From 63a9571c4c54f1f1573de3351d1485ab86173f28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Dyson Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:56:32 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain nondeterministic template merging (#35405) --- docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc b/docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc index e70f461d3bc..88f4ca83d88 100644 --- a/docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc @@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ Note, for mappings, the merging is "deep", meaning that specific object/property based mappings can easily be added/overridden on higher order templates, with lower order templates providing the basis. +NOTE: Multiple matching templates with the same order value will +result in a non-deterministic merging order. + [float] [[versioning-templates]] === Template Versioning