# Request cache, hit\_count and miss\_count

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-cache-hit-count-and-miss-count/102667>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 4, 2017, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-cache-hit-count-and-miss-count/102667 "2017-10-04T09:05:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abhilash\_Bolla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhilash_bolla/32/26840_2.png) [@Abhilash\_Bolla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhilash_Bolla)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-cache-hit-count-and-miss-count/102667/1 "2017-10-04T09:05:01Z")

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When I fired curl 'localhost:9200/\_stats/request\_cache?pretty&human', I get this response

```
"publications_v1": {
     "primaries": {
        "request_cache": {
           "memory_size_in_bytes": 59235358,
           "evictions": 0,
           "hit_count": 42,
           "miss_count": 18
        }
     },
     "total": {
        "request_cache": {
           "memory_size_in_bytes": 103692054,
           "evictions": 0,
           "hit_count": 84,
           "miss_count": 36
        }
     }
  }

```

What do the miss\_count and hit\_count keys signify here?

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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:** [November 1, 2017, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-cache-hit-count-and-miss-count/102667/2 "2017-11-01T09:05:21Z")

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