# Snapshot exception

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-exception/251861>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 13, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-exception/251861 "2020-10-13T07:48:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-exception/251861/2 "2020-10-13T09:20:34Z")

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Welcome.

Please [read this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) about how to format.

Here the error message seems to be clear:

> a snapshot is already running

You should probably check before running the new snapshot that the previous one has finished. Or just "ignore" the error message and try again 30 minutes later.

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