Indices in delete phase are actually not being deleted

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Hi,
I have some metricbeat indices that are in delete phase but the actual deletion does not occur. If I run _ilm/explain on one of those indices I get:

    {
      "indices" : {
        "metricbeat-7.10.0-2020.11.19-000001" : {
          "index" : "metricbeat-7.10.0-2020.11.19-000001",
          "managed" : true,
          "policy" : "metricbeat",
          "lifecycle_date_millis" : 1605869440837,
          "age" : "3.88d",
          "phase" : "delete",
          "phase_time_millis" : 1606129240686,
          "action" : "complete",
          "action_time_millis" : 1605869442625,
          "step" : "complete",
          "step_time_millis" : 1606129240686,
          "phase_execution" : {
            "policy" : "metricbeat",
            "phase_definition" : {
              "min_age" : "3d",
              "actions" : { }
            },
            "version" : 2,
            "modified_date_in_millis" : 1605613648253
          }
        }
      }
    }

The ILM policy linked to that index has an active delete phase after 3 days from rollover. Is there something different to do in order to trigger the actual deletion of the indices?

Best regards

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What does your policy look like?

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Here is my ILM policy:

{
  "metricbeat" : {
    "version" : 2,
    "modified_date" : "2020-11-17T11:47:28.253Z",
    "policy" : {
      "phases" : {
        "hot" : {
          "min_age" : "0ms",
          "actions" : {
            "rollover" : {
              "max_size" : "1gb",
              "max_age" : "1d"
            }
          }
        },
        "delete" : {
          "min_age" : "3d",
          "actions" : { }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
4

Your delete phase does not contain any delete action, which I suspect is why it is not deleted.

5

Thank you Christian,
you saved my day!

Regards

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