# Deleted indices keep coming back w/ 1.4.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 20, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-indices-keep-coming-back-w-1-4-0/20869 "2014-11-20T15:19:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_Smith\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@David\_Smith\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Smith_2)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-indices-keep-coming-back-w-1-4-0/20869/1 "2014-11-20T15:19:14Z")
Hi, Since we upgraded to 1.4.0, deleted indices in our time-series index set keep coming back right after deletion. So whenever we drop an expired index (usually as midnight rolls), it gets deleted and removed from the alias it was under. But about half the time it comes back as an empty index. As you can see from the marvel screenshot below (read from the bottom to the top). [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iXhabN33WIw/VG4GDf3Q8QI/AAAAAAAAAC4/jLF\_dGBpGIg/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-11-20%2Bat%2B10.07.58%2BAM.png](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iXhabN33WIw/VG4GDf3Q8QI/AAAAAAAAAC4/jLF_dGBpGIg/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-11-20%2Bat%2B10.07.58%2BAM.png) Just wanted to make sure you guys are aware of this bug. D. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f0ca4974-1940-43ea-bdfc-a7b8bdd80162%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f0ca4974-1940-43ea-bdfc-a7b8bdd80162%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-indices-keep-coming-back-w-1-4-0/20869/2 "2014-11-20T19:52:21Z")
That's unlikely to be a bug, the only time ES will recreate an index is if it finds dangling data. Are your indexes created automatically? How is your data sent to ES? Is it possible that there is some data that is slower reaching ES than others and so the time difference causes this to happen? On 21 November 2014 02:19, David Smith [davidksmith2k@gmail.com](mailto:davidksmith2k@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > Since we upgraded to 1.4.0, deleted indices in our time-series index set > keep coming back right after deletion. So whenever we drop an expired index > (usually as midnight rolls), it gets deleted and removed from the alias it > was under. But about half the time it comes back as an empty index. > > As you can see from the marvel screenshot below (read from the bottom to > the top). > > [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iXhabN33WIw/VG4GDf3Q8QI/AAAAAAAAAC4/jLF\_dGBpGIg/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-11-20%2Bat%2B10.07.58%2BAM.png](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iXhabN33WIw/VG4GDf3Q8QI/AAAAAAAAAC4/jLF_dGBpGIg/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-11-20%2Bat%2B10.07.58%2BAM.png) > > Just wanted to make sure you guys are aware of this bug. > > D. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f0ca4974-1940-43ea-bdfc-a7b8bdd80162%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f0ca4974-1940-43ea-bdfc-a7b8bdd80162%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f0ca4974-1940-43ea-bdfc-a7b8bdd80162%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f0ca4974-1940-43ea-bdfc-a7b8bdd80162%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAF3ZnZmdhCEHMuCMowC2avFKMrmau0Zm%2BWsJgEQMLSPH8JSQXw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAF3ZnZmdhCEHMuCMowC2avFKMrmau0Zm%2BWsJgEQMLSPH8JSQXw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-indices-keep-coming-back-w-1-4-0/20869/3 "2017-07-06T00:48:34Z")