# Filebeat keeps open files

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-keeps-open-files/65817
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [November 11, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-keeps-open-files/65817 "2016-11-11T14:17:44Z")
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### Author: ![Pablo\_Andres\_Santama](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pablo_andres_santama/32/69212_2.png) [@Pablo\_Andres\_Santama](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pablo_Andres_Santama)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-keeps-open-files/65817/1 "2016-11-11T14:17:44Z")

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Morning I have this version of filebeat

filebeat version 1.2.3 (amd64)  
this keeps open files and full disk I configure close\_older like this:

close\_older: 5m

but the problem is present again.

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### Author: ![nanshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@nanshan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nanshan)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-keeps-open-files/65817/2 "2016-11-11T18:11:22Z")

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try to upgrade to the latest version of filebeat

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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: [December 9, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-keeps-open-files/65817/3 "2016-12-09T18:11:29Z")

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