# Org.apache.lucene.store.AlreadyClosedException: this ReferenceManager is closed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-apache-lucene-store-alreadyclosedexception-this-referencemanager-is-closed/15101>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 3, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-apache-lucene-store-alreadyclosedexception-this-referencemanager-is-closed/15101 "2014-01-03T19:30:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ram\_Viswanadha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ram_viswanadha/32/1888_2.png) [@Ram\_Viswanadha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ram_Viswanadha)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-apache-lucene-store-alreadyclosedexception-this-referencemanager-is-closed/15101/1 "2014-01-03T19:30:45Z")

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Hi All,  
I just got this exception which rendered the node inoperable. Can someone  
help me understand how to fix this?

[2014-01-03 19:24:17,856][DEBUG][action.admin.indices.status]  
[savvy\_es\_chef\_node\_3] [users][3], node[sS2P36lxSdCB6X3YXnIJsw], [R],  
s[STARTED]: Failed to execute  
[org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.IndicesStatusRequest@744a69fa]  
org.apache.lucene.store.AlreadyClosedException: this ReferenceManager is  
closed  
at  
org.apache.lucene.search.ReferenceManager.acquire(ReferenceManager.java:97)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.searcher(RobinEngine.java:739)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.InternalIndexShard.searcher(InternalIndexShard.java:534)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.TransportIndicesStatusAction.shardOperation(TransportIndicesStatusAction.java:160)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.TransportIndicesStatusAction.shardOperation(TransportIndicesStatusAction.java:59)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction.performOperation(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:228)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction.performOperation(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:205)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction$1.run(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:179)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)  
[2014-01-03 19:27:35,926][DEBUG][action.admin.indices.status]  
[savvy\_es\_chef\_node\_3] [users][3], node[sS2P36lxSdCB6X3YXnIJsw], [R],  
s[STARTED]: Failed to execute  
[org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.IndicesStatusRequest@60fba420]  
org.apache.lucene.store.AlreadyClosedException: this ReferenceManager is  
closed  
at  
org.apache.lucene.search.ReferenceManager.acquire(ReferenceManager.java:97)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.searcher(RobinEngine.java:739)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.InternalIndexShard.searcher(InternalIndexShard.java:534)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.TransportIndicesStatusAction.shardOperation(TransportIndicesStatusAction.java:160)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.TransportIndicesStatusAction.shardOperation(TransportIndicesStatusAction.java:59)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction.performOperation(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:228)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction.performOperation(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:205)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction$1.run(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:179)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)

Ram

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Wee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@Jason\_Wee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jason_Wee)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-apache-lucene-store-alreadyclosedexception-this-referencemanager-is-closed/15101/2 "2014-01-06T13:16:17Z")

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Hi, does restart es instance in this node help? do you get the indices  
status after elasticsearch instance is restarted?

Jason

On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 3:30 AM, Ram Viswanadha [rviswanadha@gmail.com](mailto:rviswanadha@gmail.com)wrote:

> Hi All,  
> I just got this exception which rendered the node inoperable. Can someone  
> help me understand how to fix this?
> 
> [2014-01-03 19:24:17,856][DEBUG][action.admin.indices.status]  
> [savvy\_es\_chef\_node\_3] [users][3], node[sS2P36lxSdCB6X3YXnIJsw], [R],  
> s[STARTED]: Failed to execute  
> [org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.IndicesStatusRequest@744a69fa  
> ]  
> org.apache.lucene.store.AlreadyClosedException: this ReferenceManager is  
> closed  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.search.ReferenceManager.acquire(ReferenceManager.java:97)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.searcher(RobinEngine.java:739)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.InternalIndexShard.searcher(InternalIndexShard.java:534)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.TransportIndicesStatusAction.shardOperation(TransportIndicesStatusAction.java:160)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.TransportIndicesStatusAction.shardOperation(TransportIndicesStatusAction.java:59)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction.performOperation(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:228)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction.performOperation(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:205)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction$1.run(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:179)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)  
> [2014-01-03 19:27:35,926][DEBUG][action.admin.indices.status]  
> [savvy\_es\_chef\_node\_3] [users][3], node[sS2P36lxSdCB6X3YXnIJsw], [R],  
> s[STARTED]: Failed to execute  
> [org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.IndicesStatusRequest@60fba420  
> ]  
> org.apache.lucene.store.AlreadyClosedException: this ReferenceManager is  
> closed  
> at  
> org.apache.lucene.search.ReferenceManager.acquire(ReferenceManager.java:97)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.searcher(RobinEngine.java:739)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.InternalIndexShard.searcher(InternalIndexShard.java:534)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.TransportIndicesStatusAction.shardOperation(TransportIndicesStatusAction.java:160)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.TransportIndicesStatusAction.shardOperation(TransportIndicesStatusAction.java:59)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction.performOperation(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:228)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction.performOperation(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:205)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.TransportBroadcastOperationAction$AsyncBroadcastAction$1.run(TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java:179)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
> 
> Ram
> 
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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-apache-lucene-store-alreadyclosedexception-this-referencemanager-is-closed/15101/3 "2017-07-06T01:58:15Z")

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