api for synced flush

closes #11098

rest-api-spec/api/indices.seal.json

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "indices.seal": {
+    "documentation": "http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/indices-seal.html",
+    "methods": ["POST", "GET"],
+    "url": {
+      "path": "/_seal",
+      "paths": ["/_seal", "/{index}/_seal"],
+      "parts": {
+        "index": {
+          "type" : "list",
+          "description" : "A comma-separated list of index names; use `_all` or empty string for all indices"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "body": null
+  }
+}

rest-api-spec/test/indices.seal/10_basic.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+"Index seal rest test":
+- do:
+   indices.create:
+      index: testing
+
+- do:
+   cluster.health:
+      wait_for_status: green
+- do:
+   indices.seal:
+      index: testing
+- do:
+   indices.stats: {level: shards}
+
+- is_true: indices.testing.shards.0.0.commit.user_data.sync_id

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionModule.java

@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.settings.put.TransportUpdateSettin
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.settings.put.UpdateSettingsAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.IndicesStatsAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.TransportIndicesStatsAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.TransportSealIndicesAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.delete.DeleteIndexTemplateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.delete.TransportDeleteIndexTemplateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.get.GetIndexTemplatesAction;
@@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ public class ActionModule extends AbstractModule {
         registerAction(ValidateQueryAction.INSTANCE, TransportValidateQueryAction.class);
         registerAction(RefreshAction.INSTANCE, TransportRefreshAction.class);
         registerAction(FlushAction.INSTANCE, TransportFlushAction.class);
+        registerAction(SealIndicesAction.INSTANCE, TransportSealIndicesAction.class);
         registerAction(OptimizeAction.INSTANCE, TransportOptimizeAction.class);
         registerAction(ClearIndicesCacheAction.INSTANCE, TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.class);
         registerAction(PutWarmerAction.INSTANCE, TransportPutWarmerAction.class);

