# What would cause refresh=wait\_for to regularly take 2-5 seconds?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-would-cause-refresh-wait-for-to-regularly-take-2-5-seconds/106369>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 3, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-would-cause-refresh-wait-for-to-regularly-take-2-5-seconds/106369 "2017-11-03T23:43:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-would-cause-refresh-wait-for-to-regularly-take-2-5-seconds/106369/3 "2017-11-06T11:29:07Z")

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Are you using nested documents or parent-child relationships in your indices? If so, [this thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/long-delay-between-indexing-a-document-and-its-availability-in-search-results/103876) may be applicable.

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