# ElasticSearch 8.1.1 Java API - Sort doesn't work

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-1-java-api-sort-doesnt-work/301003>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 29, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-1-java-api-sort-doesnt-work/301003 "2022-03-29T19:06:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![AKDAS\_System](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/akdas_system/32/98091_2.png) [@AKDAS\_System](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKDAS_System)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-1-java-api-sort-doesnt-work/301003/1 "2022-03-29T19:06:19Z")

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Hello, I'm currently in the process of migrating from Elasticsearch 6.8 to the new Java API in 8.1.1. So far everything is going well but the only problem that is left is that adding sort to SearchRequest breaks everything. Here's a snippet:

```auto
SortOptions sort = new SortOptions.Builder().field(f -> f.field("identifier").order(SortOrder.Asc)).build();
SearchResponse<LuceneDocInfo> search = client.search(r -> r
                .index(LuceneSearchUtils.SEARCH_INDEX)
                .from(startFrom)
                .size(pageSize)
                .query(query)
                .sort(sort),
        LuceneDocInfo.class);

```

This then produces an error in the console

```auto
2022-03-29 21:48:58.618 DEBUG 51036 --- [nio-8083-exec-8] org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient : request [POST https://es01:9200/lvm_all_2/_search?typed_keys=true] returned [HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request]
co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch._types.ElasticsearchException: [es/search] failed: [search_phase_execution_exception] all shards failed
	at co.elastic.clients.transport.rest_client.RestClientTransport.getHighLevelResponse(RestClientTransport.java:281)
	at co.elastic.clients.transport.rest_client.RestClientTransport.performRequest(RestClientTransport.java:147)
	at co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchClient.search(ElasticsearchClient.java:1526)
	at co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchClient.search(ElasticsearchClient.java:1543)
	at lv.autentica.grifs.business.services.search.LuceneSearchService.searchDocIndex(LuceneSearchService.java:345)
...

```

If I remove .sort() everything works perfectly. I couldn't really find an example for a query with sort so maybe I'm doing it wrong. Any advice would be appreciated.

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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:** [March 29, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-1-java-api-sort-doesnt-work/301003/2 "2022-03-29T19:06:19Z")

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Elasticsearch 6.8 is [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol) and no longer supported. Please upgrade ASAP.

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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:** [April 26, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-1-java-api-sort-doesnt-work/301003/3 "2022-04-26T19:06:24Z")

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