# Errors in filebeat i/o timeout, reconnecting

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/errors-in-filebeat-i-o-timeout-reconnecting/240026>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 6, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/errors-in-filebeat-i-o-timeout-reconnecting/240026 "2020-07-06T15:04:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_Wainwright](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/george_wainwright/32/51054_2.png) [@George\_Wainwright](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Wainwright)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/errors-in-filebeat-i-o-timeout-reconnecting/240026/1 "2020-07-06T15:04:32Z")

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Hi, from time to time I see periodic errors in filebeat logs:

`2020-07-06T09:00:12.479-0500	ERROR	logstash/sync.go:96	error closing connection to logstash host test-logstash:5044: write tcp 10.120.248.89:48856->10.120.248.82:5044: i/o timeout, reconnecting...`

I use 7.6.0 version of logstash and filebeat? What could be the root of issue here?

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/errors-in-filebeat-i-o-timeout-reconnecting/240026/2 "2020-07-06T15:17:42Z")

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Logstash is disconnecting as Filebeat is being inactive. Have you tried setting `client_inactivity_timeout` in Logstash?

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**Author:** ![George\_Wainwright](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/george_wainwright/32/51054_2.png) [@George\_Wainwright](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Wainwright)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/errors-in-filebeat-i-o-timeout-reconnecting/240026/3 "2020-07-06T15:33:30Z")

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@kvch,

no - to what value should I set it?

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/errors-in-filebeat-i-o-timeout-reconnecting/240026/4 "2020-07-09T14:34:30Z")

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You should set it to a higher interval than your Filebeat is being inactive for. E.g if your Filebeat is not sending logs for 5 minutes, set it for e.g. 6 minutes.

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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:** [August 6, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/errors-in-filebeat-i-o-timeout-reconnecting/240026/5 "2020-08-06T16:34:36Z")

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