# Filebeat do not see file updates after a while

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-do-not-see-file-updates-after-a-while/34914>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 18, 2015, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-do-not-see-file-updates-after-a-while/34914 "2015-11-18T10:08:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-do-not-see-file-updates-after-a-while/34914/2 "2015-11-18T10:27:53Z")

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@ogauchard Thanks for reporting this. It seems like this could be also related to: [ERR File reading error. Stopping harvester. Error: EOF](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/err-file-reading-error-stopping-harvester-error-eof/34764/7)

So in your case even though additional lines are added to application.log, filebeat tells you that the file didn't change, correct?

So far I assume the issue could be related to a race condition with fast file rotation, but in your case this does not seem to be the case.

Some question that could help to nail down the problem:

- Are there any specific characters when it stops reading?
- Is the rotate file deleted when the reading stops?
- Are you using a shared drive under windows?
- What is the total number of events sent to ES when the logging stops?
- You see the above lines: Start next scan, ... multiple times? Means until you kill filebeat?

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