# What does this 6.x warning mean?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-this-6-x-warning-mean/134062>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 31, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-this-6-x-warning-mean/134062 "2018-05-31T13:23:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![TimWard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timward/32/19574_2.png) [@TimWard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimWard)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-this-6-x-warning-mean/134062/1 "2018-05-31T13:23:32Z")

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> Detected a 6.x and above cluster: the `type` event field won't be used to determine the document \_type {:es\_version=\>6}

What does this message mean? - as far as I can see there are no usages of "type" left in my Logstash configuration files?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-this-6-x-warning-mean/134062/2 "2018-06-28T13:23:39Z")

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