# ResourceAlreadyExistsException

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resourcealreadyexistsexception/358277>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 26, 2024, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resourcealreadyexistsexception/358277 "2024-04-26T09:08:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![frh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/frh/32/123902_2.png) [@frh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/frh)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resourcealreadyexistsexception/358277/1 "2024-04-26T09:08:40Z")

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Hi,  
For my testing, I created index frh-logstash-000002 yesterday and I created frh-logstash-000003 today.

After frh-logstash-000003 gets created today, it returned "1 index has lifecycle errors" on frh-logstash-000002.

Index lifecycle error  
resource\_already\_exists\_exception: index [frh-logstash-000003/mTkuVbhrTkCgjL4aeo0hFA] already exists

I don't understand why such error occurred? If it already exists, it wouldn't allow me to create the index in the first place. How do I get rid of this error?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/5/3505866dc78a8e1f4e2ed51cf55fd63fc5f0f915.png)

Thanks,  
Farah