# FileBeat file is falling under ignore older

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-file-is-falling-under-ignore-older/61210>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 22, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-file-is-falling-under-ignore-older/61210 "2016-09-22T08:16:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-file-is-falling-under-ignore-older/61210/3 "2016-10-10T06:59:48Z")

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As long as events are not acked by the receiving end filebeat will not release the file handler as this could lead to data loss. If you want filebeat to force closing your files after a certain time use `close_timeout`: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/master/configuration-filebeat-options.html#close-timeout](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/master/configuration-filebeat-options.html#close-timeout) If you use this feature it is important that you understand the side effects.

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