# Investigating Search Rate Spike

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/investigating-search-rate-spike/195769>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 19, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/investigating-search-rate-spike/195769 "2019-08-19T15:42:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Or\_Arnon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/or_arnon/32/43677_2.png) [@Or\_Arnon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Or_Arnon)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/investigating-search-rate-spike/195769/1 "2019-08-19T15:42:08Z")

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Hi,

Our search rare spiked and is killing our cluster

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/d/fd02a3a0ad628f48c75c32eb95fddcf9802b1e7c.png)

What tools do I have to troubleshoot this issue? Which queries are run and by whom?  
Is there a way to kill them?

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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:** [September 16, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/investigating-search-rate-spike/195769/2 "2019-09-16T15:42:23Z")

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