Clear the cache Technical preview; Added in 7.10.0

POST /_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear

Clear indices and data streams from the shared cache for partially mounted indices. ##Required authorization

  • Index privileges: manage* Cluster privileges: manage
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Query parameters

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    Whether to expand wildcard expression to concrete indices that are open, closed or both.

    Values are all, open, closed, hidden, or none.

  • allow_no_indices boolean

    Whether to ignore if a wildcard indices expression resolves into no concrete indices. (This includes _all string or when no indices have been specified)

  • ignore_unavailable boolean

    Whether specified concrete indices should be ignored when unavailable (missing or closed)

Responses

  • 200 application/json
POST /_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear 
POST /my-index/_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear

curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear'

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