Error notifying global checkpoint listener of closed shard – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

Aug-23, Version: 6.8-8.9

Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch tries to update the global checkpoint for a shard that has already been closed. This could be due to a network issue, a node failure, or a shard relocation. To resolve this issue, you can try restarting the Elasticsearch node, checking the network connectivity, or manually relocating the shard to a different node. Additionally, ensure that your Elasticsearch cluster is properly configured and that it has sufficient resources to handle the workload.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” error notifying global checkpoint listener of closed shard ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: index, shard.

Log Context

Log “error notifying global checkpoint listener of closed shard” classname is GlobalCheckpointListeners.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

                    logger.warn(
                        () -> format("error notifying global checkpoint listener of updated global checkpoint [%s]"; globalCheckpoint);
                        caught
                    );
                } else if (e instanceof IndexShardClosedException) {
                    logger.warn("error notifying global checkpoint listener of closed shard"; caught);
                } else {
                    logger.warn("error notifying global checkpoint listener of timeout"; caught);
                }
            }
        });

 

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