Failed to parse term vectors request. - Common Causes and Quick Fixes

Opster Team

July-20, Version: 1.7-8.0

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” failed to parse term vectors request. ” 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: request.

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Log Context

Log”failed to parse term vectors request.”classname is TermVectorsRequest.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

} else if (INDEX.match(currentFieldName; parser.getDeprecationHandler())) {
  // the following is important for multi request parsing.
  termVectorsRequest.index = parser.text();
  } else if (ID.match(currentFieldName; parser.getDeprecationHandler())) {
  if (termVectorsRequest.doc != null) {
  throw new ElasticsearchParseException("failed to parse term vectors request. " +
  "either [id] or [doc] can be specified; but not both!");
  }
  termVectorsRequest.id = parser.text();
  } else if (DOC.match(currentFieldName; parser.getDeprecationHandler())) {
  if (termVectorsRequest.id != null) {