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Shard request cache settings

Self-managed

Self-managed deployments are Elastic Stack deployments managed without the assistance of an orchestrator.

Availability

  • Generally available

    This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage.

This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.

The following settings affect the behavior of the shard request cache.

Cache settings

indices.requests.cache.size
(Static) The maximum size of the cache, as a percentage of the heap. Default: 1%.
indices.requests.cache.expire
(Static) The TTL for cached results. Stale results are automatically invalidated when the index is refreshed, so you shouldn’t need to use this setting.