# Error while stopping harverster group

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-stopping-harverster-group/304590
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [May 12, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-stopping-harverster-group/304590 "2022-05-12T14:39:11Z")
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### Author: ![leonelfonseca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@leonelfonseca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leonelfonseca)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-stopping-harverster-group/304590/1 "2022-05-12T14:39:12Z")

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Hi, can anyone explain about this error message that appears in the Filebeat log ?

_\> Error while stopping harverster group: task failures error while adding new reader to the bookkeeper harvester is already running for file_

Thanks

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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: [June 9, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-stopping-harverster-group/304590/2 "2022-06-09T16:39:57Z")

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