# As part of elastic upgrade prerequisite deleted .reindexed-v6-watches-6 all watchers are gone

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/as-part-of-elastic-upgrade-prerequisite-deleted-reindexed-v6-watches-6-all-watchers-are-gone/341139
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 19, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/as-part-of-elastic-upgrade-prerequisite-deleted-reindexed-v6-watches-6-all-watchers-are-gone/341139 "2023-08-19T04:19:41Z")
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### Author: ![Anusha\_Kusanghi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anusha_kusanghi/32/98109_2.png) [@Anusha\_Kusanghi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anusha_Kusanghi)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/as-part-of-elastic-upgrade-prerequisite-deleted-reindexed-v6-watches-6-all-watchers-are-gone/341139/1 "2023-08-19T04:19:41Z")

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Hi All,

We're currently on Elastic 7.17 and are preparing to upgrade to version 8.6.

As part of the upgrade process, we were reviewing the breaking changes, specifically in relation to the indices created in version 6.

Unfortunately, during this process, **.reindexed-v6-watches-6** and **.reindexed-v6-kibana-6index** were deleted. Regrettably, this resulted in the loss of all our production watchers.

Regretfully, we don't have a snapshot of the index either. Is there any possibility of recovering these watchers at this point?

Your assistance is immensely valued.

Regards,  
Anusha K

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### Author: ![sholzhauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sholzhauer/32/110282_2.png) [@sholzhauer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sholzhauer)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/as-part-of-elastic-upgrade-prerequisite-deleted-reindexed-v6-watches-6-all-watchers-are-gone/341139/2 "2023-08-20T16:01:06Z")

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No, if you have lost the indices and don't have snapshots your watchers are gone.

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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: [September 17, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/as-part-of-elastic-upgrade-prerequisite-deleted-reindexed-v6-watches-6-all-watchers-are-gone/341139/3 "2023-09-17T16:01:32Z")

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