# Get last update time for an index

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-last-update-time-for-an-index/77365
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 3, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-last-update-time-for-an-index/77365 "2017-03-03T20:57:54Z")
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### Author: ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-last-update-time-for-an-index/77365/4 "2017-03-04T03:31:51Z")

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> [@animageofmine](#):
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> But the question still remains the same, is there a way to know when was the index updated?

Today this is not possible.

> [@animageofmine](#):
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> I hope there is a way to find that out, doesn't seem that difficult of a problem to solve from what I understand about ES.

It's more difficult than it sounds. Since this is index metadata, the master would have to be responsible for tracking it. That means a master operation on every indexing request, which is entirely too expensive. If we relax the guarantees, we can remove the need for a master operation, but then there are consistency issues to deal with.

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