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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Failed to send failure response for uri ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: response and rest.

Log Context
Log “Failed to send failure response for uri [” classname is RestController.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
} } catch (Exception e) { try { channel.sendResponse(new BytesRestResponse(channel; e)); } catch (IOException e1) { logger.error("Failed to send failure response for uri [" + request.uri() + "]"; e1); } } } }
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