# Logstash status is active but logs showing error as "\[2020-08-25T02:48:59,350\]\[ERROR\]\[org.logstash.Logstash \] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-is-active-but-logs-showing-error-as-2020-08-25t0259-350-error-org-logstash-logstash-java-lang-illegalstateexception-logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-an-error-systemexit-exit/246245>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 25, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-is-active-but-logs-showing-error-as-2020-08-25t0259-350-error-org-logstash-logstash-java-lang-illegalstateexception-logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-an-error-systemexit-exit/246245 "2020-08-25T07:56:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![divya\_lakshmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divya_lakshmi/32/72393_2.png) [@divya\_lakshmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/divya_lakshmi)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-is-active-but-logs-showing-error-as-2020-08-25t0259-350-error-org-logstash-logstash-java-lang-illegalstateexception-logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-an-error-systemexit-exit/246245/1 "2020-08-25T07:56:39Z")

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Hi,  
I have been trying to add one more conf file to pipeline.yml and did troubleshooting using sudo /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/new.conf and it worked fine.Later during another troubleshooting used ctrl+C and killed logstash process.  
Now

1. systemctl status logstash is active.
2. whereas log shows "[2020-08-25T02:48:59,350][ERROR][org.logstash.Logstash] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit"
3. And netstat -ntlp shows no ports in pipeline have been used.

Kindly help

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**Author:** ![divya\_lakshmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divya_lakshmi/32/72393_2.png) [@divya\_lakshmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/divya_lakshmi)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-is-active-but-logs-showing-error-as-2020-08-25t0259-350-error-org-logstash-logstash-java-lang-illegalstateexception-logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-an-error-systemexit-exit/246245/2 "2020-08-26T04:39:45Z")

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issue is resolved after replacing pipeline.yml with new one.

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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:** [September 23, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-is-active-but-logs-showing-error-as-2020-08-25t0259-350-error-org-logstash-logstash-java-lang-illegalstateexception-logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-an-error-systemexit-exit/246245/3 "2020-09-23T04:39:50Z")

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