# Filebeats not harvesting new file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-not-harvesting-new-file/163400>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 8, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-not-harvesting-new-file/163400 "2019-01-08T16:08:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-not-harvesting-new-file/163400/2 "2019-01-09T19:38:13Z")

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@NickRoper Is there any error in the Filebeat log? Does Filebeat has the permission to read that file?

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