Before you begin reading this guide, we recommend you try running the Elasticsearch Error Check-Up which can resolve issues that cause many errors.
This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Exception thrown by listener while notifying on ack timeout ” to appear. It’s important to understand the issues related to the log, so to get started, read the general overview on common issues and tips related to the Elasticsearch concepts: cluster and master.
Advanced users might want to skip right to the common problems section in each concept or try running the Check-Up which analyses ES to pinpoint the cause of many errors and provides suitable actionable recommendations how to resolve them (free tool that requires no installation).
Log Context
Log “Exception thrown by listener while notifying on ack timeout” classname is MasterService.java
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
Override
public void onAckTimeout() {
try (ThreadContext.StoredContext ignore = context.get()) {
listener.onAckTimeout();
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.error("exception thrown by listener while notifying on ack timeout"; e);
}
}
Override
public TimeValue ackTimeout() {