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Unfreeze index API

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Unfreeze index API

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Unfreezes an index.

Request

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POST /<index>/_unfreeze

Description

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When a frozen index is unfrozen, the index goes through the normal recovery process and becomes writeable again. See Frozen indices and Freeze index.

Path Parameters

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index (required)
(string) Identifier for the index

Examples

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The following example freezes and unfreezes an index:

POST /my_index/_freeze
POST /my_index/_unfreeze
Freezing an index will close the index and reopen it within the same API call. This causes primaries to not be allocated for a short
amount of time and causes the cluster to go red until the primaries are allocated again. This limitation might be removed in the future.
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