# What happens to search when the X-Pack license expires? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 21, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-happens-to-search-when-the-x-pack-license-expires/145369 "2018-08-21T10:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ong/32/40766_2.png) [@Ong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ong)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-happens-to-search-when-the-x-pack-license-expires/145369/1 "2018-08-21T10:53:57Z")
I have a licensed version of X-Pack for Elasticsearch. In the system, x-pack is used for role based security for document filtering. Lets say if I forget to renew the license of X-Pack and it expires, how will the search results be affected? Will role based access control be disabled with unfiltered search results or instead, will 0 search results be returned? ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-happens-to-search-when-the-x-pack-license-expires/145369/2 "2018-08-21T11:16:43Z")
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/6.3/license-expiration.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/6.3/license-expiration.html) Security will continue working on an expired license, your search results will be uncahgned. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-happens-to-search-when-the-x-pack-license-expires/145369/3 "2018-09-18T11:16:54Z")
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