Snapshot_missing_exception when deleting multiple snapshots

[Norman_Khine]

Hello, from the documentation, Delete a snapshot | Elasticsearch Reference [7.11] | Elastic I am trying to delete multiple snapshots, but get an error:

{
  "error" : {
    "root_cause" : [
      {
        "type" : "snapshot_missing_exception",
        "reason" : "[esbackup-elk-prod:20200124031645,20200125031645] is missing"
      }
    ],
    "type" : "snapshot_missing_exception",
    "reason" : "[esbackup-elk-prod:20200124031645,20200125031645] is missing"
  },
  "status" : 404
}

I am running the following from the Kibana console

DELETE /_snapshot/esbackup-elk-prod/20200124031645,20200125031645

if I run it on individual snapshot, this works, so

DELETE /_snapshot/esbackup-elk-prod/20200124031645

Any advice is much appreciated

[DavidTurner]

The docs you link are for 7.11. Is that the version you're using?

[Norman_Khine]

I am using version 7.9 which has the same API call Delete a snapshot | Elasticsearch Reference [7.x] | Elastic

[DavidTurner]

Hmm I can't see a way to get this error message in any of the 7.9.x versions. Can you share the output of GET /_cat/nodes?h=n,v to verify exactly which version(s) you are using?

[Norman_Khine]

@DavidTurner

/_cat/nodes?h=n,v

 khine@dhegdheer   ~  curl -X GET 'https://es-cluster/_cat/nodes?h=n,v'                       ✔  10632  07:45:59 
409992bfb2253150f1663d6c447268bf 7.7.0
70a3ad17bbde8477461ac1ede4883d5f 7.7.0
265ef5b613b158c738904ab2bb42f5ac 7.7.0
49f176dd9efda0580f02682bee74b6e3 7.7.0
45308337dfcb7b51d4f20f83ef82896e 7.7.0
e1e258089f61e55fc67865c19754d5cd 7.7.0
a8156ae9d4d9e394b06c416eded832e9 7.7.0
b4c458e3ad3d1fab552cc60319fd73d3 7.7.0
521b3aa1ec901492f5b14307fca02d0b 7.7.0
01e87927f72eecf1734a15985d755a24 7.7.0
f44eb0392530741363516c604d618d95 7.7.0

[DavidTurner]

You said you were using 7.9 but this tells us you are using 7.7.0, in which the delete snapshot API is different -- see the docs at the bottom of Take a snapshot of one or more indices | Elasticsearch Reference [7.7] | Elastic and note that there's nothing to indicate DELETE /_snapshot/esbackup-elk-prod/20200124031645,20200125031645 should work in this version.

[Norman_Khine]

Hi, sorry, from Delete a snapshot | Elasticsearch Reference [7.x] | Elastic shows that DELETE /_snapshot/esbackup-elk-prod/20200124031645,20200125031645 should work for 7.x

thanks

[DavidTurner]

Note the warning, highlighted in yellow, at the top of that page:

You are looking at preliminary documentation for a future release. Not what you want? See the current release documentation.

You are not using 7.x, you are using 7.7.0, so the 7.x docs do not apply.

[Norman_Khine]

ok, thank you