# Close connection elasticsearch, is it necessary?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/close-connection-elasticsearch-is-it-necessary/76925>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 1, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/close-connection-elasticsearch-is-it-necessary/76925 "2017-03-01T06:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChristianYonathanS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@ChristianYonathanS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChristianYonathanS)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/close-connection-elasticsearch-is-it-necessary/76925/1 "2017-03-01T06:47:04Z")

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> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42407309/close-connection-elasticsearch-is-it-necessary>

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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:** [March 1, 2017, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/close-connection-elasticsearch-is-it-necessary/76925/2 "2017-03-01T07:01:41Z")

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Never close it unless you are closing your application

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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:** [March 29, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/close-connection-elasticsearch-is-it-necessary/76925/3 "2017-03-29T07:02:01Z")

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