# \[ERROR\] Cannot race. Worker \[54\] has exited prematurely

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-race-worker-54-has-exited-prematurely/306981>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** rally\
**Created:** [June 13, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-race-worker-54-has-exited-prematurely/306981 "2022-06-13T03:26:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![amitsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@amitsa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitsa)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-race-worker-54-has-exited-prematurely/306981/1 "2022-06-13T03:26:25Z")

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Getting below error while benchmarking with nyc\_taxis

Running on kubernetes  
1 master - 31 gb heap  
3 data - 31 gb heap

System  
208 VCPU  
mem: 1008 gb

# track params

```auto
NUMBER_OF_SHARDS=${NUMBER_OF_SHARDS:-10}
NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS=${NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS:-0}
INGEST_PERCENTAGE=${INGEST_PERCENTAGE:-100}
BULK_SIZE=${BULK_SIZE:-10000}
BULK_INDEXING_CLIENTS=${BULK_INDEXING_CLIENTS:-64}
REFRESH_INTERVAL=${REFRESH_INTERVAL:--1}

```

I am able to execute with 16 clients without any error

```auto
2022-06-13 03:10:37,268 -not-actor-/PID:10 esrally.rally INFO Attempting to shutdown internal actor system.
2022-06-13 03:10:37,269 -not-actor-/PID:20 root INFO ActorSystem Logging Shutdown
2022-06-13 03:10:37,290 -not-actor-/PID:19 root INFO ---- Actor System shutdown
2022-06-13 03:10:37,290 -not-actor-/PID:10 esrally.rally INFO Actor system is still running. Waiting...
2022-06-13 03:10:38,291 -not-actor-/PID:10 esrally.rally INFO Shutdown completed.
2022-06-13 03:10:38,291 -not-actor-/PID:10 esrally.rally ERROR Cannot run subcommand [race].
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/esrally/rally.py", line 975, in dispatch_sub_command
    race(cfg, args.kill_running_processes)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/esrally/rally.py", line 755, in race
    with_actor_system(racecontrol.run, cfg)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/esrally/rally.py", line 785, in with_actor_system
    runnable(cfg)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 373, in run
    raise e
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 370, in run
    pipeline(cfg)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 71, in __call__
    self.target(cfg)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 309, in benchmark_only
    return race(cfg, external=True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 267, in race
    raise exceptions.RallyError(result.message, result.cause)
esrally.exceptions.RallyError: Worker [54] has exited prematurely.

```

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**Author:** ![Quentin\_Pradet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/quentin_pradet/32/94192_2.png) [@Quentin\_Pradet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Quentin_Pradet)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-race-worker-54-has-exited-prematurely/306981/2 "2022-06-13T12:15:30Z")

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Hello, do you consistently get this error with 64 indexing clients? Can you please share `~/.rally/logs/rally.log` and `~/.rally/logs/actor-system-internal.log`?

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**Author:** ![amitsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@amitsa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitsa)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-race-worker-54-has-exited-prematurely/306981/3 "2022-06-13T14:33:28Z")

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yes i was consistently getting this error. Kindly share where i can send you the logs. in my rally container i only see rally.log

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**Author:** ![Quentin\_Pradet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/quentin_pradet/32/94192_2.png) [@Quentin\_Pradet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Quentin_Pradet)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-race-worker-54-has-exited-prematurely/306981/4 "2022-06-14T06:17:36Z")

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Please upload there: [Elastic Upload Service : Login](https://upload.elastic.co/a/u/c/83648982-d036-4939-ac9c-8aa4a24282dc). Is it OK if I share the relevant lines in this post?

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**Author:** ![amitsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@amitsa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitsa)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-race-worker-54-has-exited-prematurely/306981/5 "2022-06-14T07:46:42Z")

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yes, its ok but I am not able to login on above elastic upload service.

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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 12, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-race-worker-54-has-exited-prematurely/306981/6 "2022-07-12T07:47:21Z")

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