# Org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException: failed to parse - need guidance

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**Created:** [April 21, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-index-mapper-mapperparsingexception-failed-to-parse-need-guidance/23351 "2015-04-21T21:41:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_Chong\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@Tony\_Chong\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_Chong_2)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-index-mapper-mapperparsingexception-failed-to-parse-need-guidance/23351/1 "2015-04-21T21:41:34Z")

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Hi,

Using ELK  
ES 1.5.0  
LS 1.5.0rc2  
Kibana 4.0.1

I have read about similiar issues but wasn't really sure what the proper  
way to fix this is. I basically have a bunch of log files written out in  
nested JSON. The logs can be a combination of various keys:values,  
sometimes with the value being null (literally) as you can see in my logs  
excerpt below.

2 thing of note: if i wipe out all my indicies, and restart the ELK stack,  
everything works again. This only seems to happen after about 2 to 3 weeks  
of being online. Second point, this wasn't an issue with logstash 1.4.2 and  
the corresponding ES version. Any assistance would be awesome.

Thanks!

Tony

[2015-04-21 21:19:09,286][DEBUG][action.bulk]  
[elasticsearch03] [logstash-2015.04.21][19] failed to execute bulk item  
(index) index {[logstash-2015.04.21][requestAds][AUzd2VGHPBf0vCHmQV4j],  
source[{"country":"BR","region":"18","city":"Curitiba","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"device\_language":"pt","browser\_user\_agent":"VungleDroid/3.3.0","is\_sd\_card\_available":1,"device\_make":"motorola","device\_model":"XT1033","device\_height":1184,"device\_width":720,"os\_version":"5.0.2","platform":"android","sound\_enabled":false,"volume":0,"device\_id":"5ec495a3-80cb-4682-a0a9-c66c2ca122ea","ifa":"5ec495a3-80cb-4682-a0a9-c66c2ca122ea","isu":"5ec495a3-80cb-4682-a0a9-c66c2ca122ea","user\_age":null,"user\_gender":null,"ip\_address":"189.123.219.242","connection":"wifi","network\_operator":"TIM","pub\_app\_id":"507686ae771615941001aca5","pub\_app\_bundle\_id":"com.kiloo.subwaysurf","ad\_app\_id":null,"campaign\_id":null,"creative\_id":null,"event\_id":null,"sleep":-1,"strategy":null,"expiry":null,"post\_bundle":null,"video\_url":null,"show\_close":null,"show\_close\_incentivized":null,"video\_height":null,"video\_width":null,"call\_to\_action\_url":null,"call\_to\_action\_destination":null,"countdown":null,"delay":null,"error":"Cached  
ad is  
better","shouldStream":false,"message":"","is\_test":false,"host":"ip-10-155-170-179","level":"info","timestamp":"2015-04-21  
21:18:21.280","@version":"1","@timestamp":"2015-04-21T21:19:07.996Z","type":"requestAds"}]}  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException: failed to parse  
[error]  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.AbstractFieldMapper.parse(AbstractFieldMapper.java:410)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeValue(ObjectMapper.java:706)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:497)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:544)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:493)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.prepareCreate(IndexShard.java:438)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardIndexOperation(TransportShardBulkAction.java:432)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardOperationOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:149)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction.performOnPrimary(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:515)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction$1.run(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:422)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)  
Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "Cached ad is  
better"  
at  
