# Document\_missing\_exception on Upsert
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-missing-exception-on-upsert/78191
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 11, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-missing-exception-on-upsert/78191 "2017-03-11T01:58:09Z")
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### Author:  [@skilledDeveloper](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skilledDeveloper)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-missing-exception-on-upsert/78191/1 "2017-03-11T01:58:09Z")
I use bulk update and have set "doc\_as\_upsert": true
However, SOMETIMES I get errors like this:
"update": {
"\_index": "artists",
"\_type": "artist",
"\_id": "fernanda-francis",
"status": 404,
"error": {
"type": "document\_missing\_exception",
"reason": "[artist][fernanda-francis]: document missing",
"index\_uuid": "q7Yl-ftoS4WD3eE1j0D0kQ",
"shard": "3",
"index": "artists"
}
}
Any ideas why this happens? Isn't it supposed to insert the doc if it doesn't exist?
ES v5.1 on AWS.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-missing-exception-on-upsert/78191/2 "2017-04-08T01:58:13Z")
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