# Logstash beat input plugin ignoring "client\_inactivity\_timeout" value

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-beat-input-plugin-ignoring-client-inactivity-timeout-value/61593>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 27, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-beat-input-plugin-ignoring-client-inactivity-timeout-value/61593 "2016-09-27T10:39:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AlexFloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@AlexFloyd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AlexFloyd)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-beat-input-plugin-ignoring-client-inactivity-timeout-value/61593/1 "2016-09-27T10:39:04Z")

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In despite of setting "client\_inactivity\_timeout" value in config file logstash closing session from filebeat after 15 seconds of inactivity.

logstash-2.4.0  
OEL 6.8 kernel: 3.8.13 - 118  
Oracle JDK 1.8.0\_101

input {  
beats {  
client\_inactivity\_timeout=\>120  
port =\> 5044  
host =\> "127.0.0.1"  
}  
}

output {

```
 gelf {
    custom_fields => ['process','proc1']
    host => "10.1.1.15"
    port => 12201
    }

```

}

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**Author:** ![kirill\_polishchuk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kirill_polishchuk/32/6489_2.png) [@kirill\_polishchuk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kirill_polishchuk)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-beat-input-plugin-ignoring-client-inactivity-timeout-value/61593/2 "2016-10-04T17:09:21Z")

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I found that `client_inactivity_timeout` option is never used in Logstash Input Beats. So you probably get closing because of your network of firewall settings.

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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, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-beat-input-plugin-ignoring-client-inactivity-timeout-value/61593/3 "2017-07-06T04:35:52Z")

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