# 'Refresh' setting for a bulk update request **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** language-clients\ **Created:** [January 28, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-setting-for-a-bulk-update-request/295641 "2022-01-28T00:21:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kaushik\_Lingarkar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaushik_lingarkar/32/100982_2.png) [@Kaushik\_Lingarkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaushik_Lingarkar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-setting-for-a-bulk-update-request/295641/1 "2022-01-28T00:21:09Z")
Hello all, This is my first post here and thank you for this amazing tool. I am using the Elasticsearch-rest-client and I wanted a clarification with the behaviour of Refresh setting with the Bulk API. Does the 'refresh=true' parameter ensure that any reads done immediately after the write request(performed using [performRequest](https://artifacts.elastic.co/javadoc/org/elasticsearch/client/elasticsearch-rest-client/7.8.1/org/elasticsearch/client/RestClient.html#performRequest(org.elasticsearch.client.Request))) has returned will indeed return the new data? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-setting-for-a-bulk-update-request/295641/2 "2022-01-28T05:57:29Z")
The refresh happens synchronously. What I prefer doing though is to call explicitly the refresh API after the execution of the index operations. ---
**Author:** ![Kaushik\_Lingarkar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaushik_lingarkar/32/100982_2.png) [@Kaushik\_Lingarkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaushik_Lingarkar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-setting-for-a-bulk-update-request/295641/3 "2022-01-28T16:22:47Z")
Thanks for your reply. May I ask, which use-cases the explicit call to refresh are meant to handle if refresh=true does indeed happen synchronously before the write request is returned? ---
**Author:** ![Kaushik\_Lingarkar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaushik_lingarkar/32/100982_2.png) [@Kaushik\_Lingarkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaushik_Lingarkar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-setting-for-a-bulk-update-request/295641/4 "2022-01-28T16:45:47Z")
Apologies, I edited my question now to use better wording. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-setting-for-a-bulk-update-request/295641/5 "2022-01-28T18:04:03Z")
Just for the clarity of my code. And I'm only doing that in integration tests. Never in production. ---
**Author:** ![Kaushik\_Lingarkar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaushik_lingarkar/32/100982_2.png) [@Kaushik\_Lingarkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaushik_Lingarkar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-setting-for-a-bulk-update-request/295641/6 "2022-01-31T16:59:12Z")
@dadoonet May I request that you please take a look at my edited question? It will be really helpful if you can help answer it. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-setting-for-a-bulk-update-request/295641/7 "2022-01-31T18:11:56Z")
> [@Kaushik\_Lingarkar](#): > > Does the 'refresh=true' parameter ensure that any reads done immediately after the write request(performed using [performRequest](https://artifacts.elastic.co/javadoc/org/elasticsearch/client/elasticsearch-rest-client/7.8.1/org/elasticsearch/client/RestClient.html#performRequest(org.elasticsearch.client.Request))) has returned will indeed return the new data? Yes it will. ---
**Author:** ![Kaushik\_Lingarkar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaushik_lingarkar/32/100982_2.png) [@Kaushik\_Lingarkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaushik_Lingarkar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-setting-for-a-bulk-update-request/295641/8 "2022-01-31T21:22:29Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-setting-for-a-bulk-update-request/295641/9 "2022-02-28T21:23:02Z")
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