# What will happen to my upcoming logs in filebeat IF elasticsearch is Down

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-will-happen-to-my-upcoming-logs-in-filebeat-if-elasticsearch-is-down/330734>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-will-happen-to-my-upcoming-logs-in-filebeat-if-elasticsearch-is-down/330734 "2023-04-25T11:54:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![aurangzeb99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@aurangzeb99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aurangzeb99)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-will-happen-to-my-upcoming-logs-in-filebeat-if-elasticsearch-is-down/330734/1 "2023-04-25T11:54:29Z")

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Hi  
I am forwarding Syslogs from Filebeat to Elasticsearch.If for some reasons my elasticsearch is down for hours or days .  
What will happen to my upcoming logs will filebeat hold or store locally if yes then how long ?

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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:** [May 23, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-will-happen-to-my-upcoming-logs-in-filebeat-if-elasticsearch-is-down/330734/2 "2023-05-23T13:54:45Z")

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