# Filebeat registry update

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-registry-update/40836>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [February 3, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-registry-update/40836 "2016-02-03T08:33:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Harvii\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@Harvii\_Dent](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Harvii_Dent)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-registry-update/40836/1 "2016-02-03T08:33:10Z")

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Hello,

How often does the registry file get updated? is it periodic (every few minutes)? or is updated after each log line is acknowledged?

Thanks

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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:** [February 3, 2016, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-registry-update/40836/2 "2016-02-03T09:07:32Z")

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The registrar file is written every time events are sent out and acknowledged by Logstash or Elasticsearch. How often events are sent out depends on spooler config `idle_timeout` and `spool_size`: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-configuration-details.html#\_spool\_size](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-configuration-details.html#_spool_size)

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-registry-update/40836/3 "2017-07-05T21:56:03Z")

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