# Optimistic locking **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 10, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/optimistic-locking/263847 "2021-02-10T09:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Giovanni\_Di\_Lembo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/giovanni_di_lembo/32/45714_2.png) [@Giovanni\_Di\_Lembo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Giovanni_Di_Lembo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/optimistic-locking/263847/1 "2021-02-10T09:55:17Z")
Hi all and sorry for poor english I wonder if it's correct to talk about concurrency in elasticsearch . Exists an optimistic locks for document in elasticsearch? I found this page , I wonder if it is usefull lock documents as it is shown here: > **[Data Concurrency Issues in Elasticsearch | Qbox HES](https://qbox.io/blog/data-concurrency-issues-in-elasticsearch/)** > > In this post, we discuss common concurrency issues and various kinds of locking in Elasticsearch and walk you through available solutions for the efficient concurrency management. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/optimistic-locking/263847/2 "2021-02-10T21:28:11Z")
Elasticsearch doesn't lock documents like a database locks rows. That article uses a bunch of abstracts to try to offer that. What are you trying to achieve? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/optimistic-locking/263847/3 "2021-03-10T21:28:42Z")
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