# Input-cloudwatch-logs skipping streams **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [March 6, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-cloudwatch-logs-skipping-streams/122708 "2018-03-06T11:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amas/32/32697_2.png) [@amas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amas)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-cloudwatch-logs-skipping-streams/122708/1 "2018-03-06T11:40:17Z")
Hi, I'm using Logstash with the input-cloudwatch-logs to fetch some historic log data (last 6 month) from Cloudwatch Logs. It seems like the plugin start fetching as it should, but skips some of the streams in the log-group in question Leaving big gaps in the historic data. What could be the cause of this? Or any help troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![amas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amas/32/32697_2.png) [@amas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amas)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-cloudwatch-logs-skipping-streams/122708/2 "2018-03-07T07:36:20Z")
If someone else encounters the same problem, I solved it via first exporting the logs to s3 [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/S3ExportTasks.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/S3ExportTasks.html) and then import it with the logstash s3 plugin ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-cloudwatch-logs-skipping-streams/122708/3 "2018-04-04T07:36:29Z")
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