# Is there any workaround for Filebeat max\_retries since it never works now

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-workaround-for-filebeat-max-retries-since-it-never-works-now/155342>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 5, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-workaround-for-filebeat-max-retries-since-it-never-works-now/155342 "2018-11-05T05:57:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![guanghaofan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guanghaofan/32/31153_2.png) [@guanghaofan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guanghaofan)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-workaround-for-filebeat-max-retries-since-it-never-works-now/155342/1 "2018-11-05T05:57:05Z")

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hi experts,

now my case is I want to set the max\_reties for bulk send request, then filebeat can smoothly consume the new files and won't be blocked by the bulk send failures...

see my issue in this link: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-blocked-since-the-bulk-send-failure/155331/3

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-workaround-for-filebeat-max-retries-since-it-never-works-now/155342/2 "2018-11-05T06:02:04Z")

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Please do not open multiple threads for the same question. This forum is manned by volunteers, so please be patient. If you have not received any response within a few working days you can bump the thread.

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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 3, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-workaround-for-filebeat-max-retries-since-it-never-works-now/155342/3 "2018-12-03T06:02:18Z")

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