Policy Action to Stop Replication

[goofinator]

Versions (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser):
Dashboard v 3.0.0

Describe the issue:
Iam trying to add an action to my replication policy to stop replicating an auto-follow index so i can delete the index. The option is not available in the action type drop down when i edit a state and if i manually add it to the json it fails to load error : “Could not load the policy”
I can manually stop it with an POST /_plugins/_replication//_stop but i want to auto stop and then delete with a policy

Configuration:
{
“policy”: {
“policy_id”: “replication_policy”,
“description”: “A sample description of the policy”,
“last_updated_time”: 1749161665379,
“schema_version”: 24,
“error_notification”: null,
“default_state”: “hot_state”,
“states”: [
{
“name”: “hot_state”,
“actions”: ,
“transitions”: [
{
“state_name”: “cold_state”,
“conditions”: {
“min_index_age”: “2d”
}
}
]
},
{
“name”: “cold_state”,
“actions”: ,
“transitions”: [
{
“state_name”: “delete_state”,
“conditions”: {
“min_rollover_age”: “7d”
}
}
]
},
{
“name”: “delete_state”,
“actions”: [
{
“retry”: {
“count”: 3,
“backoff”: “exponential”,
“delay”: “1m”
},
“stop_replication”: {}
},
{
“retry”: {
“count”: 3,
“backoff”: “exponential”,
“delay”: “1m”
},
“delete”: {}
}
],
“transitions”:
}
],
“ism_template”: [
{
“index_patterns”: [
“test”
],
“priority”: 2,
“last_updated_time”: 1747950335903
}
]
}
}

[Anthony]

@goofinator Thank for the question, in future when adding configuration please surround it in code blocks for better visibility.

I have tried the following using curl PUT command and policy was created correctly:

{
  "policy": {
    "policy_id": "replication_policy",
    "description": "A sample description of the policy",
    "last_updated_time": 1749161665379,
    "schema_version": 24,
    "error_notification": null,
    "default_state": "hot_state",
    "states": [
      {
        "name": "hot_state",
        "actions": [],
        "transitions": [
          {
            "state_name": "cold_state",
            "conditions": {
              "min_index_age": "2d"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "cold_state",
        "actions": [],
        "transitions": [
          {
            "state_name": "delete_state",
            "conditions": {
              "min_rollover_age": "7d"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "delete_state",
        "actions": [
          {
            "retry": {
              "count": 3,
              "backoff": "exponential",
              "delay": "1m"
            },
            "stop_replication": {}
          },
          {
            "retry": {
              "count": 3,
              "backoff": "exponential",
              "delay": "1m"
            },
            "delete": {}
          }
        ],
        "transitions": []
      }
    ],
    "ism_template": [
      {
        "index_patterns": [
          "test"
        ],
        "priority": 2,
        "last_updated_time": 1747950335903
      }
    ]
  }
}

Which way are you adding this policy? Is there any other errors in the logs?

[goofinator]

Hey @Antheon thanks for the reply.

Iam was trying to added through the visual editor in the dashboard(Index Managerment → State management policies → replication_policy) using the admin user. But there is no option to add that action under the state(see below). So I used the JSON editor to add the stop_replication. After i save it and then try to edit that same policy i get this error(see below pix and i dont see an additional error in the dashboard docker logs)… and i cannot edit the policy with the visual editor.. Its not until i remove stop_replication with the JSON editor, then i can edit it as normal.. Could this just be an issue with the visual editor/dashboard and the policy would work just fine?

error

missing stop replication

[goofinator]

After testing the policy worked.. Its just some type of bug that dashboard visual editor has when it fails to load because i added stop_replication