# Filebeat does not harvest inactive files

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-does-not-harvest-inactive-files/257700>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 4, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-does-not-harvest-inactive-files/257700 "2020-12-04T21:06:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-does-not-harvest-inactive-files/257700/1 "2020-12-04T21:06:18Z")

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Hi All,

I am using filebeat 7.6.2. On starting up, it does not harvest a file which has time stamp of today but not actively being written into.

Is there some parameter that I could introduce in filebeat.yml to make it harvest an inactive file?

Thanks

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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:** [January 1, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-does-not-harvest-inactive-files/257700/2 "2021-01-01T23:06:22Z")

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