# Bulk item error **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 25, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-item-error/154052 "2018-10-25T18:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abhijith\_Vijayan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhijith_vijayan/32/36866_2.png) [@Abhijith\_Vijayan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhijith_Vijayan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-item-error/154052/1 "2018-10-25T18:09:04Z")
I am getting the following error very frequently. [2018-10-25T23:29:53,133][DEBUG][o.e.a.b.TransportShardBulkAction] [pm-2018.10.25][0] failed to execute bulk item (index) BulkShardRequest [[pm-2018.10.25][0]] containing [23] requests org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException: object mapping for [body] tried to parse field [body] as object, but found a concrete value at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObjectOrNested(DocumentParser.java:357) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObjectOrField(DocumentParser.java:478) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseValue(DocumentParser.java:603) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.innerParseObject(DocumentParser.java:403) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObjectOrNested(DocumentParser.java:380) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.internalParseDocument(DocumentParser.java:95) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseDocument(DocumentParser.java:69) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:261) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.prepareIndex(IndexShard.java:708) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.applyIndexOperation(IndexShard.java:685) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.applyIndexOperationOnPrimary(IndexShard.java:666) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.lambda$executeIndexRequestOnPrimary$2(TransportShardBulkAction.java:553) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.executeOnPrimaryWhileHandlingMappingUpdates(TransportShardBulkAction.java:572) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.executeIndexRequestOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:551) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] ``` at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.performOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:125) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardOperationOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:112) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardOperationOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:74) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$PrimaryShardReference.perform(TransportReplicationAction.java:1018) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$PrimaryShardReference.perform(TransportReplicationAction.java:996) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.ReplicationOperation.execute(ReplicationOperation.java:103) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$AsyncPrimaryAction.onResponse(TransportReplicationAction.java:357) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$AsyncPrimaryAction.onResponse(TransportReplicationAction.java:297) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$1.onResponse(TransportReplicationAction.java:959) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$1.onResponse(TransportReplicationAction.java:956) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShardOperationPermits.acquire(IndexShardOperationPermits.java:270) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShardOperationPermits.acquire(IndexShardOperationPermits.java:237) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.acquirePrimaryOperationPermit(IndexShard.java:2221) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction.acquirePrimaryShardReference(TransportReplicationAction.java:968) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction.access$500(TransportReplicationAction.java:98) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$AsyncPrimaryAction.doRun(TransportReplicationAction.java:318) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:37) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$PrimaryOperationTransportHandler.messageReceived(TransportReplicationAction.java:293) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$PrimaryOperationTransportHandler.messageReceived(TransportReplicationAction.java:280) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.transport.RequestHandlerRegistry.processMessageReceived(RequestHandlerRegistry.java:66) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService$7.doRun(TransportService.java:664) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:725) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:37) [elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) [?:1.8.0_171] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) [?:1.8.0_171] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_171] ``` Went through a lot discussions and couldn't find the exact solution. Can you let me know what can be the exact reason for this? I am getting this from the data node logs. Let me know if any more information needed from my side . ---
**Author:** ![nik9000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nik9000/32/44947_2.png) [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-item-error/154052/2 "2018-10-25T20:27:17Z")
Usually these kinds of things happen because you are string or number or something for a field that is mapped as an object. Because Elasticsearch infers mappings when fields come in for the first time that could mean that you first indexed a document like: ```auto { "body": { "foo": "bar" } } ``` and then later indexed a document like: ```auto { "body": "cat" } ``` That second document would fail because it isn't an object, it is a "concrete value". ---
**Author:** ![Abhijith\_Vijayan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhijith_vijayan/32/36866_2.png) [@Abhijith\_Vijayan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhijith_Vijayan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-item-error/154052/3 "2018-10-26T03:18:12Z")
Cool, thanks for that. I am also getting the below error from logstash frequently. Is this because of the same issue? [2018-10-26T08:31:12,884][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Attempted to send a bulk request to elasticsearch, but no there are no living connections in the connection pool. Perhaps Elasticsearch is unreachable or down? {:error\_message=\>"No Available connections", :class=\>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::NoConnectionAvailableError", :will\_retry\_in\_seconds=\>2} [2018-10-26T08:31:12,883][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Attempted to send a bulk request to elasticsearch, but no there are no living connections in the connection pool. Perhaps Elasticsearch is unreachable or down? {:error\_message=\>"No Available connections", :class=\>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::NoConnectionAvailableError", :will\_retry\_in\_seconds=\>2} [2018-10-26T08:31:12,882][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Attempted to send a bulk request to elasticsearch, but no there are no living connections in the connection pool. Perhaps Elasticsearch is unreachable or down? {:error\_message=\>"No Available connections", :class=\>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::NoConnectionAvailableError", :will\_retry\_in\_seconds=\>2} I am sure that elasticsearch is healthy and I can curl to all nodes in the cluster. Any other configuration I can do, to reduce the bulk size in logstash or increase the acceptable limit it elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![nik9000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nik9000/32/44947_2.png) [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-item-error/154052/4 "2018-10-26T04:08:19Z")
I don't know that one! I suspect you'd be better off on the logstash forums for that. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Abhijith\_Vijayan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhijith_vijayan/32/36866_2.png) [@Abhijith\_Vijayan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhijith_Vijayan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-item-error/154052/5 "2018-10-26T05:38:04Z")
Okay. Thanks for that anyways. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-item-error/154052/6 "2018-11-23T05:38:04Z")
This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.