Get the dangling indices Generally available; Added in 7.9.0

GET /_dangling

If Elasticsearch encounters index data that is absent from the current cluster state, those indices are considered to be dangling. For example, this can happen if you delete more than cluster.indices.tombstones.size indices while an Elasticsearch node is offline.

Use this API to list dangling indices, which you can then import or delete. ##Required authorization

  • Cluster privileges: manage

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • dangling_indices array[object] Required
      Hide dangling_indices attributes Show dangling_indices attributes object
      • index_name string Required
      • index_uuid string Required
      • creation_date_millis number

        Time unit for milliseconds

      • node_ids string | array[string] Required

        One of:
        Id string Ids array[string]
GET /_dangling 
GET /_dangling

curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_dangling'
Response examples (200) 
{
  "dangling_indices": [
   {
    "index_name": "my-index-000001",
    "index_uuid": "zmM4e0JtBkeUjiHD-MihPQ",
    "creation_date_millis": 1589414451372,
    "node_ids": [
      "pL47UN3dAb2d5RCWP6lQ3e"
    ]
   }
  ]
}

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