# Elasticsearch + Java - Inconsistent Search/Query time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-java-inconsistent-search-query-time/325527>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 15, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-java-inconsistent-search-query-time/325527 "2023-02-15T03:38:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Java2avaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/java2avaj/32/99497_2.png) [@Java2avaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Java2avaj)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-java-inconsistent-search-query-time/325527/1 "2023-02-15T03:38:35Z")

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We are searching over 10million documents with a simple query that contains bool and multiple shoulds. But query time is inconsistent- taking sometimes 100ms sometimes 4 seconds. How can we tune this so that query time is consistent and less than 1 second?

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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 15, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-java-inconsistent-search-query-time/325527/2 "2023-03-15T03:38:57Z")

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