# Elasticsearch behavior after License expiry **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 24, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-behavior-after-license-expiry/63810 "2016-10-24T23:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![santsaha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/santsaha/32/6010_2.png) [@santsaha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/santsaha)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-behavior-after-license-expiry/63810/1 "2016-10-24T23:49:02Z")
I understand that we can get going with elasticsearch using trial license for plugins. My question is what happens after the license has expired. For eg. if I use trial license for marvel and watcher and after one month, when the trial expires, will Elasticsearch have any issues or Will marvel and watcher just stop functioning? ---
**Author:** ![mainec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mainec/32/5557_2.png) [@mainec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mainec)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-behavior-after-license-expiry/63810/2 "2016-10-25T10:49:25Z")
According to [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/license-expiration.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/license-expiration.html) "These error messages tell you when the license expires and what features will be disabled if you fail to update it. [example log output retracted for brevity] Once the license expires, calls to the cluster health, cluster stats, and index stats APIs fail with a security\_exception and return a 401 HTTP status code." ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-behavior-after-license-expiry/63810/3 "2017-07-05T22:10:02Z")