# Is there a disadvantage to setting a large client\_inactivity\_timeout?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-disadvantage-to-setting-a-large-client-inactivity-timeout/208789>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 20, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-disadvantage-to-setting-a-large-client-inactivity-timeout/208789 "2019-11-20T23:16:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![seanziee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/seanziee/32/45151_2.png) [@seanziee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seanziee)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-disadvantage-to-setting-a-large-client-inactivity-timeout/208789/1 "2019-11-20T23:16:13Z")

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I have a set of logs that sometimes only sends once every 3 days. Is it okay if I set the client\_inactivity\_timeout =\> 300000? What is the advantage to setting this value to a lower vs a higher value? Can I set it to 99999999999 without problem?

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-disadvantage-to-setting-a-large-client-inactivity-timeout/208789/2 "2019-11-20T23:28:13Z")

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Are you referring to a logstash input? If so, which one?

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**Author:** ![seanziee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/seanziee/32/45151_2.png) [@seanziee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seanziee)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-disadvantage-to-setting-a-large-client-inactivity-timeout/208789/3 "2019-11-20T23:33:01Z")

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beats i.e.

```auto
input {
	beats {
        port => 5044
        client_inactivity_timeout => 99999999
    }
}

```

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**Author:** ![seanziee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/seanziee/32/45151_2.png) [@seanziee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seanziee)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-disadvantage-to-setting-a-large-client-inactivity-timeout/208789/4 "2019-11-21T22:25:30Z")

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@Badger, any idea?

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-disadvantage-to-setting-a-large-client-inactivity-timeout/208789/5 "2019-11-21T23:35:50Z")

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No, I am not familiar with it.

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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:** [December 19, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-disadvantage-to-setting-a-large-client-inactivity-timeout/208789/6 "2019-12-19T23:44:11Z")

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