# Clone engine feature

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-engine-feature/286971>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [October 18, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-engine-feature/286971 "2021-10-18T10:19:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mariobg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@mariobg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mariobg)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-engine-feature/286971/1 "2021-10-18T10:19:36Z")

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Is any way to clone engines in appsearch not using api?  
It is very difficult to test new things when an engine is used in production and also it takes too much time doing this with API.

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**Author:** ![Vadim\_Yakhin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vadim_yakhin/32/56723_2.png) [@Vadim\_Yakhin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vadim_Yakhin)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-engine-feature/286971/2 "2021-10-21T21:00:00Z")

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Hi Mario,

There is currently no way to do this other than via API. We'd love to implement this feature in the future, but there is no timeline for it yet.

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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:** [November 18, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-engine-feature/286971/3 "2021-11-18T21:00:03Z")

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