# Can't get text on a START\_OBJECT at 1:159\]\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-text-on-a-start-object-at-1-159/236543>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-text-on-a-start-object-at-1-159/236543 "2020-06-10T16:00:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Keener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@Keener](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Keener)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-text-on-a-start-object-at-1-159/236543/1 "2020-06-10T16:00:28Z")

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HI, I am a first time user of this forum, I hope this is the place to post this question/issue.  
I have a customer that upgraded to ES 6.8.9 and now gets the following messages, what does this mean?

`Preformatted text`'ElasticsearchException[Elasticsearch exception [type=illegal\_state\_exception, reason=Can't get text on a START\_OBJECT at 1:159]];  
[34] End [processQueueEntry(queueId [790858895], objectId [AKx4OKR5xun55R10c8h7y938.tcl], objectType [app-version], maxQueueId [790858898], Action [update], FedMemberId [tcl])]  
[35] message not found for key: -1 in locale: English (United States)  
[35] com.digev.fw.exception.GException: ElasticsearchStatusException[Elasticsearch exception [type=mapper\_parsing\_exception, reason=failed to parse field [Description] of type [text] in document with id 'AKx4OKR5xun55R10c8h7y938.tcl']]; nested: ElasticsearchException[Elasticsearch exception [type=illegal\_state\_exception, reason=Can't get text on a START\_OBJECT at 1:159]];

and  
public String getFoo([2020-06-08T13:21:03,830][WARN][o.e.x.s.a.s.m.NativeRoleMappingStore] [node-1] Failed to clear cache for realms []

[2020-06-08T13:21:03,905][INFO][o.e.l.LicenseService] [node-1] license [2034659f-47e1-4506-a50f-cafdd348fa7a] mode [basic] - valid

[2020-06-08T13:21:03,926][INFO][o.e.g.GatewayService] [node-1] recovered [19] indices into cluster\_state

[2020-06-08T13:21:05,399][DEBUG][o.e.a.b.TransportShardBulkAction] [node-1] [default\_app-version][1] failed to execute bulk item (create) index {[default\_app-version][app-version][RPBAoLL40c7bdmQTh6KLc1Vz.tcl], source[n/a, actual length: [2kb], max length: 2kb]}  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException: failed to parse field [Description] of type [text] in document with id 'RPBAoLL40c7bdmQTh6KLc1Vz.tcl')  
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can't get text on a START\_OBJECT at 1:159'`Preformatted text`

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**Author:** ![Keener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@Keener](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Keener)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-text-on-a-start-object-at-1-159/236543/2 "2020-06-19T13:31:53Z")

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no replies, oh well, that is why I dont use

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-text-on-a-start-object-at-1-159/236543/3 "2020-06-19T13:51:57Z")

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Welcome!

You need to share the exact JSon sent and how you are sending it to get more help.

Basically this message indicates a wrong json document.

Also please format your code, logs or configuration files using `</>` icon as explained in [this guide](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and not the citation button. It will make your post more readable.

Or use markdown style like:

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This is the icon to use if you are not using markdown format:

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There's a live preview panel for exactly this reasons.

Lots of people read these forums, and many of them will simply skip over a post that is difficult to read, because it's just too large an investment of their time to try and follow a wall of badly formatted text.  
If your goal is to get an answer to your questions, it's in your interest to make it as easy to read and understand as possible.

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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:** [July 17, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-text-on-a-start-object-at-1-159/236543/4 "2020-07-17T13:52:09Z")

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