Is there an API to check if there was a failure, something similar to BulkResponse.hasFailures?
This would help at least in logging when there is a failure ...

Hi @ssanghavi , via java API you can check the failures by iterating through the IndexDeleteByQueryResponse that you can retrieve through theDeleteByQueryResponse#getIndices method. What is missing is returning them in the rest response.

Any updates on getting this functionality through the REST response? I'm currently experiencing the same behavior.

hi @kujenga as far as I can see the delete by query api now returns a failures array. My last comment is not valid anymore, in fact delete by query was completely rewritten since then.

@javanna got it, thanks. I'm seeing an empty failures array but a non-zero number failure count indicated in the response, which sounded similar to this issue.

@kujenga what version are you seeing this on? Anything before 5.0 is beyond my ability to comment on, but if it happens in 5.x we likely still have the bug so it is worth tracking down. Also, do you get any related logs?

@nik9000 we're on 2.3, but it's good news that upgrading may improve this functionality. I'll dig through the logs to see if there's anything relevant 👍, thanks for the tip.