# Getting org.elasticsearch.index.engine.EngineClosedException while indexing documets

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-org-elasticsearch-index-engine-engineclosedexception-while-indexing-documets/7414>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 20, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-org-elasticsearch-index-engine-engineclosedexception-while-indexing-documets/7414 "2012-04-20T08:11:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![AshutoshB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashutoshb/32/28577_2.png) [@AshutoshB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AshutoshB)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-org-elasticsearch-index-engine-engineclosedexception-while-indexing-documets/7414/1 "2012-04-20T08:11:59Z")

</div>

Hi All,

I am using Elastic Search 0.19.1 for our application. I am running 3 nodes with default settings except cluster.name. While indexing some documents I am getting following exception :

[2012-04-19 19:33:06,671][WARN][index.engine.robin] [Beckley, Benny] [nextlevel-bdm1][4] failed to flush after setting shard to inactive  
org.elasticsearch.index.engine.EngineClosedException: [nextlevel-bdm1][4] CurrentState[CLOSED]  
at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.flush(RobinEngine.java:779)  
at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.updateIndexingBufferSize(RobinEngine.java:218)  
at org.elasticsearch.indices.memory.IndexingMemoryController$ShardsIndicesStatusChecker.run(IndexingMemoryController.java:178)  
at org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool$LoggingRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:279)  
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)  
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(FutureTask.java:317)  
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:150)  
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$101(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:98)  
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.runPeriodic(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:180)  
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:204)  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

Can anyone suggest me what could be the probable reason for the exception and what are the steps should follow to remove the exception?

Best,  
Ashutosh

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-org-elasticsearch-index-engine-engineclosedexception-while-indexing-documets/7414/2 "2017-07-06T03:31:42Z")

</div>