java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65)  
at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java:441)  
at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java:483)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.AbstractXContentParser.longValue(AbstractXContentParser.java:145)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.LongFieldMapper.innerParseCreateField(LongFieldMapper.java:300)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.NumberFieldMapper.parseCreateField(NumberFieldMapper.java:236)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.AbstractFieldMapper.parse(AbstractFieldMapper.java:400)  
... 12 more  
[2015-04-21 21:19:09,286][DEBUG][action.bulk]  
[elasticsearch03] [logstash-2015.04.21][8] failed to execute bulk item  
(index) index {[logstash-2015.04.21][albatross][AUzd2VGOtXgWXEfZvOn3],  
source[{"log\_type":"albatross\_vast\_error","error":"Cannot have empty  
VAST","uri":"[http://api.adfalcon.com/AdRequest/GetAd/?R\_SID=a0cdeb3e8f6f4c4aa25b04146e7eb25c&R\_F=vast2&R\_ADTYPE=v&R\_V=api-all-2.2.0&R\_SSID=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R\_SSName=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R\_SSUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fbrainwars-competitive-brain%2Fid845044428%3Fmt%3D8%26uo%3D4&R\_SSMID=jp.co.translimit.brainwars&R\_CT=Games&D\_UID\_IDFA=13f2156e-e269-4d2b-8228-52bda8f0d426&D\_UID\_DNT=false&R\_IP=62.61.173.102&D\_UA=Mozilla%2F5.0%20(iPhone%3B%20CPU%20iPhone%20OS%208\_3%20like%20Mac%20OS%20X)%20AppleWebKit%2F600.1.4%20(KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko)%20Mobile%2F12F70&D\_CON\_TYPE=wifi&D\_DO=portrait&D\_SW=${screen\_width}&D\_SH=1136&D\_DMDL=iPhone6%2C2&D\_OS=iOS&D\_OSV=8.3&R\_VMinBR=250&R\_VMinD=1&R\_VMaxD=15&TS=2015-04-21T17%3A12%3A24%2B00%3A00","vast\_json":{},"pub\_app\_id":"845044428","level":"error","message":"","timestamp":"2015-04-21T17:12:24.762Z","@version":"1","@timestamp":"2015-04-21T21:19:08.726Z","type":"albatross](http://api.adfalcon.com/AdRequest/GetAd/?R_SID=a0cdeb3e8f6f4c4aa25b04146e7eb25c&R_F=vast2&R_ADTYPE=v&R_V=api-all-2.2.0&R_SSID=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R_SSName=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R_SSUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fbrainwars-competitive-brain%2Fid845044428%3Fmt%3D8%26uo%3D4&R_SSMID=jp.co.translimit.brainwars&R_CT=Games&D_UID_IDFA=13f2156e-e269-4d2b-8228-52bda8f0d426&D_UID_DNT=false&R_IP=62.61.173.102&D_UA=Mozilla%2F5.0%20(iPhone%3B%20CPU%20iPhone%20OS%208_3%20like%20Mac%20OS%20X)%20AppleWebKit%2F600.1.4%20(KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko)%20Mobile%2F12F70&D_CON_TYPE=wifi&D_DO=portrait&D_SW=%24%7Bscreen_width%7D&D_SH=1136&D_DMDL=iPhone6%2C2&D_OS=iOS&D_OSV=8.3&R_VMinBR=250&R_VMinD=1&R_VMaxD=15&TS=2015-04-21T17%3A12%3A24%2B00%3A00%22,%22vast_json%22:%7B%7D,%22pub_app_id%22:%22845044428%22,%22level%22:%22error%22,%22message%22:%22%22,%22timestamp%22:%222015-04-21T17:12:24.762Z%22,%22@version%22:%221%22,%22@timestamp%22:%222015-04-21T21:19:08.726Z%22,%22type%22:%22albatross)"}]}  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException: object mapping for  
[albatross] tried to parse field [error] as object, but got EOF, has a  
concrete value been provided to it?  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:495)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:544)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:493)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.prepareCreate(IndexShard.java:438)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardIndexOperation(TransportShardBulkAction.java:432)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardOperationOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:149)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction.performOnPrimary(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:515)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction$1.run(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:422)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

