# Filebeat pipeline error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-pipeline-error/149303>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 20, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-pipeline-error/149303 "2018-09-20T13:38:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamesl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jamesl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jamesl)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-pipeline-error/149303/1 "2018-09-20T13:38:43Z")

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Hello. I just recently upgraded my system from 6.4.0 to 6.4.1. Now I'm getting this on my ingest nodes..  
Do I need to delete my filebeat pipeline and if so is there a quick procedure?

thanks.

> [2018-09-20T23:35:10,968][DEBUG][o.e.a.b.TransportBulkAction] [kib01] failed to execute pipeline [filebeat-6.4.1-system-auth-pipeline] for document [filebeat-6.4.1-2018.09.20/doc/null]
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> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: pipeline with id [filebeat-6.4.1-system-auth-pipeline] does not exist
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> at org.elasticsearch.ingest.PipelineExecutionService.getPipeline(PipelineExecutionService.java:184) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.1.jar:6.4.1]
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> at org.elasticsearch.ingest.PipelineExecutionService.access$000(PipelineExecutionService.java:43) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.1.jar:6.4.1]
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> at org.elasticsearch.ingest.PipelineExecutionService$1.doRun(PipelineExecutionService.java:78) [elasticsearch-6.4.1.jar:6.4.1]
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> at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:723) [elasticsearch-6.4.1.jar:6.4.1]
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> at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:37) [elasticsearch-6.4.1.jar:6.4.1]
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> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) [?:1.8.0\_181]
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> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) [?:1.8.0\_181]
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> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0\_181]

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-pipeline-error/149303/2 "2018-09-25T05:51:43Z")

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The error indicates that a certain pipeline is not found. Can you check the pipelines you have loaded in Elasticsearch? Pipeplines are versioned, so you should see one for 6.4.0 and 6.4.1.

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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:** [October 23, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-pipeline-error/149303/3 "2018-10-23T05:51:49Z")

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