# Index\_failed\_engine\_exception Index failed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-failed-engine-exception-index-failed/80951>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 3, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-failed-engine-exception-index-failed/80951 "2017-04-03T07:09:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![waheed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@waheed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/waheed)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-failed-engine-exception-index-failed/80951/1 "2017-04-03T07:09:43Z")

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When we update indexes most of them updated successfully but some indexes not updated.  
Share My Error Log

ServerErrorResponseException in Connection.php line 659:  
index\_failed\_engine\_exception  
{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"index\_failed\_engine\_exception","reason":"Index failed for [sources#10475977]","shard":"2","index":"verbingo"}],"type":"index\_failed\_engine\_exception","reason":"Index failed for [sources#10475977]","shard":"2","index":"verbingo","caused\_by":{"type":"already\_closed\_exception","reason":"translog is already closed"}},"status":500}  
Please some one help me to through this

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-failed-engine-exception-index-failed/80951/2 "2017-04-03T08:13:32Z")

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Are you writing to a closed index?

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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:** [May 1, 2017, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-failed-engine-exception-index-failed/80951/3 "2017-05-01T08:13:55Z")

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