# Trying to create too many scroll contexts. Must be less than or equal to: \[500\]. This limit can be set by changing the \[search.max\_open\_scroll\_context\] setting

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 21, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-create-too-many-scroll-contexts-must-be-less-than-or-equal-to-500-this-limit-can-be-set-by-changing-the-search-max-open-scroll-context-setting/208884 "2019-11-21T12:18:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-create-too-many-scroll-contexts-must-be-less-than-or-equal-to-500-this-limit-can-be-set-by-changing-the-search-max-open-scroll-context-setting/208884/2 "2019-11-21T12:25:11Z")

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Hi Gokulnath,

Scroll contexts are expensive to maintain which is why we limit the number of concurrent scrolls allowed. See [Impact of multiple concurrent scroll API on ElasticSearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impact-of-multiple-concurrent-scroll-api-on-elasticsearch/206805/2)

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