# Elasticsearch creating files but not releasing them until I restart the service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-creating-files-but-not-releasing-them-until-i-restart-the-service/37385>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 16, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-creating-files-but-not-releasing-them-until-i-restart-the-service/37385 "2015-12-16T17:53:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![swarzech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@swarzech](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/swarzech)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-creating-files-but-not-releasing-them-until-i-restart-the-service/37385/5 "2015-12-16T21:06:18Z")

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I know, but updating to 1.X or newer is a much larger project and I would like to get this fixed in the interim.

Thanks

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