# What is warning "Message read past expected size (request) for \[\] and action \[search/freeContext\], resetting" **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-warning-message-read-past-expected-size-request-for-and-action-search-freecontext-resetting/20032 "2014-10-01T22:19:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Zhou\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Zhou\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jeffrey_Zhou_2)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-warning-message-read-past-expected-size-request-for-and-action-search-freecontext-resetting/20032/1 "2014-10-01T22:19:37Z")
One of our data nodes was removed from the cluster by the master for some unknown reason. In its log file, I found the following log entry right before removal. Is it an indicator of underlying issue? This only happened to one of the data nodes, all others behaved well at the moment. [2014-08-01 04:18:20,013][WARN][transport.netty] [data2-50] Message read past expected size (request) for [3109837762] and action [search/freeContext], resetting -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/32b9df9b-aca2-4502-8294-191305b5c038%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/32b9df9b-aca2-4502-8294-191305b5c038%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-warning-message-read-past-expected-size-request-for-and-action-search-freecontext-resetting/20032/2 "2017-07-06T00:58:51Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:58am UTC