# Finding the DELTED document ?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 27, 2014, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-the-delted-document/19487 "2014-08-27T08:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ivan\_Ji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d78d45/32.png) [@Ivan\_Ji](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan_Ji)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-the-delted-document/19487/1 "2014-08-27T08:54:31Z")
Hi all, I am facing a problem: I can find the deleted document right after I deleted it. But when I wait for seconds, the deleted document is just gone and I cannot find the document by using the same command. In face, I knew there is something similar when post a new document, you need to wait a while to be able to find it. I think it's acceptable for me. But about this case, anyone has ideas? Here is the reproducible gist: > In the gist, after I deleted the document, I try to XHEAD the document, I received 404 which means it had been deleted. So far so good. But next I try to query it, I actually can find the deleted document. Here is the problem. And then I sleep 2 sec, query the same search command again, the deleted document is just gone. Any suggestions of this situation ? Best, Ivan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4bba2c97-57be-4fe3-811e-33db04372d75%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4bba2c97-57be-4fe3-811e-33db04372d75%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jpountz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jpountz/32/45836_2.png) [@jpountz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpountz)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-the-delted-document/19487/2 "2014-08-27T20:11:30Z")
Hi Ivan, Your observations are due to the fact that the GET API is a realtime API while the search API is only near-realtime. This means that new documents, document updates and document deletions can take some time (around 1 second by default) before they are visible. On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Ivan Ji [hxuanji@gmail.com](mailto:hxuanji@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi all, > > I am facing a problem: I can find the deleted document right after I > deleted it. > > But when I wait for seconds, the deleted document is just gone and I > cannot find the document by using the same command. > > In face, I knew there is something similar when post a new document, you > need to wait a while to be able to find it. I think it's acceptable for me. > But about this case, anyone has ideas? > > Here is the reproducible gist: > [Finding the deleted document ยท GitHub](https://gist.github.com/hxuanji/89813ffe0979f12dba66) > In the gist, after I deleted the document, I try to XHEAD the document, I > received 404 which means it had been deleted. So far so good. > > But next I try to query it, I actually can find the deleted document. Here > is the problem. And then I sleep 2 sec, query the same search command > again, the deleted document is just gone. > > Any suggestions of this situation ? > > Best, > > Ivan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4bba2c97-57be-4fe3-811e-33db04372d75%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4bba2c97-57be-4fe3-811e-33db04372d75%40googlegroups.com) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- Adrien Grand -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAL6Z4j72eUy3Tv0vxidn7yDU98pK8AFfLzrvik%3DQeSbuhf0-dg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAL6Z4j72eUy3Tv0vxidn7yDU98pK8AFfLzrvik%3DQeSbuhf0-dg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-the-delted-document/19487/3 "2017-07-06T01:05:56Z")