# App search: create new engine problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Search\ **Tags:** elastic-app-search\ **Created:** [October 9, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-search-create-new-engine-problem/202855 "2019-10-09T14:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JyL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jyl/32/53869_2.png) [@JyL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JyL)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-search-create-new-engine-problem/202855/1 "2019-10-09T14:43:20Z")
Hey guys, need help with a create new engine problem on app search. There is no engine with the same name that I am willing to create. But I did have an engine with the same name previous, so now when I create new engine with this name, it shows an error " Name cannot be reused: xxxxxxx". Could anyone have any idea of that? ---
**Author:** ![goodroot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/goodroot/32/38389_2.png) [@goodroot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/goodroot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-search-create-new-engine-problem/202855/2 "2019-10-09T14:46:03Z")
Hello, JyL! Someone just posted a [very similar question](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-app-search-engines/202848), so it seems something is afoot. Are you using self-managed App Search? If so, which version? ---
**Author:** ![JyL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jyl/32/53869_2.png) [@JyL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JyL)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-search-create-new-engine-problem/202855/3 "2019-10-09T14:49:59Z")
thanks! same problem ---
**Author:** ![teja\_sri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/teja_sri/32/55614_2.png) [@teja\_sri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teja_sri)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-search-create-new-engine-problem/202855/4 "2019-10-09T14:50:16Z")
Hey Kellen, We both are working on the same project. ---
**Author:** ![goodroot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/goodroot/32/38389_2.png) [@goodroot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/goodroot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-search-create-new-engine-problem/202855/5 "2019-10-09T14:52:50Z")
Okay, neat. I'm going to close the other thread. I shall look into this. It's ringing a bell, and I believe we fixed the bug. Will confirm. Sorry for the annoyance. ---
**Author:** ![goodroot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/goodroot/32/38389_2.png) [@goodroot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/goodroot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-search-create-new-engine-problem/202855/6 "2019-10-09T15:37:16Z")
Yep. Looks like a bug. The engineering team has an issue for it. We'll take a look and try to get it fixed for the next version. Hopefully this isn't too problematic for your use case. Enjoy the day and thanks for the report, Kellen ---
**Author:** ![ioana.tagirta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ioana.tagirta/32/46368_2.png) [@ioana.tagirta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ioana.tagirta)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-search-create-new-engine-problem/202855/7 "2019-10-10T12:50:33Z")
Hello JyL and teja\_sri, The engine deletion is an async operation which is executed by the worker component of App Search. Even in normal circumstances, there might be a very short period of time after an engine is marked for deletion when you cannot create an engine with the same name. There are 2 things I want to ask: 1. How is App Search started? Is the worker running? If you are using just `bin/app-search` it should be fine, since this is supposed to run all the components. On the other hand, `bin/app-search app` or `bin/app-search --process app-server` are not starting the worker. 2. If the worker was started and this is still an issue, is it possible to help us debug it by running `bin/app-search --diagnostic-report`? This will create an `app-search-report-*.zip` file. We are only interested in the contents of the `app_info.json` file included in this zip. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/app-search-create-new-engine-problem/202855/8 "2019-11-07T12:50:35Z")
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