# Async \_forcemerge API?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/async--forcemerge-api/69723
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 22, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/async--forcemerge-api/69723 "2016-12-22T00:37:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Youxu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Youxu)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/async--forcemerge-api/69723/1 "2016-12-22T00:37:26Z")
I used `_forcemerge?max_num_segments=1` to optimize my index, it often took very long time to complete.
So , is there is asynchronous \_forcemerge API? After calling the API, I can then check the status regularly?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/async--forcemerge-api/69723/2 "2016-12-22T00:38:58Z")
There is not.
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### Author:  [@Youxu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Youxu)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/async--forcemerge-api/69723/3 "2016-12-22T00:41:00Z")
Thanks quick response.
So, any workaround to mitigate the long time waiting for the merge operation?
Or any plan to add this feature in future?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/async--forcemerge-api/69723/4 "2016-12-22T00:41:48Z")
> [@Youxu](#):
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> So, any workaround to mitigate the long time waiting for the merge operation?
Add more resources to make the merge faster? 😉
> [@Youxu](#):
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> Or any plan to add this feature in future?
Not sure, you can always raise a request to have it added! 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/async--forcemerge-api/69723/5 "2017-01-19T00:41:58Z")
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