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==== Auto-release of read-only-allow-delete block
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- If a node exceeds the flood-stage disk watermark then we add a block to all of
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- its indices to prevent further writes as a last-ditch attempt to prevent the
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- node completely exhausting its disk space. In earlier versions this block would
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- remain in place until manually removed, causing confusion for users who
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- currently have ample disk space and are not aware that they nearly ran out at
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- some point in the past. From 7.4 onwards the block is automatically removed
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- when a node drops below the high watermark again, with the expectation that the
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- high watermark is some distance below the flood-stage watermark and therefore
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- the disk space problem is truly resolved. This behaviour can be disabled by
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- setting the system property `es.disk.auto_release_flood_stage_block` to
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- `false`.
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+ If a node exceeds the flood-stage disk watermark then {es} adds the
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+ `index.blocks.read_only_allow_delete` block to all of its indices to prevent
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+ further writes, as a last-resort attempt to prevent the node completely
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+ exhausting its disk space. In earlier versions this block would remain in place
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+ until manually removed, causing confusion for users who currently have ample
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+ disk space and who are not aware that they nearly ran out at some point in the
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+ past. From 7.4 onwards the block is automatically removed when the node drops
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+ below the high watermark again, with the expectation that the high watermark is
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+ some distance below the flood-stage watermark and therefore the disk space
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+ problem is truly resolved. Since this block may be automatically removed, you
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+ can no longer rely on adding this block manually to prevent writes to an index.
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+ You should use the `index.blocks.read_only` block instead. This behaviour can
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+ be disabled by setting the system property
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+ `es.disk.auto_release_flood_stage_block` to `false`.
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