# \]\[logstash.outputs.elasticsearch\] Encountered a retryable error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-encountered-a-retryable-error/119320
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [February 9, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-encountered-a-retryable-error/119320 "2018-02-09T23:15:51Z")
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### Author:  [@Jose\_Ramierez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jose_Ramierez)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-encountered-a-retryable-error/119320/1 "2018-02-09T23:15:51Z")
I have been fighting this issue off and on for some time.
Logstash: 5.6.4
Elastic: 5.6.4
CentOS 7
Logstash filters:
"name" : "logstash-output-elasticsearch",
"version" : "7.4.2"
"name" : "logstash-input-tcp", // we use this to send messages in to logstash
"version" : "4.2.4"
```
[ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Encountered a retryable error. Will Retry with exponential backoff {:code=>400, :url=>"http://########:9200/_bulk"}
```
We see no errors in elastic logs.
How do we engage this?
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### Author:  [@Jose\_Ramierez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jose_Ramierez)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-encountered-a-retryable-error/119320/2 "2018-02-21T23:28:25Z")
What should we do about this?
Logstash is going down every two or three days!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-encountered-a-retryable-error/119320/3 "2018-03-21T23:28:31Z")
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