# What is the intention to set the default value of discovery.zen.master\_election.filter\_data to false

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-intention-to-set-the-default-value-of-discovery-zen-master-election-filter-data-to-false/43733>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 8, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-intention-to-set-the-default-value-of-discovery-zen-master-election-filter-data-to-false/43733 "2016-03-08T07:58:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![makeyang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@makeyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/makeyang)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-intention-to-set-the-default-value-of-discovery-zen-master-election-filter-data-to-false/43733/1 "2016-03-08T07:58:28Z")

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why not set it to true as the default of discovery.zen.master\_election.filter\_client?  
any intention of doing so?

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-intention-to-set-the-default-value-of-discovery-zen-master-election-filter-data-to-false/43733/2 "2017-07-05T23:10:28Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 11:10pm UTC