# Failed to mege exception

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-mege-exception/8595>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 1, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-mege-exception/8595 "2012-08-01T13:47:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Pavel\_Dvorak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Pavel\_Dvorak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pavel_Dvorak)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-mege-exception/8595/1 "2012-08-01T13:47:49Z")

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i got this today  
[2012-08-01 07:25:30,903][WARN][index.merge.scheduler] [Proctor]  
[action\_log][3] failed to merge  
java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_375v\_1.del  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.store.Store$StoreDirectory.fileLength(Store.java:379)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfo.sizeInBytes(SegmentInfo.java:303)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$OneMerge.totalBytesSize(MergePolicy.java:174)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.doMerge(TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:80)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:456)  
Exception in thread "[action\_log][3]: Lucene Merge Thread #917"  
org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$MergeException:  
java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_375v\_1.del  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler.handleMergeException(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:517)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.merge.scheduler.ConcurrentMergeSchedulerProvider$CustomConcurrentMergeScheduler.handleMergeException(ConcurrentMergeSchedulerProvider.java:121)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:482)  
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_375v\_1.del  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.store.Store$StoreDirectory.fileLength(Store.java:379)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfo.sizeInBytes(SegmentInfo.java:303)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$OneMerge.totalBytesSize(MergePolicy.java:174)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.doMerge(TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:80)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:456)

I didn't delete anything  
version 0.19.2

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**Author:** ![krispyjala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krispyjala/32/846_2.png) [@krispyjala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krispyjala)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-mege-exception/8595/2 "2013-01-23T20:30:06Z")

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Anybody getting this still? I am still seeing this on a regular basis on  
my ES machines. Using 0.19.11

[2013-01-22 15:36:26,160][WARN][index.merge.scheduler] [Deanna Troi]  
[geolocation][3] failed to merge  
java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_o2cw\_4.del  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.store.Store$StoreDirectory.fileLength(Store.java:448)  
at org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfo.sizeInBytes(SegmentInfo.java:303)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$OneMerge.totalBytesSize(MergePolicy.java:174)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.doMerge(TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:81)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:456)  
[2013-01-22 18:36:38,797][WARN][index.merge.scheduler] [Deanna Troi]  
[geolocation][2] failed to merge  
java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_olys\_7.del  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.store.Store$StoreDirectory.fileLength(Store.java:448)  
at org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfo.sizeInBytes(SegmentInfo.java:303)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$OneMerge.totalBytesSize(MergePolicy.java:174)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.doMerge(TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:81)  
at  
org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:456)

On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 6:47:49 AM UTC-7, Pavel Dvorak wrote:

> i got this today  
> [2012-08-01 07:25:30,903][WARN][index.merge.scheduler] [Proctor]  
> [action\_log][3] failed to merge  
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_375v\_1.del  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.store.Store$StoreDirectory.fileLength(Store.java:379)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfo.sizeInBytes(SegmentInfo.java:303)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$OneMerge.totalBytesSize(MergePolicy.java:174)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.doMerge(TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:80)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:456)  
> Exception in thread "[action\_log][3]: Lucene Merge Thread #917"  
> org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$MergeException:  
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_375v\_1.del  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler.handleMergeException(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:517)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.merge.scheduler.ConcurrentMergeSchedulerProvider$CustomConcurrentMergeScheduler.handleMergeException(ConcurrentMergeSchedulerProvider.java:121)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:482)  
> Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_375v\_1.del  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.store.Store$StoreDirectory.fileLength(Store.java:379)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfo.sizeInBytes(SegmentInfo.java:303)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$OneMerge.totalBytesSize(MergePolicy.java:174)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.doMerge(TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:80)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:456)
> 
> I didn't delete anything  
> version 0.19.2

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**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-mege-exception/8595/3 "2013-02-01T16:06:07Z")

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You typically see these errors on shards that experienced running out of  
disk space in the past. Once index get corrupted like this, you will be  
getting these error messages on every attempt to merge segments. I would  
try to make a copy of the index and run CheckIndex[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/1890](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/1890)on it.

On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:30:06 PM UTC-5, krispyjala wrote:

> Anybody getting this still? I am still seeing this on a regular basis on  
> my ES machines. Using 0.19.11
> 
> [2013-01-22 15:36:26,160][WARN][index.merge.scheduler] [Deanna Troi]  
> [geolocation][3] failed to merge  
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_o2cw\_4.del  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.store.Store$StoreDirectory.fileLength(Store.java:448)  
> at org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfo.sizeInBytes(SegmentInfo.java:303)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$OneMerge.totalBytesSize(MergePolicy.java:174)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.doMerge(TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:81)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:456)  
> [2013-01-22 18:36:38,797][WARN][index.merge.scheduler] [Deanna Troi]  
> [geolocation][2] failed to merge  
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_olys\_7.del  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.store.Store$StoreDirectory.fileLength(Store.java:448)  
> at org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfo.sizeInBytes(SegmentInfo.java:303)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$OneMerge.totalBytesSize(MergePolicy.java:174)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.doMerge(TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:81)  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:456)
> 
> On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 6:47:49 AM UTC-7, Pavel Dvorak wrote:
> 
> > i got this today  
> > [2012-08-01 07:25:30,903][WARN][index.merge.scheduler] [Proctor]  
> > [action\_log][3] failed to merge  
> > java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_375v\_1.del  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.index.store.Store$StoreDirectory.fileLength(Store.java:379)  
> > at  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfo.sizeInBytes(SegmentInfo.java:303)  
> > at  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$OneMerge.totalBytesSize(MergePolicy.java:174)  
> > at  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.doMerge(TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:80)  
> > at  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:456)  
> > Exception in thread "[action\_log][3]: Lucene Merge Thread #917"  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$MergeException:  
> > java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_375v\_1.del  
> > at  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler.handleMergeException(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:517)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.index.merge.scheduler.ConcurrentMergeSchedulerProvider$CustomConcurrentMergeScheduler.handleMergeException(ConcurrentMergeSchedulerProvider.java:121)  
> > at  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:482)  
> > Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: \_375v\_1.del  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.index.store.Store$StoreDirectory.fileLength(Store.java:379)  
> > at  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfo.sizeInBytes(SegmentInfo.java:303)  
> > at  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy$OneMerge.totalBytesSize(MergePolicy.java:174)  
> > at  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.doMerge(TrackingConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:80)  
> > at  
> > org.apache.lucene.index.ConcurrentMergeScheduler$MergeThread.run(ConcurrentMergeScheduler.java:456)
> > 
> > I didn't delete anything  
> > version 0.19.2

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-mege-exception/8595/4 "2017-07-06T02:53:29Z")

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