# Connection error caused by: ConnectionError(Connection error caused by: NameResolutionError(\<elastic\_transport.\_node.\_urllib3\_chain\_certs.HTTPSConnection object at 0x0000026D04448ED0\>: Failed to resolve \<url\> (\[Errno 11002\] getaddrinfo failed)))

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connection-error-caused-by-connectionerror-connection-error-caused-by-nameresolutionerror-elastic-transport-node-urllib3-chain-certs-httpsconnection-object-at-0x0000026d04448ed0-failed-to-resolve-url-errno-11002-getaddrinfo-failed/375052>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 26, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connection-error-caused-by-connectionerror-connection-error-caused-by-nameresolutionerror-elastic-transport-node-urllib3-chain-certs-httpsconnection-object-at-0x0000026d04448ed0-failed-to-resolve-url-errno-11002-getaddrinfo-failed/375052 "2025-02-26T06:36:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Prateek\_Agrawal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prateek_agrawal/32/138790_2.png) [@Prateek\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prateek_Agrawal)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connection-error-caused-by-connectionerror-connection-error-caused-by-nameresolutionerror-elastic-transport-node-urllib3-chain-certs-httpsconnection-object-at-0x0000026d04448ed0-failed-to-resolve-url-errno-11002-getaddrinfo-failed/375052/1 "2025-02-26T06:36:01Z")

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I am getting the above error intermittently. Below is how I am connecting with Elasticsearch. can anyone help in this

```auto
es = Elasticsearch(cloud_id=<ELASTIC_CLOUD_ID>),
                           api_key=<ELASTIC_API_KEY>)

```

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connection-error-caused-by-connectionerror-connection-error-caused-by-nameresolutionerror-elastic-transport-node-urllib3-chain-certs-httpsconnection-object-at-0x0000026d04448ed0-failed-to-resolve-url-errno-11002-getaddrinfo-failed/375052/2 "2025-02-27T03:46:29Z")

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`getaddrinfo failed` implies a DNS problem.

Is the machine you're running this code from connected to the internet with working DNS?

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**Author:** ![Prateek\_Agrawal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prateek_agrawal/32/138790_2.png) [@Prateek\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prateek_Agrawal)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connection-error-caused-by-connectionerror-connection-error-caused-by-nameresolutionerror-elastic-transport-node-urllib3-chain-certs-httpsconnection-object-at-0x0000026d04448ed0-failed-to-resolve-url-errno-11002-getaddrinfo-failed/375052/3 "2025-02-27T04:08:22Z")

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Yes. It is.  
So this issue doesn't come always. Many a times, connection is successful.  
But this error does come often