# What's the status on \_ttl?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-status-on--ttl/60318>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 12, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-status-on--ttl/60318 "2016-09-12T17:01:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![hgfxng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/aeb1de/32.png) [@hgfxng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hgfxng)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-status-on--ttl/60318/1 "2016-09-12T17:01:56Z")

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Can I still use it until there's a new implementation? Is it working?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-status-on--ttl/60318/2 "2016-09-13T00:27:34Z")

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See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/mapping-ttl-field.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/mapping-ttl-field.html)

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**Author:** ![hgfxng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/aeb1de/32.png) [@hgfxng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hgfxng)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-status-on--ttl/60318/3 "2016-09-13T06:59:35Z")

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I've seen this, but the message is not clear. The feature is deprecated until something new comes in place, but being deprecated doesn't state if the current feature still works somehow, or if it doesn't work anymore. I have a use-case where I cannot use index-per-timeframe, so TTL is needed.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-status-on--ttl/60318/4 "2016-09-13T07:00:25Z")

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It works but expect it to be removed in the future, that is what deprecated means 🙂

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**Author:** ![hgfxng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/aeb1de/32.png) [@hgfxng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hgfxng)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-status-on--ttl/60318/5 "2016-09-13T07:01:26Z")

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Ok. Thanks for the clarification. I've seen deprecated being used for something that is present but doesn't do anything anymore, that's why I had to ask.

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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, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-status-on--ttl/60318/6 "2017-07-05T22:20:52Z")

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