# Enable debug/trace logs for ISM

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/enable-debug-trace-logs-for-ism/18312>\
**Category:** Index Management\
**Created:** [March 8, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/enable-debug-trace-logs-for-ism/18312 "2024-03-08T21:44:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tru64jurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@tru64jurus](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/tru64jurus)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/enable-debug-trace-logs-for-ism/18312/1 "2024-03-08T21:44:58Z")

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**Versions** (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser):

2.11.0

**Describe the issue** :

ISM policies get applied intermittently , sometime works and other time it doesn’t . No errors or warning in opensearch logs.

How to enable debug/tracing for ISM only to get more insight into why the policy is not applied all the time. ?

**Configuration** :

Policy

```auto
{
    "id": "dev-clusters-cleanup-20days",
    "seqNo": 19911607,
    "primaryTerm": 68,
    "policy": {
        "policy_id": "dev-clusters-cleanup-20days",
        "description": "A sample description of the policy",
        "last_updated_time": 1697118924759,
        "schema_version": 18,
        "error_notification": {
            "channel": {
                "id": "vhtfI4kBanvl1499-UFq"
            },
            "message_template": {
                "source": "",
                "lang": "mustache"
            }
        },
        "default_state": "initial_state",
        "states": [
            {
                "name": "initial_state",
                "actions": [],
                "transitions": [
                    {
                        "state_name": "delete_state",
                        "conditions": {
                            "min_index_age": "20d"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "delete_state",
                "actions": [
                    {
                        "retry": {
                            "count": 3,
                            "backoff": "exponential",
                            "delay": "1m"
                        },
                        "delete": {}
                    }
                ],
                "transitions": []
            }
        ],
        "ism_template": [
            {
                "index_patterns": [
                    "dev-*"
                ],
                "priority": 1,
                "last_updated_time": 1696283220647
            }
        ]
    }
}

```

**Relevant Logs or Screenshots** :

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**Author:** ![gaobinlong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/gaobinlong/32/5242_2.png) [@gaobinlong](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/gaobinlong)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/enable-debug-trace-logs-for-ism/18312/2 "2024-03-11T05:11:25Z")

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You can enable debug/trace logs for ISM by configuring this:

```auto
PUT _cluster/settings
{
  "persistent": {
    "logger.org.opensearch.indexmanagement": "DEBUG"
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![tru64jurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@tru64jurus](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/tru64jurus)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/enable-debug-trace-logs-for-ism/18312/3 "2024-03-14T22:07:54Z")

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I applied debug setting , I don’t get enough information or errors on logs as to why ISM policies are implemented at times .

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/mauve_hedgehog/original/2X/3/33547ea01a5b12dcca2958411d3edd97ae2ea8c1.png) [@system](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/enable-debug-trace-logs-for-ism/18312/4 "2024-05-13T22:08:17Z")

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