Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch tries to execute a transport tasks operation without a specified task. This could be due to a programming error or a misconfiguration in the Elasticsearch setup. To resolve this issue, you can check your code to ensure that all transport tasks operations have an associated task. Also, verify your Elasticsearch configuration to ensure it’s set up correctly. If the problem persists, consider updating or reinstalling Elasticsearch as the issue might be due to a bug in the version you’re using.
This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” attempt to execute a transport tasks operation without a task ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: task.
Overview
A task is an Elasticsearch operation, which can be any request performed on an Elasticsearch cluster, such as a delete by query request, a search request and so on. Elasticsearch provides a dedicated Task API for the task management which includes various actions, from retrieving the status of current running tasks to canceling any long running task.
Examples
Get all currently running tasks on all nodes of the cluster
Apart from other information, the response of the below request contains task IDs of all the tasks which can be used to get detailed information about the particular task in question.
GET _tasks
Get detailed information of a particular task
Where clQFAL_VRrmnlRyPsu_p8A:1132678759 is the ID of the task in below request
GET _tasks/clQFAL_VRrmnlRyPsu_p8A:1132678759
Get all the current tasks running on particular nodes
GET _tasks?nodes=nodeId1,nodeId2
Cancel a task
Where clQFAL_VRrmnlRyPsu_p8A:1132678759 is the ID of the task in the below request
POST /_tasks/clQFAL_VRrmnlRyPsu_p8A:1132678759/_cancel?pretty
Notes
- The Task API will be most useful when you want to investigate the spike of resource utilization in the cluster or want to cancel an operation.
Log Context
Log “attempt to execute a transport tasks operation without a task” classname is TransportTasksAction.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
transportService.registerRequestHandler(transportNodeAction; nodeExecutor; NodeTaskRequest::new; new NodeTransportHandler());
}
@Override
protected final void doExecute(TasksRequest request; ActionListener listener) {
logger.warn("attempt to execute a transport tasks operation without a task");
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("task parameter is required for this operation");
}
@Override
protected void doExecute(Task task; TasksRequest request; ActionListener listener) {
