# Values less than -1 bytes are not supported when cat/indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/values-less-than-1-bytes-are-not-supported-when-cat-indices/377539>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 26, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/values-less-than-1-bytes-are-not-supported-when-cat-indices/377539 "2025-04-26T08:29:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![vsop\_479](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6f9a4e/32.png) [@vsop\_479](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vsop_479)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/values-less-than-1-bytes-are-not-supported-when-cat-indices/377539/1 "2025-04-26T08:29:46Z")

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My cluster is green.  
I saw [Error from \_cat APIs: Values less than -1 bytes are not supported](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-from-cat-apis-values-less-than-1-bytes-are-not-supported/220071), but my cluster already is 7.10.2, and \_cat/indices may only involve store size?

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**Author:** ![vsop\_479](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6f9a4e/32.png) [@vsop\_479](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vsop_479)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/values-less-than-1-bytes-are-not-supported-when-cat-indices/377539/2 "2025-04-27T02:32:37Z")

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I saw [Fix query cache reporting negative used memory by ywelsch · Pull Request #70273 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/70273) fixed this in 7.12.