# Logstash gets stuck in pipelines

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-gets-stuck-in-pipelines/337247>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 30, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-gets-stuck-in-pipelines/337247 "2023-06-30T00:15:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tony_k/32/122773_2.png) [@Tony\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_K)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-gets-stuck-in-pipelines/337247/1 "2023-06-30T00:15:59Z")

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I have a simple csv file where i like to upload to elasticsearch. My sample csv file contains 2 records. it gets stuck at pipelines. Please see below. I am running this on windows 11

Thank you for your helo.

upload.conf

`````auto
input {
    file {
        path => "c:/elastic/data2/sample1.txt"
        start_position => "beginning"
        sincedb_path => "NUL"
        codec => plain { charset => "UTF-8" }
    }
}    
filter {
  csv {
    skip_header => true
    skip_empty_rows => true
    separator => ","
    autodetect_column_names => true
    skip_header => true
   
  }
}
output {
    elasticsearch{
        
        hosts => "http://192.168.1.165:9200"
        index => "sample-students"
        user => "xxxxx"
        password => "xxxxxx"
    }
    stdout{ codec => rubydebug }
}
````Preformatted text`

___________________________________
sample1.txt

name,age
sk,63
mk,34

_______________________________________
C:\elastic\logstash-8.8.2\bin>logstash -f c:\elastic\data2\upload.conf 

[2023-06-29T20:00:01,017][INFO][logstash.agent] Pipelines running {:count=>1, :running_pipelines=>[:main], :non_running_pipelines=>[]}

It gets stuck here.
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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-gets-stuck-in-pipelines/337247/2 "2023-06-30T00:35:36Z")

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> [@Tony\_K](#):
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> `codec => plain { charset => "UTF-8" }`

The [plain codec](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-codecs-plain.html) "is for plain text with no delimiting between events". Text files have newlines between events. Try the line codec.

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**Author:** ![Tony\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tony_k/32/122773_2.png) [@Tony\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_K)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-gets-stuck-in-pipelines/337247/3 "2023-06-30T00:40:19Z")

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took the code =\> line out. No change.

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**Author:** ![Tony\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tony_k/32/122773_2.png) [@Tony\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_K)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-gets-stuck-in-pipelines/337247/4 "2023-07-14T04:21:07Z")

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No one can help on reading a simple csv file?

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**Author:** ![PodarcisMuralis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/podarcismuralis/32/122606_2.png) [@PodarcisMuralis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PodarcisMuralis)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-gets-stuck-in-pipelines/337247/5 "2023-07-14T21:00:16Z")

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Hi,

You have twice skip\_header =\> true in filter section. Please remove it and try it again. How do you start pipeline? Is the path for pipeline correct?

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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:** [August 11, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-gets-stuck-in-pipelines/337247/6 "2023-08-11T21:01:09Z")

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