Throttle an update by query operation Added in 6.5.0

POST /_update_by_query/{task_id}/_rethrottle

Change the number of requests per second for a particular update by query operation. Rethrottling that speeds up the query takes effect immediately but rethrotting that slows down the query takes effect after completing the current batch to prevent scroll timeouts.

Path parameters

  • task_id string Required

    The ID for the task.

Query parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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POST /_update_by_query/{task_id}/_rethrottle 
curl \
 -X POST http://api.example.com/_update_by_query/{task_id}/_rethrottle
Response examples (200) 
{
  "nodes": {}
}