# Issue when reindexing with zero downtime

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-when-reindexing-with-zero-downtime/88357>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 6, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-when-reindexing-with-zero-downtime/88357 "2017-06-06T06:18:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![monika\_maheshwari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@monika\_maheshwari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monika_maheshwari)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-when-reindexing-with-zero-downtime/88357/1 "2017-06-06T06:18:11Z")

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I am using reindex API for that but how to handle update,create and delete operations during reindex process as it could take hours.

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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:** [July 4, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-when-reindexing-with-zero-downtime/88357/2 "2017-07-04T06:19:01Z")

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