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/seal/SealIndicesAction.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class SealIndicesAction extends Action<SealIndicesRequest, SealIndicesResponse, SealIndicesRequestBuilder> {
+
+    public static final SealIndicesAction INSTANCE = new SealIndicesAction();
+    public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/sealindices";
+
+    private SealIndicesAction() {
+        super(NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SealIndicesResponse newResponse() {
+        return new SealIndicesResponse();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SealIndicesRequestBuilder newRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client) {
+        return new SealIndicesRequestBuilder(client, this);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/seal/SealIndicesRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.IndicesRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * A request to seal one or more indices.
+ */
+public class SealIndicesRequest extends ActionRequest implements IndicesRequest.Replaceable {
+
+    private String[] indices;
+
+    private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed();
+
+    SealIndicesRequest() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a seal request against one or more indices. If nothing is provided, all indices will
+     * be sealed.
+     */
+    public SealIndicesRequest(String... indices) {
+        this.indices = indices;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        super.writeTo(out);
+        out.writeStringArrayNullable(indices);
+        indicesOptions.writeIndicesOptions(out);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "SealIndicesRequest{" +
+                "indices=" + Arrays.toString(indices) +
+                ", indicesOptions=" + indicesOptions +
+                '}';
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super.readFrom(in);
+        indices = in.readStringArray();
+        indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.readIndicesOptions(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SealIndicesRequest indices(String[] indices) {
+        this.indices = indices;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public String[] indices() {
+        return indices;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IndicesOptions indicesOptions() {
+        return indicesOptions;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public final SealIndicesRequest indicesOptions(IndicesOptions indicesOptions) {
+        this.indicesOptions = indicesOptions;
+        return this;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/seal/SealIndicesRequestBuilder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class SealIndicesRequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<SealIndicesRequest, SealIndicesResponse, SealIndicesRequestBuilder> {
+
+    public SealIndicesRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, SealIndicesAction action) {
+        super(client, action, new SealIndicesRequest());
+    }
+
+    public SealIndicesRequestBuilder indices(String ... indices) {
+        request.indices(indices);
+        return this;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/seal/SealIndicesResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.indices.SyncedFlushService;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * A response to a seal action on several indices.
+ */
+public class SealIndicesResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContent {
+
+    private Set<SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult> results;
+
+    SealIndicesResponse() {
+    }
+
+    SealIndicesResponse(Set<SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult> results) {
+        this.results = results;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super.readFrom(in);
+        int size = in.readVInt();
+        results = new HashSet<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult syncedFlushResult = new SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult();
+            syncedFlushResult.readFrom(in);
+            results.add(syncedFlushResult);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        super.writeTo(out);
+        out.writeVInt(results.size());
+        for (SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult syncedFlushResult : results) {
+            syncedFlushResult.writeTo(out);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Set<SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult> results() {
+        return results;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        Map<String, Map<Integer, Object>> allResults = new HashMap<>();
+
+        // first, sort everything by index and shard id
+        for (SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult result : results) {
+            String indexName = result.getShardId().index().name();
+            int shardId = result.getShardId().getId();
+
+            if (allResults.get(indexName) == null) {
+                // no results yet for this index
+                allResults.put(indexName, new TreeMap<Integer, Object>());
+            }
+            if (result.shardResponses().size() > 0) {
+                Map<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResponse> shardResponses = new HashMap<>();
+                for (Map.Entry<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResponse> shardResponse : result.shardResponses().entrySet()) {
+                    shardResponses.put(shardResponse.getKey(), shardResponse.getValue());
+                }
+                allResults.get(indexName).put(shardId, shardResponses);
+            } else {
+                allResults.get(indexName).put(shardId, result.failureReason());
+            }
+        }
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Map<Integer, Object>> result : allResults.entrySet()) {
+            builder.startArray(result.getKey());
+            for (Map.Entry<Integer, Object> shardResponse : result.getValue().entrySet()) {
+                builder.startObject();
+                builder.field("shard_id", shardResponse.getKey());
+                if (shardResponse.getValue() instanceof Map) {
+                    builder.startObject("responses");
+                    Map<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResponse> results = (Map<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResponse>) shardResponse.getValue();
+                    boolean success = true;
+                    for (Map.Entry<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResponse> shardCopy : results.entrySet()) {
+                        builder.field(shardCopy.getKey().currentNodeId(), shardCopy.getValue().success() ? "success" : shardCopy.getValue().failureReason());
+                        if (shardCopy.getValue().success() == false) {
+                            success = false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    builder.endObject();
+                    builder.field("message", success ? "success" : "failed on some copies");
+
+                } else {
+                    builder.field("message", shardResponse.getValue()); // must be a string
+                }
+                builder.endObject();
+            }
+            builder.endArray();
+        }
+        return builder;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/seal/TransportSealIndicesAction.java

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.HandledTransportAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.GroupShardsIterator;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardIterator;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.CountDown;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
+import org.elasticsearch.indices.SyncedFlushService;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.*;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class TransportSealIndicesAction extends HandledTransportAction<SealIndicesRequest, SealIndicesResponse> {
+
+
+    final private SyncedFlushService syncedFlushService;
+    final private ClusterService clusterService;
+
+    @Inject
+    public TransportSealIndicesAction(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool, TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters, SyncedFlushService syncedFlushService, ClusterService clusterService) {
+        super(settings, SealIndicesAction.NAME, threadPool, transportService, actionFilters, SealIndicesRequest.class);
+        this.syncedFlushService = syncedFlushService;
+        this.clusterService = clusterService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doExecute(final SealIndicesRequest request, final ActionListener<SealIndicesResponse> listener) {
+        ClusterState state = clusterService.state();
+        String[] concreteIndices = state.metaData().concreteIndices(request.indicesOptions(), request.indices());
+        GroupShardsIterator primaries = state.routingTable().activePrimaryShardsGrouped(concreteIndices, false);
+        final CountDown countDown = new CountDown(primaries.size());
+        final Set<SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult> results = ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentSet();
+        for (final ShardIterator shard : primaries) {
+            final ShardId shardId = shard.shardId();
+            syncedFlushService.attemptSyncedFlush(shardId, new ActionListener<SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult>() {
+                @Override
+                public void onResponse(SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult syncedFlushResult) {
+                    results.add(syncedFlushResult);
+                    if (countDown.countDown()) {
+                        listener.onResponse(new SealIndicesResponse(results));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void onFailure(Throwable e) {
+                    logger.debug("{} unexpected error while executing synced flush", shardId);
+                    results.add(new SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult(shardId, e.getMessage()));
+                    if (countDown.countDown()) {
+                        listener.onResponse(new SealIndicesResponse(results));
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/IndicesAdminClient.java

