Failed to acquire close-read-lock – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

March-22, Version: 1.7-8.0

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” failed to acquire close-read-lock ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: .

Log Context

Log “failed to acquire close-read-lock”classname  is TcpTransport.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

}
 ConnectionProfile finalProfile = maybeOverrideConnectionProfile(profile);
 if (closeLock.readLock().tryLock() == false) {
 ensureOpen();
 assert false : "should not get here ever because close-write-lock should only be held on shutdown";
 throw new ConnectTransportException(node; "failed to acquire close-read-lock");
 }
 try {
 ensureOpen();
 initiateConnection(node; finalProfile; listener);
 } finally {

 

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