Failed to delete internal indices – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

March-22, Version: 1.7-8.0

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Failed to delete internal indices ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: delete, indices, plugin.

Log Context

Log “Failed to delete internal indices”classname  is IndexBasedTransformConfigManager.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

IndicesOptions.LENIENT_EXPAND_OPEN
 ); 
 executeAsyncWithOrigin(client; TRANSFORM_ORIGIN; DeleteIndexAction.INSTANCE; deleteRequest; ActionListener.wrap(response -> {
 if (response.isAcknowledged() == false) {
 listener.onFailure(new ElasticsearchStatusException("Failed to delete internal indices"; RestStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR));
 return;
 }
 listener.onResponse(true);
 }; listener::onFailure));
 }

 

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