# Elasticsearch output plugin: rejected docs in bulk indexing partial failure are silently lost

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-plugin-rejected-docs-in-bulk-indexing-partial-failure-are-silently-lost/41443>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 11, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-plugin-rejected-docs-in-bulk-indexing-partial-failure-are-silently-lost/41443 "2016-02-11T00:19:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![lohith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ab097/32.png) [@lohith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lohith)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-plugin-rejected-docs-in-bulk-indexing-partial-failure-are-silently-lost/41443/1 "2016-02-11T00:19:59Z")

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The docs rejected by elastic search due to 'mapping error exception' are being lost and no way to get notified unless 'grep' through huge log files.

Is there any way to write rejected docs to file for manual error handling and retry later ?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-plugin-rejected-docs-in-bulk-indexing-partial-failure-are-silently-lost/41443/2 "2016-02-11T05:39:53Z")

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This is currently not possible, but it is [on the roadmap](https://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/2607).

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-plugin-rejected-docs-in-bulk-indexing-partial-failure-are-silently-lost/41443/3 "2017-07-05T23:17:22Z")

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