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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Failed to write compilation error message to the stack ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: ping.
Log Context
Log “failed to write compilation error message to the stack” classname is GroovyScriptEngineService.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
for (Message error : errors) {
try (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter()) {
error.write(new PrintWriter(writer));
stack.add(writer.toString());
} catch (IOException e1) {
logger.error("failed to write compilation error message to the stack"; e1);
}
}
} else if (cause instanceof CompilationFailedException) {
CompilationFailedException error = (CompilationFailedException) cause;
stack.add(error.getMessage());
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