# Extend trial license urgent request
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extend-trial-license-urgent-request/370578
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 14, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extend-trial-license-urgent-request/370578 "2024-11-14T20:02:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@pranchalm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranchalm)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extend-trial-license-urgent-request/370578/1 "2024-11-14T20:02:13Z")
Hi team,
Requesting to extend my trial license period, i am currently a masters student, i am developing a tool where i am making use of elastic-search's 8.15.0 trial license active features, and i have a demo upcoming in a week, i need to do some testing urgently using those features, I am using elasticsearch on my windows system locally only, i have already put a request via the following link-:
> **[Self-managed Trial Extension Request](https://www.elastic.co/trialextension)**
>
> Want to continue working with the security, machine learning and alerting features of the Elastic Stack for another 30 days? Register here!...
But i didnt receive any acknowledgement mail regarding that so was worried.
If there are any work-arounds please advise, but its a urgent request. I hope team will respond...thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@pranchalm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranchalm)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extend-trial-license-urgent-request/370578/2 "2024-11-15T17:30:05Z")
Hi team,
Can Anyone help me out on gathering info that trial extension will be provided, really necessary for me? Or suggest any work arounds as i asked earlier..
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extend-trial-license-urgent-request/370578/3 "2024-11-15T17:38:17Z")
I can not help you with the license, but would recommend you try to create a complete snapshot using the [snapshot API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshot-restore-apis.html). Then spin up a completely new node/cluster and enable a new trial license there. Once that is up you can use the restore API to load all indices and cluster metadata into this new cluster.
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### Author:  [@pranchalm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranchalm)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extend-trial-license-urgent-request/370578/4 "2024-11-15T17:56:33Z")
thanks @Christian_Dahlqvist for the response, will try this approach