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**Author:** ![rastro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rastro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rastro)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-index-mapper-mapperparsingexception-failed-to-parse-need-guidance/23351/2 "2015-04-22T02:54:27Z")

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Note this line:

Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "Cached ad is  
better"

What's the mapping on your 'error' field?

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 2:41:34 PM UTC-7, Tony Chong wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Using ELK  
> ES 1.5.0  
> LS 1.5.0rc2  
> Kibana 4.0.1
> 
> I have read about similiar issues but wasn't really sure what the proper  
> way to fix this is. I basically have a bunch of log files written out in  
> nested JSON. The logs can be a combination of various keys:values,  
> sometimes with the value being null (literally) as you can see in my logs  
> excerpt below.
> 
> 2 thing of note: if i wipe out all my indicies, and restart the ELK stack,  
> everything works again. This only seems to happen after about 2 to 3 weeks  
> of being online. Second point, this wasn't an issue with logstash 1.4.2 and  
> the corresponding ES version. Any assistance would be awesome.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Tony
> 
> [2015-04-21 21:19:09,286][DEBUG][action.bulk]  
> [elasticsearch03] [logstash-2015.04.21][19] failed to execute bulk item  
> (index) index {[logstash-2015.04.21][requestAds][AUzd2VGHPBf0vCHmQV4j],  
> source[{"country":"BR","region":"18","city":"Curitiba","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"device\_language":"pt","browser\_user\_agent":"VungleDroid/3.3.0","is\_sd\_card\_available":1,"device\_make":"motorola","device\_model":"XT1033","device\_height":1184,"device\_width":720,"os\_version":"5.0.2","platform":"android","sound\_enabled":false,"volume":0,"device\_id":"5ec495a3-80cb-4682-a0a9-c66c2ca122ea","ifa":"5ec495a3-80cb-4682-a0a9-c66c2ca122ea","isu":"5ec495a3-80cb-4682-a0a9-c66c2ca122ea","user\_age":null,"user\_gender":null,"ip\_address":"189.123.219.242","connection":"wifi","network\_operator":"TIM","pub\_app\_id":"507686ae771615941001aca5","pub\_app\_bundle\_id":"com.kiloo.subwaysurf","ad\_app\_id":null,"campaign\_id":null,"creative\_id":null,"event\_id":null,"sleep":-1,"strategy":null,"expiry":null,"post\_bundle":null,"video\_url":null,"show\_close":null,"show\_close\_incentivized":null,"video\_height":null,"video\_width":null,"call\_to\_action\_url":null,"call\_to\_action\_destination":null,"countdown":null,"delay":null,"error":"Cached  
> ad is  
> better","shouldStream":false,"message":"","is\_test":false,"host":"ip-10-155-170-179","level":"info","timestamp":"2015-04-21  
> 21:18:21.280","@version":"1","@timestamp":"2015-04-21T21:19:07.996Z","type":"requestAds"}]}  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException: failed to parse  
> [error]  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.AbstractFieldMapper.parse(AbstractFieldMapper.java:410)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeValue(ObjectMapper.java:706)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:497)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:544)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:493)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.prepareCreate(IndexShard.java:438)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardIndexOperation(TransportShardBulkAction.java:432)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardOperationOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:149)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction.performOnPrimary(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:515)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction$1.run(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:422)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)  
> Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "Cached ad  
> is better"  
> at  
> java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65)  
> at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java:441)  
> at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java:483)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.AbstractXContentParser.longValue(AbstractXContentParser.java:145)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.LongFieldMapper.innerParseCreateField(LongFieldMapper.java:300)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.NumberFieldMapper.parseCreateField(NumberFieldMapper.java:236)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.AbstractFieldMapper.parse(AbstractFieldMapper.java:400)  
> ... 12 more  
> [2015-04-21 21:19:09,286][DEBUG][action.bulk]  
> [elasticsearch03] [logstash-2015.04.21][8] failed to execute bulk item  
