# Getting VersionConflictEngineException exception?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-versionconflictengineexception-exception/7159>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 28, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-versionconflictengineexception-exception/7159 "2012-03-28T03:13:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-versionconflictengineexception-exception/7159/1 "2012-03-28T03:13:41Z")

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Hi All

I am using rabbitmq river to index document.  
Also i have read following document \<  
[http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/bulk.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/bulk.html)\>

prepared message format: [https://gist.github.com/2223250](https://gist.github.com/2223250)

After publishing message on ES server it got following exception on server  
console:

[https://gist.github.com/2223253](https://gist.github.com/2223253)

please tell me implementing Versioning required,other configuration with  
rabbitmq river and also where the problem and solution.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-versionconflictengineexception-exception/7159/2 "2012-03-28T10:51:22Z")

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When you index a doc and provide a version, then a document with the same  
version is expected to already exists in the index.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:13 AM, sam [mishra.sameek@gmail.com](mailto:mishra.sameek@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> I am using rabbitmq river to index document.  
> Also i have read following document \<  
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/bulk.html)\>
> 
> prepared message format: [https://gist.github.com/2223250](https://gist.github.com/2223250)
> 
> After publishing message on ES server it got following exception on  
> server console:
> 
> [https://gist.github.com/2223253](https://gist.github.com/2223253)
> 
> please tell me implementing Versioning required,other configuration with  
> rabbitmq river and also where the problem and solution.
> 
> Thanks

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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, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-versionconflictengineexception-exception/7159/3 "2017-07-06T03:34:21Z")

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