# Journalbeat Error while reading event: failed to get realtime timestamp: 99

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-error-while-reading-event-failed-to-get-realtime-timestamp-99/220200>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** journalbeat\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-error-while-reading-event-failed-to-get-realtime-timestamp-99/220200 "2020-02-20T14:07:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![irobot678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@irobot678](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/irobot678)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-error-while-reading-event-failed-to-get-realtime-timestamp-99/220200/1 "2020-02-20T14:07:54Z")

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Hi,

I'm using elastic stack of 7.1.1 version with x-pack installed  
and I cant able to run the journalbeat as im getting the following errors.

Please help me solve it.

```
2020-02-20T19:32:44.980+0530	ERROR	[input]	input/input.go:169	Error while reading event: failed to get realtime timestamp: 99	{"id": "ced9a935-7084-4822-8857-85457b0adac7"}
2020-02-20T19:32:53.280+0530	ERROR	[input]	input/input.go:169	Error while reading event: failed to get realtime timestamp: 99	{"id": "ced9a935-7084-4822-8857-85457b0adac7"}
```

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-error-while-reading-event-failed-to-get-realtime-timestamp-99/220200/2 "2022-11-04T07:45:56Z")

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