> (index) index {[logstash-2015.04.21][albatross][AUzd2VGOtXgWXEfZvOn3],  
> source[{"log\_type":"albatross\_vast\_error","error":"Cannot have empty  
> VAST","uri":"  
> [http://api.adfalcon.com/AdRequest/GetAd/?R\_SID=a0cdeb3e8f6f4c4aa25b04146e7eb25c&R\_F=vast2&R\_ADTYPE=v&R\_V=api-all-2.2.0&R\_SSID=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R\_SSName=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R\_SSUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fbrainwars-competitive-brain%2Fid845044428%3Fmt%3D8%26uo%3D4&R\_SSMID=jp.co.translimit.brainwars&R\_CT=Games&D\_UID\_IDFA=13f2156e-e269-4d2b-8228-52bda8f0d426&D\_UID\_DNT=false&R\_IP=62.61.173.102&D\_UA=Mozilla%2F5.0%20(iPhone%3B%20CPU%20iPhone%20OS%208\_3%20like%20Mac%20OS%20X)%20AppleWebKit%2F600.1.4%20(KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko)%20Mobile%2F12F70&D\_CON\_TYPE=wifi&D\_DO=portrait&D\_SW=${screen\_width}&D\_SH=1136&D\_DMDL=iPhone6%2C2&D\_OS=iOS&D\_OSV=8.3&R\_VMinBR=250&R\_VMinD=1&R\_VMaxD=15&TS=2015-04-21T17%3A12%3A24%2B00%3A00](http://api.adfalcon.com/AdRequest/GetAd/?R_SID=a0cdeb3e8f6f4c4aa25b04146e7eb25c&R_F=vast2&R_ADTYPE=v&R_V=api-all-2.2.0&R_SSID=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R_SSName=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R_SSUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fbrainwars-competitive-brain%2Fid845044428%3Fmt%3D8%26uo%3D4&R_SSMID=jp.co.translimit.brainwars&R_CT=Games&D_UID_IDFA=13f2156e-e269-4d2b-8228-52bda8f0d426&D_UID_DNT=false&R_IP=62.61.173.102&D_UA=Mozilla%2F5.0%20(iPhone%3B%20CPU%20iPhone%20OS%208_3%20like%20Mac%20OS%20X)%20AppleWebKit%2F600.1.4%20(KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko)%20Mobile%2F12F70&D_CON_TYPE=wifi&D_DO=portrait&D_SW=$%7Bscreen_width%7D&D_SH=1136&D_DMDL=iPhone6%2C2&D_OS=iOS&D_OSV=8.3&R_VMinBR=250&R_VMinD=1&R_VMaxD=15&TS=2015-04-21T17%3A12%3A24%2B00%3A00)  
> [http://api.adfalcon.com/AdRequest/GetAd/?R\_SID=a0cdeb3e8f6f4c4aa25b04146e7eb25c&R\_F=vast2&R\_ADTYPE=v&R\_V=api-all-2.2.0&R\_SSID=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R\_SSName=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R\_SSUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fbrainwars-competitive-brain%2Fid845044428%3Fmt%3D8%26uo%3D4&R\_SSMID=jp.co.translimit.brainwars&R\_CT=Games&D\_UID\_IDFA=13f2156e-e269-4d2b-8228-52bda8f0d426&D\_UID\_DNT=false&R\_IP=62.61.173.102&D\_UA=Mozilla%2F5.0%20(iPhone%3B%20CPU%20iPhone%20OS%208\_3%20like%20Mac%20OS%20X)%20AppleWebKit%2F600.1.4%20(KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko)%20Mobile%2F12F70&D\_CON\_TYPE=wifi&D\_DO=portrait&D\_SW=${screen\_width}&D\_SH=1136&D\_DMDL=iPhone6%2C2&D\_OS=iOS&D\_OSV=8.3&R\_VMinBR=250&R\_VMinD=1&R\_VMaxD=15&TS=2015-04-21T17%3A12%3A24%2B00%3A00](http://api.adfalcon.com/AdRequest/GetAd/?R_SID=a0cdeb3e8f6f4c4aa25b04146e7eb25c&R_F=vast2&R_ADTYPE=v&R_V=api-all-2.2.0&R_SSID=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R_SSName=BrainWars%3A%20Competitive%20brain%20training%20game%20Brain%20Wars&R_SSUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fbrainwars-competitive-brain%2Fid845044428%3Fmt%3D8%26uo%3D4&R_SSMID=jp.co.translimit.brainwars&R_CT=Games&D_UID_IDFA=13f2156e-e269-4d2b-8228-52bda8f0d426&D_UID_DNT=false&R_IP=62.61.173.102&D_UA=Mozilla%2F5.0%20(iPhone%3B%20CPU%20iPhone%20OS%208_3%20like%20Mac%20OS%20X)%20AppleWebKit%2F600.1.4%20(KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko)%20Mobile%2F12F70&D_CON_TYPE=wifi&D_DO=portrait&D_SW=$%7Bscreen_width%7D&D_SH=1136&D_DMDL=iPhone6%2C2&D_OS=iOS&D_OSV=8.3&R_VMinBR=250&R_VMinD=1&R_VMaxD=15&TS=2015-04-21T17%3A12%3A24%2B00%3A00)  
> ","vast\_json":{},"pub\_app\_id":"845044428","level":"error","message":"","timestamp":"2015-04-21T17:12:24.762Z","@version":"1","@timestamp":"2015-04-21T21:19:08.726Z","type":"albatross"}]}  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException: object mapping for  
> [albatross] tried to parse field [error] as object, but got EOF, has a  
> concrete value been provided to it?  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:495)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:544)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:493)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.prepareCreate(IndexShard.java:438)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardIndexOperation(TransportShardBulkAction.java:432)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardOperationOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:149)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction.performOnPrimary(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:515)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction$1.run(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:422)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-index-mapper-mapperparsingexception-failed-to-parse-need-guidance/23351/3 "2017-07-06T00:18:26Z")

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