# Filebeat tail not working when file timestamp is not updated
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-tail-not-working-when-file-timestamp-is-not-updated/70993
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [January 9, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-tail-not-working-when-file-timestamp-is-not-updated/70993 "2017-01-09T20:35:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@iversond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iversond)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-tail-not-working-when-file-timestamp-is-not-updated/70993/1 "2017-01-09T20:35:20Z")
We have a Tuxedo application server that write logs files, but the log file timestamp is only updated when the file rolls over each night. The log file is actively written to and if you open the file you can see the new data. I haven't been able to get Filebeat to read the file during the day. Once the system rolls over to new and closes it (thus updating the timestamp) Filebeat will pick up the changes. I've tried setting `tail_files: true` as well, but even that waits for the timestamp to update.
Is there a way to get Filebeat to look at the content length of the file when determining if there is new data to process?
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### Author:  [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-tail-not-working-when-file-timestamp-is-not-updated/70993/2 "2017-01-10T09:38:58Z")
Which filebeat version are you using? Can you share your config file?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2017, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-tail-not-working-when-file-timestamp-is-not-updated/70993/3 "2017-02-07T09:39:39Z")
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