# Are there any issues with an alias referencing another alias? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 24, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-any-issues-with-an-alias-referencing-another-alias/42597 "2016-02-24T15:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oravecz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oravecz/32/44822_2.png) [@oravecz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oravecz)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-any-issues-with-an-alias-referencing-another-alias/42597/1 "2016-02-24T15:01:01Z")
Aliasing an alias seems to work, but I don't see it discussed or documented anywhere. In this scenario, the alias that references an index will be updated periodically as it references the hot index in a time series index group. Are there any side effects or restrictions I should know about this "feature"? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-any-issues-with-an-alias-referencing-another-alias/42597/2 "2016-02-26T00:20:25Z")
It's messy and you could end up with loops. I wouldn't recommend doing it, even if it's possible. ---
**Author:** ![Dom-nik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dom-nik/32/13243_2.png) [@Dom-nik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dom-nik)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-any-issues-with-an-alias-referencing-another-alias/42597/3 "2017-01-03T09:46:16Z")
The problem is discussed in detail here: [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/3138](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/3138) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-any-issues-with-an-alias-referencing-another-alias/42597/4 "2017-07-05T22:04:33Z")