# Weird maxclausecount issue
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weird-maxclausecount-issue/42237
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 19, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weird-maxclausecount-issue/42237 "2016-02-19T12:20:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@genieprogg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/genieprogg)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weird-maxclausecount-issue/42237/1 "2016-02-19T12:20:03Z")
Hi,
I have an issue with the maxclausecount. I made changes to config file elasticsearch.yml and when i check with curl command i get the following (see code) It states "max\_clause\_count" : "4092" but when i do a search in my shop (query: ''vitamin c", i get the message "too\_many\_clauses","reason":"maxClauseCount is set to 1024". I already restarted the service.
Why keeps it stating 1024?
{
"cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch",
"nodes" : {
"lNuCsaHGTUq5leoieXeGvQ" : {
"name" : "Hero",
"transport\_address" : "localhost/127.0.0.1:9300",
"host" : "127.0.0.1",
"ip" : "127.0.0.1",
"version" : "2.1.1",
"build" : "40e2c53",
"http\_address" : "localhost/127.0.0.1:9200",
"settings" : {
"max\_clause\_count" : "4092",
"client" : {
"type" : "node"
},
"name" : "Hero",
"pidfile" : "/var/run/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.pid",
"path" : {
"data" : "/var/lib/elasticsearch",
"home" : "/usr/share/elasticsearch",
"conf" : "/etc/elasticsearch",
"logs" : "/var/log/elasticsearch"
},
"config" : {
"ignore\_system\_properties" : "true"
},
"cluster" : {
"name" : "elasticsearch"
},
"network" : {
"host" : "localhost"
},
"foreground" : "false"
}
}
}
}
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### Author:  [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weird-maxclausecount-issue/42237/2 "2016-02-19T13:30:39Z")
The setting's name is `index.query.bool.max_clause_count`
Beside this, I do not recommend changing this limit to such a high value.
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### Author:  [@genieprogg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/genieprogg)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weird-maxclausecount-issue/42237/3 "2016-02-19T13:40:05Z")
Thank for the message
Is the option: index.query.bool.max\_clause\_count standard in the elasticsearch.yml config file or do i have to add it myself?
We have 65k products per index. What value is resonable for searches including 1 character like "vitamin c"?
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### Author:  [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weird-maxclausecount-issue/42237/4 "2016-02-19T14:03:08Z")
Use the default value.
Fix your query.
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### Author:  [@venkata\_sreekanth\_bh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/venkata_sreekanth_bh)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weird-maxclausecount-issue/42237/5 "2017-03-24T19:27:04Z")
The key name is indices.query.bool.max\_clause\_count
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weird-maxclausecount-issue/42237/6 "2017-07-05T22:01:54Z")