# FileBeat 7.9.1 - Error creating runner from config: Can only start an input when all related states are finished

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-9-1-error-creating-runner-from-config-can-only-start-an-input-when-all-related-states-are-finished/276867>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, filebeat\
**Created:** [June 24, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-9-1-error-creating-runner-from-config-can-only-start-an-input-when-all-related-states-are-finished/276867 "2021-06-24T04:33:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-9-1-error-creating-runner-from-config-can-only-start-an-input-when-all-related-states-are-finished/276867/1 "2021-06-24T04:33:30Z")

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Hi I am using 7.9.1 Fileabeat version and i am observing following error in the log file.

`2021-06-24T03:27:53.075Z ERROR [autodiscover] cfgfile/list.go:95 Error creating runner from config: Can only start an input when all related states are finished: {​​​​​​​Id: native::211814967-16691, Finished: false, Fileinfo: &{​​​​​​​849a56ddea40a27343946f94270848e01827180a71e6661e6a42c72e7b72789f-json.log 5935 416 {​​​​​​​509982461 63760102053 0x419d080}​​​​​​​ {​​​​​​​16691 211814967 1 33184 0 0 0 0 5935 4096 16 {​​​​​​​1624505232 994136008}​​​​​​​ {​​​​​​​1624505253 509982461}​​​​​​​ {​​​​​​​1624505253 509982461}​​​​​​​ [0 0 0]}​​​​​​​}​​​​​​​, Source: /var/lib/docker/containers/849a56ddea40a27343946f94270848e01827180a71e6661e6a42c72e7b72789f/849a56ddea40a27343946f94270848e01827180a71e6661e6a42c72e7b72789f-json.log, Offset: 8790, Timestamp: 2021-06-24 03:27:46.55274251 +0000 UTC m=+2163.565964831, TTL: -1ns, Type: log, Meta: map[], FileStateOS: 211814967-16691}​​​​​​​ 2021-06-24T03:27:53.079Z ERROR [autodiscover] cfgfile/list.go:95 Error creating runner from config: Can only start an input when all related states are finished: {​​​​​​​Id: native::211814967-16691, Finished: false, Fileinfo: &{​​​​​​​849a56ddea40a27343946f94270848e01827180a71e6661e6a42c72e7b72789f-json.log 5935 416 {​​​​​​​509982461 63760102053 0x419d080}​​​​​​​ {​​​​​​​16691 211814967 1 33184 0 0 0 0 5935 4096 16 {​​​​​​​1624505232 994136008}​​​​​​​ {​​​​​​​1624505253 509982461}​​​​​​​ {​​​​​​​1624505253 509982461}​​​​​​​ [0 0 0]}​​​​​​​}​​​​​​​, Source: /var/lib/docker/containers/849a56ddea40a27343946f94270848e01827180a71e6661e6a42c72e7b72789f/849a56ddea40a27343946f94270848e01827180a71e6661e6a42c72e7b72789f-json.log, Offset: 8790, Timestamp: 2021-06-24 03:27:46.55274251 +0000 UTC m=+2163.565964831, TTL: -1ns, Type: log, Meta: map[], FileStateOS: 211814967-16691}​​​​​​​ 2021-06-24T03:35:14.230Z ERROR log/input.go:552 Harvester could not be started on truncated file: /var/lib/kubelet/pods/29d88904-64e3-4002-893a-4abd82f16d37/volumes/kubernetes.io~csi/pvc-afbdfb1e-6804-4fed-a0ab-a3d35c92c9e5/mount/esa/alarms.log, Err: error setting up harvester: Harvester setup failed. Unexpected file opening error: file info is not identical with opened file. Aborting harvesting and retrying file later again`

Any idea what is wrong here?

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-9-1-error-creating-runner-from-config-can-only-start-an-input-when-all-related-states-are-finished/276867/2 "2021-07-22T06:34:30Z")

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