# Index\_closed\_exception

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-closed-exception/38424>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 5, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-closed-exception/38424 "2016-01-05T17:02:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![erikstephens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/erikstephens/32/5430_2.png) [@erikstephens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikstephens)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-closed-exception/38424/2 "2016-02-01T23:03:35Z")

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In case anyone else experiences this, the problem was that aliases existed for the closed indices and the aliases get picked up by the wildcard pattern used in the \_field\_stats call.

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