# Filebeat Autodiscover Hints Breaking Template

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-autodiscover-hints-breaking-template/137310>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 25, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-autodiscover-hints-breaking-template/137310 "2018-06-25T18:58:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-autodiscover-hints-breaking-template/137310/8 "2018-06-25T22:10:02Z")

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Uhm, I think you are right, after checking the code, hints will work as long as you don't provide a valid config. This is useful to override some behavior, but not to cancel it entirely.

In this case, I would be OK with accepting a feature or pull request to support what you need. Feel free to open a new issue, please give as much detail as possible: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues)

Best regards

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