# Parsing error on ilm

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-error-on-ilm/264099>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-error-on-ilm/264099 "2021-02-12T09:06:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamesp220291](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jamesp220291](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jamesp220291)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-error-on-ilm/264099/1 "2021-02-12T09:06:16Z")

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hey

had this iLM working now for months.

all of a sudden getting this error -

```auto
mapper_parsing_exception: Failed to parse mapping [_doc]: unknown parameter [ignore_above] on mapper [mem] of type [long] 

```

anyone know why this would suddenly start happening?

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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:** [March 12, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-error-on-ilm/264099/2 "2021-03-12T09:06:59Z")

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