# Data/write/bulk running time way too long. How do you cancel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 3, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-write-bulk-running-time-way-too-long-how-do-you-cancel/243484 "2020-08-03T00:26:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dandy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dandy/32/16643_2.png) [@Dandy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dandy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-write-bulk-running-time-way-too-long-how-do-you-cancel/243484/1 "2020-08-03T00:26:02Z")
I have a bunch of odd tasks that are taking up a ton of load on my nodes with no way to cancel them. They definitely seem stuck. All indices are still open, so it's not an issue with the index becoming unavailable. Shard sizes are acceptable as well: ```auto action task_id parent_task_id type start_time timestamp running_time ip node indices:data/write/bulk QeT_-8R1QqWmbPZlmjuSZA:26954133 - transport 1595116834816 00:00:34 15d 10.244.18.204 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-1 indices:data/write/bulk WyiH88UwRtK_BojPp3Dh6w:27589322 - transport 1595203228778 00:00:28 14d 10.244.20.213 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-2 indices:data/write/bulk WyiH88UwRtK_BojPp3Dh6w:27592661 - transport 1595203305447 00:01:45 14d 10.244.20.213 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-2 indices:data/write/bulk ejhFdLkDQ7KaI9oqkLqArA:31144246 - transport 1595203660670 00:07:40 14d 10.244.5.38 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-0 indices:data/write/bulk WyiH88UwRtK_BojPp3Dh6w:27639595 - transport 1595204219020 00:16:59 14d 10.244.20.213 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-2 indices:data/write/bulk zOwVB92bSNym7UV3H_JQxA:38376931 - transport 1595548813898 00:00:13 10d 10.244.25.50 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-7 indices:data/write/bulk WyiH88UwRtK_BojPp3Dh6w:56894289 - transport 1595635266464 00:01:06 9d 10.244.20.213 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-2 indices:data/write/bulk WyiH88UwRtK_BojPp3Dh6w:63167009 - transport 1595721628451 00:00:28 8d 10.244.20.213 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-2 indices:data/write/bulk PbutBjI8Qquq3cDLD8Js2Q:61541331 - transport 1595807629614 23:53:49 7d 10.244.17.240 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-5 indices:data/write/bulk WyiH88UwRtK_BojPp3Dh6w:69671816 - transport 1595808092348 00:01:32 7d 10.244.20.213 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-2 indices:data/write/bulk zOwVB92bSNym7UV3H_JQxA:51289782 - transport 1595808333601 00:05:33 7d 10.244.25.50 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-7 indices:data/write/bulk zOwVB92bSNym7UV3H_JQxA:51294119 - transport 1595808515014 00:08:35 7d 10.244.25.50 elasticsearch-opendistro-es-data-7 ``` Any ideas on what can be done to cancel or close these tasks? Note, all subsequent tasks are completing OK. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-write-bulk-running-time-way-too-long-how-do-you-cancel/243484/2 "2020-08-03T07:04:58Z")
Which version of Elasticsearch are you using? These seems to be related to some periodic job as they appear roughly the same time each day. I am off the top of my head not aware of anything in standard Elasticsearch that would trigger each day aat that time. As you seem to be running OpenDistro I would recommend checking with their community if it may be related to some OpenDistro component. ---
**Author:** ![Dandy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dandy/32/16643_2.png) [@Dandy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dandy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-write-bulk-running-time-way-too-long-how-do-you-cancel/243484/3 "2020-08-03T07:18:57Z")
Hello @Christian_Dahlqvist 7.8.0 ES. We have a constant stream of documents being written. Timewise, this is about the time when new indices would be created. I don't have any "missing" indices and the indices these jobs are writing to exist. I've tried closing/reopening the index that the task is writing to, but still stuck there in pending. Other then restarting the node, is there a way to cancel/close these tasks? ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-write-bulk-running-time-way-too-long-how-do-you-cancel/243484/4 "2020-08-03T07:21:45Z")
What is the output of the cluster stats API? What is the size and specification of the cluster in terms of hardware? I have never seen bulk requests time out and get stuck like that when a new index is created on standard Elasticsearch, so would not rule out it might have something to do with OpenDistro, which I have no experience with. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-write-bulk-running-time-way-too-long-how-do-you-cancel/243484/5 "2020-08-31T07:21:45Z")
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