when issuing bulk requests through the Java API. The documentation contains no information about this error. Please let me know why I am receiving this exception and what I need to do in order to fix it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_LaRosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Frank\_LaRosa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frank_LaRosa)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actionrequestvalidationexception/6335/2 "2012-01-10T17:26:56Z")
Here is the stack trace and full exception message: org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException: Validation Failed: 1: no requests added; at org.elasticsearch.action.Actions.addValidationError(Actions.java: 29) at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequest.validate(BulkRequest.java: 255) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.BaseAction.execute(BaseAction.java: 55) at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportBulkAction $TransportHandler.messageReceived(TransportBulkAction.java:257) at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportBulkAction $TransportHandler.messageReceived(TransportBulkAction.java:248) at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.handleRequest(MessageChannelHandler.java: 305) at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.process(MessageChannelHandler.java: 207) at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.callDecode(MessageChannelHandler.java: 147) at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.messageReceived(MessageChannelHandler.java: 103) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java: 80) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java: 564) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline $DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java: 783) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java: 81) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java: 564) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java: 559) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java: 274) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java: 261) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java: 351) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.processSelectedKeys(NioWorker.java: 282) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java: 202) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java: 108) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker $1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:44) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor $Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor $Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) On Jan 10, 11:23 am, Frank LaRosa [fr...@studyblue.com](mailto:fr...@studyblue.com) wrote: > I am receiving an ActionRequestValidationException when issuing bulk > requests through the Java API. > > The documentation contains no information about this error. > > Please let me know why I am receiving this exception and what I need > to do in order to fix it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_LaRosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Frank\_LaRosa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frank_LaRosa)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actionrequestvalidationexception/6335/3 "2012-01-10T17:30:11Z")
Note that I successfully inserted a large number of documents (over 6 million) prior to receiving this exception. I deleted some documents just before I started getting the error (using delete by query). On Jan 10, 11:23 am, Frank LaRosa [fr...@studyblue.com](mailto:fr...@studyblue.com) wrote: > I am receiving an ActionRequestValidationException when issuing bulk > requests through the Java API. > > The documentation contains no information about this error. > > Please let me know why I am receiving this exception and what I need > to do in order to fix it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actionrequestvalidationexception/6335/4 "2012-01-10T17:51:19Z")
It tells you the problem: "no requests added", you did not add any requests to teh bulk request (index / delete). On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Frank LaRosa [frank@studyblue.com](mailto:frank@studyblue.com) wrote: > Here is the stack trace and full exception message: > > org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException: Validation > Failed: 1: no requests added; > at org.elasticsearch.action.Actions.addValidationError(Actions.java: > 29) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequest.validate(BulkRequest.java: > 255) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.support.BaseAction.execute(BaseAction.java: > 55) > at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportBulkAction > $TransportHandler.messageReceived(TransportBulkAction.java:257) > at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportBulkAction > $TransportHandler.messageReceived(TransportBulkAction.java:248) > at > > org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.handleRequest(MessageChannelHandler.java: > 305) > at > > org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.process(MessageChannelHandler.java: > 207) > at > > org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.callDecode(MessageChannelHandler.java: > 147) > at > > org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.messageReceived(MessageChannelHandler.java: > 103) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java: > 80) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java: > 564) > at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline > $DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java: > 783) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java: > 81) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java: > 564) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java: > 559) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java: > 274) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java: > 261) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java: > 351) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.processSelectedKeys(NioWorker.java: > 282) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java: > 202) > at > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java: > 108) > at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker > $1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:44) > at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor > $Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) > at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor > $Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) > > On Jan 10, 11:23 am, Frank LaRosa [fr...@studyblue.com](mailto:fr...@studyblue.com) wrote: > > > I am receiving an ActionRequestValidationException when issuing bulk > > requests through the Java API. > > > > The documentation contains no information about this error. > > > > Please let me know why I am receiving this exception and what I need > > to do in order to fix it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actionrequestvalidationexception/6335/5 "2017-07-06T03:43:12Z")