# Exiting: error initializing processors: the processor add\_id doesn't exist

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-error-initializing-processors-the-processor-add-id-doesnt-exist/231991>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 11, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-error-initializing-processors-the-processor-add-id-doesnt-exist/231991 "2020-05-11T11:15:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![XFLaura](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xflaura/32/68061_2.png) [@XFLaura](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/XFLaura)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-error-initializing-processors-the-processor-add-id-doesnt-exist/231991/1 "2020-05-11T11:15:56Z")

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I get the error "Exiting: error initializing processors: the processor add\_id doesn't exist" when I am trying to add

processors:  
- add\_id: ~

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-error-initializing-processors-the-processor-add-id-doesnt-exist/231991/2 "2020-05-11T14:47:29Z")

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Hey @XFLaura welcome to discuss 🙂

What version of filebeat are you using? `add_id` processor is available since version 7.6.0.

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**Author:** ![XFLaura](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xflaura/32/68061_2.png) [@XFLaura](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/XFLaura)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-error-initializing-processors-the-processor-add-id-doesnt-exist/231991/3 "2020-05-12T03:34:14Z")

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OK,I see ,my version is 7.1.1.THX,I wll try version 7.6.0

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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, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-error-initializing-processors-the-processor-add-id-doesnt-exist/231991/4 "2020-06-09T03:34:25Z")

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