# Detect Logstash Idling State

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-logstash-idling-state/45895>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 31, 2016, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-logstash-idling-state/45895 "2016-03-31T08:47:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@gringo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gringo)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-logstash-idling-state/45895/1 "2016-03-31T08:47:30Z")

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Is there a way to check if logstash is in an idling state. I need to know if logstash has finished parsing the log files assigned to it.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-logstash-idling-state/45895/2 "2016-03-31T09:09:17Z")

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Logstash doesn't really have a notion of "idle". See [http://stackoverflow.com/a/33146636/414355](http://stackoverflow.com/a/33146636/414355) for how to check the progress of file ingestion.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-logstash-idling-state/45895/3 "2017-07-06T05:04:33Z")

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