# Getting Below ecxception in logstash please help

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-below-ecxception-in-logstash-please-help/50419>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 19, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-below-ecxception-in-logstash-please-help/50419 "2016-05-19T09:42:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ashutosh25apr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ashutosh25apr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashutosh25apr)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-below-ecxception-in-logstash-please-help/50419/1 "2016-05-19T09:42:20Z")

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{:timestamp=\>"2016-05-19T15:08:33.744000+0530", :message=\>"Beats input: The circuit breaker has detected a slowdown or stall in the pipeline, the input is closing the current connection and rejecting new connection until the pipeline recover.", :exception=\>LogStash::Inputs::BeatsSupport::CircuitBreaker::HalfOpenBreaker, :level=\>:warn}

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-below-ecxception-in-logstash-please-help/50419/2 "2016-05-19T09:44:21Z")

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Logstash is receiving more events than it's capable of processing. Either your filters are too slow or your outputs can't cope with the flow.

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**Author:** ![ashutosh25apr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ashutosh25apr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashutosh25apr)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-below-ecxception-in-logstash-please-help/50419/3 "2016-05-22T06:59:11Z")

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Thanks a lot sir. You have been my saviour.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-below-ecxception-in-logstash-please-help/50419/4 "2017-07-06T04:56:46Z")

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