Regarding the implementation of _ttl

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Hello all,

I've got a small question regarding the implementation of the _ttl field.

It is written in the docs that

The current _ttl implementation is deprecated and will be replaced with a different implementation in a future version.

Will the usage of the field be changed too? And when is the estimated time these changes will be impelmented?

Best regards,

S.Hlawa

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The migration guide might be helpful for you: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/breaking_20_mapping_changes.html#_literal__timestamp_literal_and_literal__ttl_literal_deprecated

Quoting said guide: "The _timestamp and _ttl fields are deprecated, but will remain functional for the remainder of the 2.x series.

Instead of the _timestamp field, use a normal date field and set the value explicitly.

The current _ttl functionality will be replaced in a future version with a new implementation of TTL, possibly with different semantics, and will not depend on the _timestamp field."

Hope this helps,
Isabel

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You can/should use time based indices instead.