# Just Pushed: Compress \_source field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-compress--source-field/3221>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 15, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-compress--source-field/3221 "2010-08-15T18:29:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-compress--source-field/3221/1 "2010-08-15T18:29:24Z")

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Hi,

As promised, just pushed support for compressing the \_source field. Here  
is the issue: [http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/323](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/323)  
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-shay.banon

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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 6, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-compress--source-field/3221/2 "2017-07-06T04:20:43Z")

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