Upping the value of set script.max_compilations_per_minute

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Hey there,

I am currently bumping into the error:

org.elasticsearch.common.breaker.CircuitBreakingException: [script] Too many dynamic script compilations within one minute

The nature of the application I am working on is such that you can potentially have several distinct filter expressions for which the parameter approach will not help much. I was thinking about bumping up this value in elasticsearch.yml to a much larger number than the default of 15/min.

Questions are:

  1. Is there any top recommendation for the largest number we could put here?
  2. What is the potential impact of having a larger number here?

Thanks,

Francisco.

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Hey,

the idea here is, that you should not waste too much CPU time compiling scripts. So maybe it makes more sense to use indexed scripts or file-based scripts or scripts with parameters, so that the script itself does not need to be recompiled. if you are fine with the resources needed (as a single request suddently becomes much more expensive), you can set it to a higher value.

--Alex

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Thanks Alex!

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