# How to tell that logstash is idle

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-tell-that-logstash-is-idle/136409>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 19, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-tell-that-logstash-is-idle/136409 "2018-06-19T04:50:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![shiranbi07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shiranbi07/32/32396_2.png) [@shiranbi07](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shiranbi07)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-tell-that-logstash-is-idle/136409/1 "2018-06-19T04:50:32Z")

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my input is a folder with log files  
I want to know that logstash completed going over all of the current data and is currently waiting for the files to be updated or more files to be created.  
In other words, it is currently idle.

Is there a way to know this?

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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:** [June 19, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-tell-that-logstash-is-idle/136409/2 "2018-06-19T05:55:28Z")

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> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33143437/logstash-parsing-progress-bar>

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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 17, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-tell-that-logstash-is-idle/136409/3 "2018-07-17T05:55:31Z")

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