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Node Query Cacheedit

The results of queries used in the filter context are cached in the node query cache for fast lookup. There is one queries cache per node that is shared by all shards. The cache uses an LRU eviction policy: when the cache is full, the least recently used query results are evicted to make way for new data. You cannot inspect the contents of the query cache.

Term queries and queries used outside of a filter context are not eligible for caching.

By default, the cache holds a maximum of 10000 queries in up to 10% of the total heap space. To determine if a query is eligible for caching, Elasticsearch maintains a query history to track occurrences.

Caching is done on a per segment basis if a segment contains at least 10000 documents and the segment has at least 3% of the total documents of a shard. Because caching is per segment, merging segments can invalidate cached queries.

The following setting is static and must be configured on every data node in the cluster:

indices.queries.cache.size
Controls the memory size for the filter cache , defaults to 10%. Accepts either a percentage value, like 5%, or an exact value, like 512mb.

The following setting is an index setting that can be configured on a per-index basis. Can only be set at index creation time or on a closed index:

index.queries.cache.enabled
Controls whether to enable query caching. Accepts true (default) or false.
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