I got this on 1.2.2 and found on the web that it was a bug. So, I upgraded to 1.3.2 and got the same bug. There was a note here that suggested adding "mappings": to the top of the mappings doc. Didn't help on 1.2.2 [Mark] Elasticsearch 1.2.1 exception: Root type mapping not…

[Version 1.3.2] Root type mapping not empty after parsing! Remaining fields:

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[Version 1.3.2] Root type mapping not empty after parsing! Remaining fields: