# Changing timeout value for org.elasticsearch.action.UnavailableShardsException

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-timeout-value-for-org-elasticsearch-action-unavailableshardsexception/12904>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 23, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-timeout-value-for-org-elasticsearch-action-unavailableshardsexception/12904 "2013-07-23T15:07:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![adrem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adrem/32/2216_2.png) [@adrem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adrem)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-timeout-value-for-org-elasticsearch-action-unavailableshardsexception/12904/1 "2013-07-23T15:07:51Z")

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org.elasticsearch.action.UnavailableShardsException [index][0] [3]  
shardIt, [1] active : Timeout waiting for [1m], request: index  
{[index]...

Is there a config attribute that I can explicitly set from the default (1 Minute) to whatever value I need it to ?

Thanks,  
Amine.

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**Author:** ![mvg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mvg/32/98890_2.png) [@mvg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mvg)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-timeout-value-for-org-elasticsearch-action-unavailableshardsexception/12904/2 "2013-07-24T09:46:44Z")

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You can use the `timeout` query string option for this in the index api.

On 23 July 2013 17:07, adrem [netvisao@gmail.com](mailto:netvisao@gmail.com) wrote:

> org.elasticsearch.action.UnavailableShardsException [index][0] [3]  
> shardIt, [1] active : Timeout waiting for [1m], request: index  
> {[index]...
> 
> Is there a config attribute that I can explicitly set from the default (1  
> Minute) to whatever value I need it to ?
> 
> Thanks,  
> Amine.
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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 6, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-timeout-value-for-org-elasticsearch-action-unavailableshardsexception/12904/3 "2017-07-06T02:24:46Z")

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