# Ingesting during snapshot creation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-during-snapshot-creation/125413>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 23, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-during-snapshot-creation/125413 "2018-03-23T20:54:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![gzumberge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@gzumberge](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gzumberge)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-during-snapshot-creation/125413/1 "2018-03-23T20:54:21Z")

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I searched but could not find an answer. My apologies.

Our snapshot creation runs for many hours, and we are ingesting data at the same time.  
Does the snapshot only include index data as of the start of the snapshot? Or does it also include the data just being ingested during the last few minutes of the snapshot? If the latter, how does it track the recent changes?

Thank you for your assistance and expertise.

George Z.

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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-during-snapshot-creation/125413/2 "2018-03-23T22:05:32Z")

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Segments being snapshotted will not change. New segments will be created during the snapshot operation if ingestion is occurring. Those segments will not be added to the snapshot in progress. Only _new_ segments will be snapshotted for the _next_ snapshot of that index (i.e., ones that were created/merged since the beginning of the last snapshot).

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**Author:** ![gzumberge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@gzumberge](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gzumberge)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-during-snapshot-creation/125413/3 "2018-03-24T12:35:11Z")

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Perfect. Thank you for the prompt and concise reply.

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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:** [April 21, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-during-snapshot-creation/125413/4 "2018-04-21T12:35:16Z")

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Closed on April 21, 2018, 12:35pm UTC

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