# Filebeat stops harvesting - file didn't change **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [May 6, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-stops-harvesting-file-didnt-change/49446 "2016-05-06T23:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Todd\_Ruch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Todd\_Ruch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Todd_Ruch)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-stops-harvesting-file-didnt-change/49446/3 "2016-07-14T01:59:53Z")
This looks very similar to my issue. > [@Filebeat still scanning files, but not finding new log entries](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-still-scanning-files-but-not-finding-new-log-entries/55424): > > Hello! I'm using filebeat-1.2.3-1.x86\_64 on a CentOS 6.5 host. The problem I'm having is that after I start filebeat through the init process, it runs for a short period (what seems like the initial batch) and then anthough it is still running (I see it running due to it being set to log level debug), it stops finding new log entries. I don't seem to have the same problem when running it in debug in the foreground. filebeat -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml -e -v -d '\*' filebeat: prospectors: … --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-stops-harvesting-file-didnt-change/49446)._