# Python bulk insert error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-bulk-insert-error/275044
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** language-clients
**Created:** [June 6, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-bulk-insert-error/275044 "2021-06-06T00:54:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-bulk-insert-error/275044/1 "2021-06-06T00:54:36Z")
Using python code I am getting this error.
if I use same code same data and just change index name it works.
Is something wrong with existing index? how do I find this out?
```
raise BulkIndexError("%i document(s) failed to index." % len(errors), errors)
elasticsearch.helpers.errors.BulkIndexError: ('1 document(s) failed to index.', [{'index': {'_index': 'myindex-2021-05', '_type': '_doc', '_id': '685056415-1.0', 'status': 403, 'error': {'type': 'cluster_block_exception', 'reason': 'index [myindex-2021-05] blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/8/index write (api)];'}
```
Document is already exist in myindex-2021-05 index. but I can't overwrite it.
but if I change name to yourindex-2021-05 then I can ovrwite as many time as I test.
I do not have space issue. plenty of space available
index is in green status and open.
green open myindex-2021-05 gp5uwRdEShqhOBDEDyjxXg 3 1 32312084 13000 8.7gb 4.3gb
This is 7.10.1. and I do not have any ILM policy on it.
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### Author:  [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-bulk-insert-error/275044/2 "2021-06-07T21:33:28Z")
This is fixed.
I just put that index as frozen/readonly and then open it up again. and I am able to write to it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-bulk-insert-error/275044/3 "2021-07-05T21:34:10Z")
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