# Question about Scroll time **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 11, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-scroll-time/16943 "2014-04-11T00:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2acd7d/32.png) [@Robbie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Robbie)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-scroll-time/16943/1 "2014-04-11T00:01:26Z")
Hi, Could anybody let me know the behavior of scroll when I am scanning through an index and the actions I take during this take more time than the scheduled scroll time? The documentation states that "the scroll parameter is a time value parameter (for example: scroll=5m), indicating for how long the nodes that participate in the search will maintain relevant resources in order to continue and support it" [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-scroll.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-scroll.html) but does not say what the behavior will be after that time interval. Are the subsequent search results which I get after the scroll time expires, not to be trusted? Thanks, Praveen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6ea47483-3719-449b-b5ed-07a7764fd309%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6ea47483-3719-449b-b5ed-07a7764fd309%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-scroll-time/16943/2 "2014-04-21T11:47:32Z")
Hey, if that specified time expires, file handles are closed and the state of time you used to dump out all your data is no longer preserved. While running scroll requests in the background, new lucene segments might be created or deleted, and a scroll requests keeps those deleted file handles open to ensure the data you requested is always the data, when the scroll request started. Makes sense? --Alex On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 2:01 AM, Robbie [pherur@ciphercloud.com](mailto:pherur@ciphercloud.com) wrote: > Hi, > Could anybody let me know the behavior of scroll when I am scanning > through an index and the actions I take during this take more time than the > scheduled scroll time? > The documentation states that "the scroll parameter is a time value > parameter (for example: scroll=5m), indicating for how long the nodes that > participate in the search will maintain relevant resources in order to > continue and support it" > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-scroll.html) > but does not say what the behavior will be after that time interval. > > Are the subsequent search results which I get after the scroll time > expires, not to be trusted? > > Thanks, > Praveen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6ea47483-3719-449b-b5ed-07a7764fd309%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6ea47483-3719-449b-b5ed-07a7764fd309%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6ea47483-3719-449b-b5ed-07a7764fd309%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6ea47483-3719-449b-b5ed-07a7764fd309%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM-BrnJdbsPw9g3-a59e8Q84T7-90%3DSSkW-%3Ds1N5TBGrGg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM-BrnJdbsPw9g3-a59e8Q84T7-90%3DSSkW-%3Ds1N5TBGrGg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Binh\_Ly\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@Binh\_Ly\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Binh_Ly_2)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-scroll-time/16943/3 "2014-04-21T22:16:48Z")
In addition to Alex, if the cleanup process has "expired" your search context due to timeout, you will get an error back the next time you scroll. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fd9d450d-d20a-4643-be9e-2f55529cb953%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fd9d450d-d20a-4643-be9e-2f55529cb953%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-scroll-time/16943/4 "2017-07-06T01:34:27Z")