# Update Settings: new value of refresh\_interval is not observed without restart (w/ Gist) **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 22, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-settings-new-value-of-refresh-interval-is-not-observed-without-restart-w-gist/7097 "2012-03-22T16:08:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@David\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_2)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-settings-new-value-of-refresh-interval-is-not-observed-without-restart-w-gist/7097/1 "2012-03-22T16:08:46Z")
I've run into a problem that looks like a bug with 0.19.0 and 0.19.1. I have a bulk index process that follows the suggested pattern of setting refresh\_interval to "-1" during the index and then changing it back to "1s" after the index is done. With the 0.19.x versions, I've noticed that the dynamically set values of refresh\_interval, while they seem to be changed in the settings, are not observed without a restart. See this gist for a series of commands that you can run on a vanilla single instance of elastic that recreates this problem: > Looks like a bug. ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-settings-new-value-of-refresh-interval-is-not-observed-without-restart-w-gist/7097/2 "2012-03-22T16:35:31Z")
On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 09:08 -0700, David wrote: > I've run into a problem that looks like a bug with 0.19.0 and 0.19.1. > I have a bulk index process that follows the suggested pattern of > setting refresh\_interval to "-1" during the index and then changing it > back to "1s" after the index is done. With the 0.19.x versions, I've > noticed that the dynamically set values of refresh\_interval, while > they seem to be changed in the settings, are not observed without a > restart. > > See this gist for a series of commands that you can run on a vanilla > single instance of elastic that recreates this problem: > > [recreate problem with updating refresh\_interval at runtime · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/2159205) > > Looks like a bug. Confirmed - refresh\_interval seems to be ignored completely Please open an issue clint ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-settings-new-value-of-refresh-interval-is-not-observed-without-restart-w-gist/7097/3 "2012-03-22T18:15:46Z")
Opened an issue: [Index Update Settings API does not update settings in real time · Issue #1807 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1807), a fix is coming... On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Clinton Gormley [clint@traveljury.com](mailto:clint@traveljury.com)wrote: > On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 09:08 -0700, David wrote: > > > I've run into a problem that looks like a bug with 0.19.0 and 0.19.1. > > I have a bulk index process that follows the suggested pattern of > > setting refresh\_interval to "-1" during the index and then changing it > > back to "1s" after the index is done. With the 0.19.x versions, I've > > noticed that the dynamically set values of refresh\_interval, while > > they seem to be changed in the settings, are not observed without a > > restart. > > > > See this gist for a series of commands that you can run on a vanilla > > single instance of elastic that recreates this problem: > > > > [recreate problem with updating refresh\_interval at runtime · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/2159205) > > > > Looks like a bug. > > Confirmed - refresh\_interval seems to be ignored completely > > Please open an issue > > clint ---
**Author:** ![David\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@David\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_2)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-settings-new-value-of-refresh-interval-is-not-observed-without-restart-w-gist/7097/4 "2012-03-22T18:46:47Z")
Great, thanks! On Mar 22, 12:15 pm, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > Opened an issue:[Index Update Settings API does not update settings in real time · Issue #1807 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1807), > a fix is coming... > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Clinton Gormley [cl...@traveljury.com](mailto:cl...@traveljury.com)wrote: > > > On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 09:08 -0700, David wrote: > > > > > I've run into a problem that looks like a bug with 0.19.0 and 0.19.1. > > > I have a bulk index process that follows the suggested pattern of > > > setting refresh\_interval to "-1" during the index and then changing it > > > back to "1s" after the index is done. With the 0.19.x versions, I've > > > noticed that the dynamically set values of refresh\_interval, while > > > they seem to be changed in the settings, are not observed without a > > > restart. > > > > See this gist for a series of commands that you can run on a vanilla > > > single instance of elastic that recreates this problem: > > > > [recreate problem with updating refresh\_interval at runtime · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/2159205) > > > > Looks like a bug. > > > Confirmed - refresh\_interval seems to be ignored completely > > > Please open an issue > > > clint ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-settings-new-value-of-refresh-interval-is-not-observed-without-restart-w-gist/7097/5 "2017-07-06T03:35:07Z")