# Reindex and status 409

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-and-status-409/94843>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 27, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-and-status-409/94843 "2017-07-27T17:08:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarkTierney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MarkTierney](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MarkTierney)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-and-status-409/94843/1 "2017-07-27T17:08:07Z")

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Hi Folks,

When we do a reindex on our indexes we are doing the following:

1. create the destination index
2. run reindex with version\_type internal
3. run reindex with version\_type external
4. switch our index alias to point to the new index

In the doc it suggests that using "version\_type" : "external" will allow us to recoup any changed/added documents into the new index. We need to do a subsequent run at reindex because the source index is in use while the reindex is running. When I do this, I get a series of documents that spit out status 409's because the version is the same as the one found in the source index. No harm done, it's just extra output.

Is there a way to suppress these 409's and just process the updated/added rows?  
Should I be addressing this a different way?

Any help guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Mark T

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**Author:** ![MarkTierney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MarkTierney](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MarkTierney)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-and-status-409/94843/2 "2017-07-28T13:07:02Z")

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I figured it out. No need for anyone to complete

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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:** [August 25, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-and-status-409/94843/3 "2017-08-25T13:07:07Z")

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