# Testing refresh.interval / explanation **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 13, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-refresh-interval-explanation/194970 "2019-08-13T07:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jean-Marc\_Autexier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jean-marc_autexier/32/51342_2.png) [@Jean-Marc\_Autexier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jean-Marc_Autexier)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-refresh-interval-explanation/194970/1 "2019-08-13T07:25:11Z")
Hi, I'm testing the refresh.interval [2]of my ES cluster (6 nodes, ES 6.5.0). I'm doing sync upserts into an index with refresh.interval=30s. In a differnt app, I'm executing queries. However I set index.interval, my second app directly see any change done my the upsert (no explicit refresh in the upsert. Using java high level rest client [1]). My understanding of refresh.interval was that new data will not be visible until the interval is reached. How can it be that I always directly see any new/changed data? tx for help Jean-Marc [1] [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-rest/current/java-rest-high.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-rest/current/java-rest-high.html) [2] [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-update-settings.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-update-settings.html) ---
**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:** [August 13, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-refresh-interval-explanation/194970/2 "2019-08-13T08:56:30Z")
Bonjour Jean-Marc What exactly are you running in your app? Is that a search or a get by id ? ---
**Author:** ![Jean-Marc\_Autexier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jean-marc_autexier/32/51342_2.png) [@Jean-Marc\_Autexier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jean-Marc_Autexier)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-refresh-interval-explanation/194970/3 "2019-08-13T11:44:35Z")
I'm executing a GetRequest [1], so it's a get by id. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-rest/master/java-rest-high-document-get.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-rest/master/java-rest-high-document-get.html) ---
**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:** [August 13, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-refresh-interval-explanation/194970/4 "2019-08-13T12:07:39Z")
This is expected then. `GET index/_doc/id` is a realtime operation. ---
**Author:** ![Jean-Marc\_Autexier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jean-marc_autexier/32/51342_2.png) [@Jean-Marc\_Autexier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jean-Marc_Autexier)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-refresh-interval-explanation/194970/5 "2019-08-13T12:08:53Z")
Ok. I just tested search, and now I see old values until refresh interval is reached. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-refresh-interval-explanation/194970/6 "2019-09-10T12:09:02Z")
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