# Filebeat 6.x idle\_timeout

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-x-idle-timeout/141920>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 27, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-x-idle-timeout/141920 "2018-07-27T10:17:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![wklken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@wklken](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wklken)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-x-idle-timeout/141920/1 "2018-07-27T10:17:42Z")

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Hi team:

I have recently upgraded to filebeat 6.3.2 from 5.3

Then I found the break changes: spooler is removed

so the config is not working anymore.

```auto
filebeat.idle_timeout: 2s

```

In our cluster, we collect the docker stdout log to `realtime` query from web shell. (the es refresh\_interval is 1s)

After upgraded, I found the log sent to the es is delay for about 30s - 1min(compare to 5.3)

I read all the docs of 6.3.2, but did not find the config field like `idle_timeout`

How can I fix that?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-x-idle-timeout/141920/2 "2018-07-27T13:05:54Z")

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Hi @wklken,

I think the replacement setting for `filebeat.idle_timeout` you are looking for is either `queue.mem.flush.timeout` or `queue.spool.write.flush.timeout`, depending on which queue type you are using (`mem` or `spool`).

Shaunak

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**Author:** ![wklken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@wklken](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wklken)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-x-idle-timeout/141920/3 "2018-07-30T04:31:34Z")

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It works.  
Thank you @shaunak

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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 27, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-x-idle-timeout/141920/4 "2018-08-27T04:31:40Z")

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