elasticsearch resource_error ai_generated true

TooManyScrollContextsException: too many scroll contexts

ID: elasticsearch/concurrent-scroll-limit

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80%Fix Rate
84%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
8 active — — —

Root Cause

Too many open scroll contexts consuming memory.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 92% success Clear scroll contexts after use: DELETE _search/scroll
  2. 90% success Use search_after instead of scroll for deep pagination

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Increase max_open_scroll_context to very high 82% fail

    Memory exhaustion

  2. Never clear scroll contexts 85% fail

    Memory leak