# \_jsonparsefailure when ingesting a lot of files
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jsonparsefailure-when-ingesting-a-lot-of-files/132537
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 18, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jsonparsefailure-when-ingesting-a-lot-of-files/132537 "2018-05-18T20:22:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@AloysiusParedes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AloysiusParedes)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jsonparsefailure-when-ingesting-a-lot-of-files/132537/1 "2018-05-18T20:22:59Z")
I noticed that some of my files are not being ingested properly with the "\_jsonparsefailure" tag.
When I take a look at the message it received, it is indeed receiving only part of the JSON file. I suspect that when Logstash sees a lot of new files at once, part of the JSON file gets cut off, and Logstash will parse the JSON file incorrectly.
Anyone else run into this issue?
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jsonparsefailure-when-ingesting-a-lot-of-files/132537/2 "2018-05-23T19:06:58Z")
What does an example file look like? What does your configuration look like?
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### Author:  [@AloysiusParedes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AloysiusParedes)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jsonparsefailure-when-ingesting-a-lot-of-files/132537/3 "2018-05-23T19:28:22Z")
@magnusbaeck
```
> input{
> file{
> path => /media/sf_folder/*json
> codec => json
> }
> }
```
I think the issue is that I am using a VM. and I am ingesting files through a Shared Folder. The issue was resolved when I ingested files that is local to the VM.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jsonparsefailure-when-ingesting-a-lot-of-files/132537/4 "2018-06-20T19:28:22Z")
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