# Logstash Jdbc input not updating last run **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [January 11, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-jdbc-input-not-updating-last-run/115108 "2018-01-11T14:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![karthik\_s1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@karthik\_s1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karthik_s1)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-jdbc-input-not-updating-last-run/115108/7 "2018-01-16T06:22:51Z")
@guyboertje thanks for the explanation, i shall try this out. As of now, i am stuck with another issue with logstash which is blocking progress in this. > [@Json\_parse\_exception](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-exception/115640): > > I am getting the following json\_parse\_exception while doing a bulk request from logstash to elasticsearch. \_[ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Encountered a retryable error. Will Retry with exponential backoff {:code=\>500, :url=\>"[http://vpc-esalerts-43wktnne2aghqck7orxqw4zdmq.ap-southeast-1.es.amazonaws.com:80/](http://vpc-esalerts-43wktnne2aghqck7orxqw4zdmq.ap-southeast-1.es.amazonaws.com:80/)bulk", :body=\>"{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"json\_parse\_exception","reason":"Illegal character ((CTRL-CHAR, code 31)): only regular white space (\\r, \\n, \\t) is allowed between… --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-jdbc-input-not-updating-last-run/115108)._