# Read\_only\_allow\_delete always set on true

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-allow-delete-always-set-on-true/114610>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 8, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-allow-delete-always-set-on-true/114610 "2018-01-08T20:23:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![PerseiX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@PerseiX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PerseiX)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-allow-delete-always-set-on-true/114610/1 "2018-01-08T20:23:31Z")

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Hello,  
I have problem  
{  
"error": {  
"root\_cause": [  
{  
"type": "cluster\_block\_exception",  
"reason": "blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];"  
}  
],  
"type": "cluster\_block\_exception",  
"reason": "blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];"  
},  
"status": 403  
}

I set  
PUT /new-index/\_settings  
{  
"index.blocks.read\_only\_allow\_delete": false  
}

But i have only 3-5 secound read\_only\_allow\_delete set on false, after that time i still have true. My \_settings response:

{  
"new-index": {  
"settings": {  
"index": {  
"number\_of\_shards": "5",  
"blocks": {  
"read\_only\_allow\_delete": "true"  
},  
"provided\_name": "new-index",  
"creation\_date": "1515443237975",  
"analysis": {  
"filter": {  
"ngram\_filter": {  
"type": "ngram",  
"min\_gram": "2",  
"max\_gram": "4"  
}  
},  
"index": {  
"blocks": {  
"read\_only\_allow\_delete": "false"  
}  
},  
"analyzer": {  
"ngram\_analyzer": {  
"filter": [  
"ngram\_filter"  
],  
"type": "custom",  
"tokenizer": "standard"  
}  
}  
},  
"number\_of\_replicas": "1",  
"uuid": "vZGC3HOfQ4OyT6rP4gi5Gg",  
"version": {  
"created": "6010199"  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}

Thanks

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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:** [February 5, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-allow-delete-always-set-on-true/114610/2 "2018-02-05T20:23:53Z")

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