Delete a dangling index Added in 7.9.0
If Elasticsearch encounters index data that is absent from the current cluster state, those indices are considered to be dangling.
For example, this can happen if you delete more than cluster.indices.tombstones.size
indices while an Elasticsearch node is offline.
Path parameters
-
The UUID of the index to delete. Use the get dangling indices API to find the UUID.
Query parameters
-
This parameter must be set to true to acknowledge that it will no longer be possible to recove data from the dangling index.
-
master_timeout string
Specify timeout for connection to master
-
timeout string
Explicit operation timeout
DELETE /_dangling/{index_uuid}
curl \
-X DELETE http://api.example.com/_dangling/{index_uuid}?accept_data_loss=true
Response examples (200)
{
"acknowledged": true
}