Briefly, this error occurs when you’re trying to access or manipulate a task in Elasticsearch using an ID that doesn’t exist in the task management API. This could be due to a typo in the ID, or the task was deleted or never existed. To resolve this issue, you can verify the task ID you’re using is correct. If the task should exist, check your task creation process to ensure it’s functioning properly. If the task was deleted, you may need to recreate it or restore it from a backup if available.
This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” the task with id [” + request.getId() + “] doesn’t exist ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: plugin, task, request.
Overview
A task is an Elasticsearch operation, which can be any request performed on an Elasticsearch cluster, such as a delete by query request, a search request and so on. Elasticsearch provides a dedicated Task API for the task management which includes various actions, from retrieving the status of current running tasks to canceling any long running task.
Examples
Get all currently running tasks on all nodes of the cluster
Apart from other information, the response of the below request contains task IDs of all the tasks which can be used to get detailed information about the particular task in question.
GET _tasks
Get detailed information of a particular task
Where clQFAL_VRrmnlRyPsu_p8A:1132678759 is the ID of the task in below request
GET _tasks/clQFAL_VRrmnlRyPsu_p8A:1132678759
Get all the current tasks running on particular nodes
GET _tasks?nodes=nodeId1,nodeId2
Cancel a task
Where clQFAL_VRrmnlRyPsu_p8A:1132678759 is the ID of the task in the below request
POST /_tasks/clQFAL_VRrmnlRyPsu_p8A:1132678759/_cancel?pretty
Notes
- The Task API will be most useful when you want to investigate the spike of resource utilization in the cluster or want to cancel an operation.
Log Context
Log “the task with id [” + request.getId() + “] doesn’t exist” class name is TransportDeleteRollupJobAction.java. We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
if (pTasksMeta != null && pTasksMeta.getTask(request.getId()) != null) {
super.doExecute(task; request; listener);
} else {
// If we couldn't find the job in the persistent task CS; it means it was deleted prior to this call;
// no need to go looking for the allocated task
listener.onFailure(new ResourceNotFoundException("the task with id [" + request.getId() + "] doesn't exist"));
} } else {
// Delegates DeleteJob to elected master node; so it becomes the coordinating node.
// Non-master nodes may have a stale cluster state that shows jobs which are cancelled
