# The \[default\] mapping cannot be updated on index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-default-mapping-cannot-be-updated-on-index/179255>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 1, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-default-mapping-cannot-be-updated-on-index/179255 "2019-05-01T20:48:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanSheps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DanSheps](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DanSheps)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-default-mapping-cannot-be-updated-on-index/179255/1 "2019-05-01T20:48:58Z")

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Hello all,

I recently upgraded to ELK 7.0 and I am having problems with a pipeline.

Previously, I did not have any template set, so it was using the default logstash template. After the update, errors were being thrown in the LS log along the lines of "The [default] mapping cannot be updated on index ... ... defaults mappings are not useful anymore now that indices can have at most one type."

So, after a quick google, I found the solution was to delete the old LS template and restart LS. Unfortunately, that did not resolve it. So, I thought, well, lets toss it a template and see if that does anything.

Again, nothing. Any thoughts? At this point I am tempted to try a completely new pipeline & index name.

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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:** [May 29, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-default-mapping-cannot-be-updated-on-index/179255/2 "2019-05-29T20:48:58Z")

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