# Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-an-error-systemexit/195430>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 16, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-an-error-systemexit/195430 "2019-08-16T05:40:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![pharshil9697](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pharshil9697](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pharshil9697)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-an-error-systemexit/195430/1 "2019-08-16T05:40:51Z")

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I just installed and run Logstash 7.2.1, it displayed this error log.

```
[2019-08-16T11:03:02,006][INFO][logstash.setting.writabledirectory] Creating directory {:setting=>"path.queue", :path=>"D:/logstash-7.2.1/logstash-7.2.1/data/queue"}
[2019-08-16T11:03:02,071][INFO][logstash.setting.writabledirectory] Creating directory {:setting=>"path.dead_letter_queue", :path=>"D:/logstash-7.2.1/logstash-7.2.1/data/dead_letter_queue"}
[2019-08-16T11:03:02,376][ERROR][org.logstash.Logstash] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit
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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 13, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-an-error-systemexit/195430/2 "2019-09-13T05:40:56Z")

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