# Logstash/Filebeat logs delayed by a day in ES

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filebeat-logs-delayed-by-a-day-in-es/48041>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 21, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filebeat-logs-delayed-by-a-day-in-es/48041 "2016-04-21T12:20:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kartikvelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@kartikvelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartikvelastic)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filebeat-logs-delayed-by-a-day-in-es/48041/1 "2016-04-21T12:20:51Z")

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Hi,

I generated a bunch of logs (the httpd access\_log log file is about 1.5 GB). I am seeing logs come in Kibana after 2 days. Is this normal?

Here is a snippet: [http://pastebin.com/5rQfVz8g](http://pastebin.com/5rQfVz8g)

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filebeat-logs-delayed-by-a-day-in-es/48041/2 "2016-04-21T13:24:51Z")

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Logs should show up in ES within a few seconds if everything's correctly set up. Of course, if you drop a giant file into Filebeat's lap it might take a while before it catches up.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filebeat-logs-delayed-by-a-day-in-es/48041/3 "2016-04-22T06:27:01Z")

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It could also be a timestamping issue.

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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, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filebeat-logs-delayed-by-a-day-in-es/48041/4 "2017-07-06T05:01:11Z")

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