# Sleep filter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sleep-filter/130557>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 4, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sleep-filter/130557 "2018-05-04T04:28:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kabilan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecccb3/32.png) [@kabilan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kabilan)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sleep-filter/130557/1 "2018-05-04T04:28:59Z")

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hi all,

was looking at the Sleep filter, what are the use cases for this?

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**Author:** ![guyboertje](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guyboertje/32/31592_2.png) [@guyboertje](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guyboertje)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sleep-filter/130557/2 "2018-05-04T19:59:38Z")

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Slowing the LS processing down. Maybe you have an output that is very slow and you do not want to overwhelm it with updates/inserts - then you can use the sleep filter.

I get it 😄, most folks want more not less speed.

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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:** [June 1, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sleep-filter/130557/3 "2018-06-01T19:59:47Z")

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