# Failed to execute bulk item max length:2kb

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-bulk-item-max-length-2kb/108287>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 19, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-bulk-item-max-length-2kb/108287 "2017-11-19T14:01:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lintungwei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lintungwei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lintungwei)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-bulk-item-max-length-2kb/108287/1 "2017-11-19T14:01:44Z")

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I'm using logstash + elasticsearch. both are 6.0.0  
Elasticsearch output plugin is used for logstash to output a 147 fields document directly to Elasticsearch.

Below is the error message :

[2017-11-19T21:56:44,196][DEBUG][o.e.a.b.TransportShardBulkAction] [b777][4] failed to execute bulk item (index) BulkSha  
rdRequest [[b777][4]] containing [index {[b777][doc][CAL012-17-11-09 21:54:44], source[n/a, actual length: [2.7kb], max  
length: 2kb]}]

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**Author:** ![lintungwei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lintungwei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lintungwei)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-bulk-item-max-length-2kb/108287/2 "2017-11-19T15:01:48Z")

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I found the problem by looking carefully on the error message. It all because something wrong with the data type and has nothing to do with length limitation.  
Suggest to revise the error message, it will lead to wrong debugging direction.  
🙂

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**Author:** ![lintungwei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lintungwei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lintungwei)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-bulk-item-max-length-2kb/108287/3 "2017-11-19T15:13:43Z")

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Oh, forgot to mention, Elasticsearch output still has the length problem. I solved the problem by using http output plug-in.

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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:** [December 17, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-bulk-item-max-length-2kb/108287/4 "2017-12-17T15:14:21Z")

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