# Negative longs unsupported, use writeLong or writeZLong for negative numbers

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/negative-longs-unsupported-use-writelong-or-writezlong-for-negative-numbers/162201>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 27, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/negative-longs-unsupported-use-writelong-or-writezlong-for-negative-numbers/162201 "2018-12-27T05:57:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmkim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jmkim/32/37997_2.png) [@jmkim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmkim)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/negative-longs-unsupported-use-writelong-or-writezlong-for-negative-numbers/162201/1 "2018-12-27T05:57:24Z")

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Hi everyone!

I am getting a "failed to execute on node". In elasticsearch log file its showing below error....

```
[2018-12-27T14:33:00,348][DEBUG][o.e.a.a.i.s.TransportIndicesStatsAction] [node-1] failed to execute [indices:monitor/stats] on node [fR8UBU-WRwezh4havsv3Mw]
 org.elasticsearch.transport.RemoteTransportException: [node-1][112. ***.***.***:9300][indices:monitor/stats[n]]
 Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Negative longs unsupported, use writeLong or writeZLong for negative numbers [-5944977821858]
 at org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput.writeVLong(StreamOutput.java:219) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.1.jar:5.4.1]
 at org.elasticsearch.index.search.stats.SearchStats$Stats.writeTo(SearchStats.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.1.jar:5.4.1]
 at org.elasticsearch.index.search.stats.SearchStats.writeTo(SearchStats.java:353) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.1.jar:5.4.1]
 at rg.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput.writeOptionalStreamable(StreamOutput.java:723) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.1.jar:5.4.1]
 at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.CommonStats.writeTo(CommonStats.java:255) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.1.jar:5.4.1]
 at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.ShardStats.writeTo(ShardStats.java:102) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.1.jar:5.4.1]
 at org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput.writeOptionalStreamable(StreamOutput.java:723) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.1.jar:5.4.1]
 at org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.node.TransportBroadcastByNodeAction$NodeResponse.writeTo(TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.java:574) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.1.jar:5.4.1]

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Server load is heavy When ElasticSearch is running.  
Help me.

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/negative-longs-unsupported-use-writelong-or-writezlong-for-negative-numbers/162201/2 "2018-12-27T08:39:22Z")

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I think this is fixed by [#27068](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/27068) in 5.6.4.

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**Author:** ![jmkim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jmkim/32/37997_2.png) [@jmkim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmkim)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/negative-longs-unsupported-use-writelong-or-writezlong-for-negative-numbers/162201/3 "2018-12-27T08:52:06Z")

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Thank you! David Turner!

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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:** [January 24, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/negative-longs-unsupported-use-writelong-or-writezlong-for-negative-numbers/162201/4 "2019-01-24T08:52:19Z")

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