# FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)\] errors

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forbidden-12-index-read-only-allow-delete-api-errors/167529>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 7, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forbidden-12-index-read-only-allow-delete-api-errors/167529 "2019-02-07T20:47:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Roshni\_Jain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Roshni\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roshni_Jain)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forbidden-12-index-read-only-allow-delete-api-errors/167529/1 "2019-02-07T20:47:24Z")

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[elasticsearch-document-worker] document updated in elasticsearch, {"index":{"\_index":"document\_search","\_type":"document","\_id":"6","status":403,"error":{"type":"cluster\_block\_exception","reason":"blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];"}}}  
NonFatalError - requeueing message: {"fields":{"consumerTag":"amq.ctag-NwTiTagNWfeRRc5kBcp8UQ","deliveryTag":520,"redelivered":true,"exchange":"beta-direct-exchange","routingKey":"text-extraction-queue-beta"},"properties":{"contentType":"application/json","headers":{},"deliveryMode":2,"messageId":"8a52b16b-9b9a-4fcf-928c-2780e73246a0","timestamp":1549565512,"appId":"pipeline-conversion"},"content":{"document\_id":5,"item\_type":"NONBILL","content\_type":"image/png","user\_id":6,"uuid":"14774f06-8196-4bbf-86e2-4ff7a544e166","filename":"Screen Shot 2018-09-07 at 3.24.22 [PM.png","email":"bob@bobsbooks.com](mailto:PM.png%22,%22email%22:%22bob@bobsbooks.com)","currency":"CAD","paid\_status":"trial","vip":false,"extract\_uploaded\_docs":true,"documentId":"5","notes":null,"action":"insert","userId":"6","splitPDF":false,"initialization\_vector":{"type":"Buffer","data":[197,194,4,226,222,210,130,42,117,80,14,48,203,80,208,248]},"resource":"14774f06-8196-4bbf-86e2-4ff7a544e166/6eb29c50-2b09-11e9-ba09-95e5853c22e3","uploaded\_by\_uuid":"3ce4d19f-46e2-4b4c-a06a-c72d334ba5e0","intake\_type":3},"skipSendOutbound":false,"isDuplicate":false,"error":{"type":"cluster\_block\_exception","reason":"blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];","status":403},"appId":"elasticsearch-document-worker","workerType":"pipeline","isValid":true}

Can anyone please help me in fixing this?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forbidden-12-index-read-only-allow-delete-api-errors/167529/2 "2019-02-07T21:50:06Z")

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This usually means that you are running out of disk space. Check the documentation around watermarks for more details.

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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:** [March 7, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forbidden-12-index-read-only-allow-delete-api-errors/167529/3 "2019-03-07T21:50:08Z")

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