# Elasticsearch index policy no effect **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 23, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-policy-no-effect/196548 "2019-08-23T14:31:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rdpusc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@rdpusc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rdpusc)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-policy-no-effect/196548/1 "2019-08-23T14:31:32Z")
Elasticsearch index policy no effect index is days old and 5m docs. I checked and it looks like the policy is assigned to the index and I restarted the elasticsearch service ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/1/41e3bffd89640b5f5b4cd8cbfbbaaed8895e9d80.png) ---
**Author:** ![rdpusc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@rdpusc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rdpusc)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-policy-no-effect/196548/2 "2019-08-23T18:35:18Z")
Current index status ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/5/f548b5a52e1430e01dfcca96cb73fa9bb8d064ac.png) ---
**Author:** ![rdpusc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@rdpusc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rdpusc)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-policy-no-effect/196548/3 "2019-08-26T15:23:11Z")
Bump... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-policy-no-effect/196548/4 "2019-09-23T15:23:12Z")
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