# Logstash Runs And Does Nothing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-runs-and-does-nothing/269932>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-runs-and-does-nothing/269932 "2021-04-12T18:21:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-runs-and-does-nothing/269932/2 "2021-04-12T19:14:16Z")

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> [@baklavadeseni](#):
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> `ignore_older => 0`

In Filebeat, setting ignore\_older to zero disables age-based filtering.

In logstash, setting ignore\_older to zero tells the file input to ignore any files more than zero seconds old, which usually means it ignores everything.

The file will have been added to the sincedb but I believe it will have been added with a size of zero, so if you restart logstash without the ignore\_older option it will likely read it. If not, you may have to add `sincedb_path => "NUL"` and restart again.

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