Kibana refresh field list not work for some index pattern

[gangxiong_chen]

kibana versionkibana -> management -> Refresh field list

kibana version: 5.2.2

request like this

index pattern is search-alias
GET http://kibana.elog.softlayer.egomsl.com/api/kibana/search-alias/field_capabilities

response like this

{"statusCode":403,"error":"Forbidden","message":"[index_closed_exception] closed, ...

some index like this

"real-index-name-000001"
    "aliases": {
      "search-alias": {},
   }
status : open

some index like this

"real-index-name-000001"
    "aliases": {
      "search-alias": {},
   }
status : close

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but index pattern search-alias* will work

[tylersmalley]

Sounds like your search-alias contains a closed index. You will want to remove the closed indices from the alias before closing them.

http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices/search-alias