# Filebeat is not closig the file descriptor once the file is deleted/renamed

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-closig-the-file-descriptor-once-the-file-is-deleted-renamed/104077
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [October 16, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-closig-the-file-descriptor-once-the-file-is-deleted-renamed/104077 "2017-10-16T10:15:44Z")
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### Author: ![vkakhnych](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vkakhnych/32/23344_2.png) [@vkakhnych](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vkakhnych)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-closig-the-file-descriptor-once-the-file-is-deleted-renamed/104077/23 "2017-11-10T13:44:19Z")

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Few last filebeat statistic strings:

> 2017-11-10T13:40:12Z INFO Non-zero metrics in the last 1m0s: filebeat.harvester.open\_files=1 filebeat.harvester.running=1 filebeat.harvester.started=1 libbeat.logstash.call\_count.PublishEvents=21 libbeat.logstash.publish.read\_bytes=126 libbeat.logstash.publish.write\_bytes=6709789 libbeat.logstash.published\_and\_acked\_events=42844 libbeat.publisher.published\_events=42839 publish.events=43008 registrar.states.update=43008 registrar.writes=21  
> 2017-11-10T13:41:12Z INFO Non-zero metrics in the last 1m0s: libbeat.logstash.call\_count.PublishEvents=17 libbeat.logstash.publish.read\_bytes=102 libbeat.logstash.publish.write\_bytes=5347797 libbeat.logstash.published\_and\_acked\_events=34679 libbeat.publisher.published\_events=34680 publish.events=34816 registrar.states.update=34350 registrar.writes=16  
> 2017-11-10T13:42:12Z INFO Non-zero metrics in the last 1m0s: libbeat.logstash.call\_count.PublishEvents=15 libbeat.logstash.publish.read\_bytes=90 libbeat.logstash.publish.write\_bytes=4783812 libbeat.logstash.published\_and\_acked\_events=30517 libbeat.publisher.published\_events=30512 publish.events=30720 registrar.states.update=31186 registrar.writes=16

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