elasticsearch runtime_error ai_generated true

WatcherException: watch execution failed

ID: elasticsearch/watcher-execution-error

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

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
8 active — — —

Root Cause

Elasticsearch Watcher alert execution failed.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 88% success Check watch history: GET .watcher-history*/_search
  2. 90% success Test watch with execute API: POST _watcher/watch/id/_execute

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Disable watcher entirely 78% fail

    No alerting capability

  2. Remove all condition checks 82% fail

    Alerts fire constantly