# Beats reference.yml is missing documentation for json.ignore\_decoding\_error **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [September 24, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-reference-yml-is-missing-documentation-for-json-ignore-decoding-error/200892 "2019-09-24T14:41:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![m13u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@m13u](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m13u)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-reference-yml-is-missing-documentation-for-json-ignore-decoding-error/200892/1 "2019-09-24T14:41:01Z")
PR [6547](https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/6547/files) added a new option `json.ignore_decoding_error` but documentation for this option is missing in the [Beats reference.yml](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/filebeat/filebeat.reference.yml). ---
**Author:** ![dedemorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dedemorton/32/84409_2.png) [@dedemorton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dedemorton)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-reference-yml-is-missing-documentation-for-json-ignore-decoding-error/200892/2 "2019-09-26T01:52:38Z")
Thanks for reporting this issue. I've created an issue in GitHub to track this: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/13804](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/13804) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-reference-yml-is-missing-documentation-for-json-ignore-decoding-error/200892/3 "2019-10-24T03:52:43Z")
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