# UpdateRequest with retryOnConflict using BulkProcessor failed **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 2, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updaterequest-with-retryonconflict-using-bulkprocessor-failed/138273 "2018-07-02T20:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yelin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yelin)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updaterequest-with-retryonconflict-using-bulkprocessor-failed/138273/1 "2018-07-02T20:40:45Z")
I am using the Java High Level REST Client, and my UpdateRequest was working fine using the BulkProcessor originally. However, once I add something like "request.retryOnConflict(3);" to my UpdateRequest, and use the same BulkProcessor, I got the following error. Any suggestions? org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchStatusException: Elasticsearch exception [type=illegal\_argument\_exception, reason=Action/metadata line [1] contains an unknown parameter [retry\_on\_conflict]] at org.elasticsearch.rest.BytesRestResponse.errorFromXContent(BytesRestR esponse.java:177) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar!/:6.3.0] at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient.parseEntity(RestHighLeve lClient.java:653) ~[elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client-6.3.0.jar!/:6.3.0] at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient.parseResponseException(R estHighLevelClient.java:628) ~[elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client-6.3.0.jar!/: 6.3.0] at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient$1.onFailure(RestHighLeve lClient.java:603) [elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client-6.3.0.jar!/:6.3.0] at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient$FailureTrackingResponseListener.o nDefinitiveFailure(RestClient.java:629) [elasticsearch-rest-client-6.3.0.jar!/:6 .3.0] at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient$1.completed(RestClient.java:385) [elasticsearch-rest-client-6.3.0.jar!/:6.3.0] at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient$1.completed(RestClient.java:366) [elasticsearch-rest-client-6.3.0.jar!/:6.3.0] at org.apache.http.concurrent.BasicFuture.completed(BasicFuture.java:119 ) [httpcore-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.DefaultClientExchangeHandlerImpl.resp onseCompleted(DefaultClientExchangeHandlerImpl.java:177) [httpasyncclient-4.1.2. jar!/:4.1.2] at org.apache.http.nio.protocol.HttpAsyncRequestExecutor.processResponse (HttpAsyncRequestExecutor.java:436) [httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at org.apache.http.nio.protocol.HttpAsyncRequestExecutor.inputReady(Http AsyncRequestExecutor.java:326) [httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.DefaultNHttpClientConnection.consumeInput(De faultNHttpClientConnection.java:265) [httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.InternalIODispatch.onInputReady(Inter nalIODispatch.java:81) [httpasyncclient-4.1.2.jar!/:4.1.2] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.InternalIODispatch.onInputReady(Inter nalIODispatch.java:39) [httpasyncclient-4.1.2.jar!/:4.1.2] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIODispatch.inputReady(Abstra ctIODispatch.java:114) [httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.readable(BaseIOReactor .java:162) [httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvent(Abstr actIOReactor.java:337) [httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvents(Abst ractIOReactor.java:315) [httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.execute(AbstractIO Reactor.java:276) [httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.execute(BaseIOReactor. java:104) [httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor$Worker. run(AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor.java:588) [httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar!/:4.4.5] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.8.0\_92] Suppressed: org.elasticsearch.client.ResponseException: method [POST], h ost [[http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)], URI [/\_bulk?timeout=1m], status line [HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request] {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"illegal\_argument\_exception","reason":"Action/me tadata line [1] contains an unknown parameter [retry\_on\_conflict]"}],"type":"ill egal\_argument\_exception","reason":"Action/metadata line [1] contains an unknown parameter [retry\_on\_conflict]"},"status":400} at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient$1.completed(RestClient.ja va:377) [elasticsearch-rest-client-6.3.0.jar!/:6.3.0] ... 16 common frames omitted ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updaterequest-with-retryonconflict-using-bulkprocessor-failed/138273/2 "2018-07-30T20:40:54Z")
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