elasticsearch timeout_error ai_generated true

ElasticsearchTimeoutException

ID: elasticsearch/timeout-exception

Also available as: JSON · Markdown
80%Fix Rate
83%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

Request exceeded timeout. Heavy query or overloaded cluster.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 88% success Optimize query with filters and search_after
  2. 82% success Increase timeout per-request only

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Set extremely high global timeout 80% fail

    Masks perf problems, clients hang

  2. Disable request circuit breaker 88% fail

    OOM crash risk