@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.settings.put.UpdateSettingsRespons
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.IndicesStatsRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.IndicesStatsRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.IndicesStatsResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.delete.DeleteIndexTemplateRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.delete.DeleteIndexTemplateRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.delete.DeleteIndexTemplateResponse;
@@ -359,6 +362,27 @@ public interface IndicesAdminClient extends ElasticsearchClient {
      */
     FlushRequestBuilder prepareFlush(String... indices);
 
+    /**
+     * Explicitly sync flush one or more indices
+     *
+     * @param request The seal indices request
+     * @return A result future
+     */
+    ActionFuture<SealIndicesResponse> sealIndices(SealIndicesRequest request);
+
+    /**
+     * Explicitly sync flush one or more indices
+     *
+     * @param request  The seal indices request
+     * @param listener A listener to be notified with a result
+     */
+    void sealIndices(SealIndicesRequest request, ActionListener<SealIndicesResponse> listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Explicitly seal one or more indices
+     */
+    SealIndicesRequestBuilder prepareSealIndices(String... indices);
+
     /**
      * Explicitly optimize one or more indices into a the number of segments.
      *
@@ -723,4 +747,5 @@ public interface IndicesAdminClient extends ElasticsearchClient {
      * @see #getSettings(org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.settings.get.GetSettingsRequest)
      */
     GetSettingsRequestBuilder prepareGetSettings(String... indices);
+
 }

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/support/AbstractClient.java

@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.IndicesStatsAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.IndicesStatsRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.IndicesStatsRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.IndicesStatsResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.delete.DeleteIndexTemplateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.delete.DeleteIndexTemplateRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.delete.DeleteIndexTemplateRequestBuilder;
@@ -1323,6 +1327,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractClient extends AbstractComponent implements Client
             return new FlushRequestBuilder(this, FlushAction.INSTANCE).setIndices(indices);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public ActionFuture<SealIndicesResponse> sealIndices(SealIndicesRequest request) {
+            return execute(SealIndicesAction.INSTANCE, request);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void sealIndices(SealIndicesRequest request, ActionListener<SealIndicesResponse> listener) {
+            execute(SealIndicesAction.INSTANCE, request, listener);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public SealIndicesRequestBuilder prepareSealIndices(String... indices) {
+            return new SealIndicesRequestBuilder(this, SealIndicesAction.INSTANCE).indices(indices);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void getMappings(GetMappingsRequest request, ActionListener<GetMappingsResponse> listener) {
             execute(GetMappingsAction.INSTANCE, request, listener);

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/SyncedFlushService.java

@@ -18,17 +18,13 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.indices;
 
-import org.apache.lucene.util.SetOnce;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
-import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.LatchedActionListener;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.liveness.LivenessRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.flush.FlushRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.DelegatingActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ImmutableShardRouting;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.IndexRoutingTable;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.IndexShardRoutingTable;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
@@ -39,7 +35,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.util.Callback;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.CountDown;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexService;
@@ -56,10 +51,8 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 public class SyncedFlushService extends AbstractComponent {
 
@@ -135,7 +128,6 @@ public class SyncedFlushService extends AbstractComponent {
             if (inflight != 1) {
                 actionListener.onResponse(new SyncedFlushResult(shardId, "operation counter on primary is non zero [" + inflight + "]"));
             }
-
             String syncId = Strings.base64UUID();
             sendSyncRequests(syncId, activeShards, state, commitIds, shardId, actionListener);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -155,6 +147,7 @@ public class SyncedFlushService extends AbstractComponent {
         }
         final AtomicInteger result = new AtomicInteger(-1);
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        logger.trace("{} retrieving in flight operation count", shardId);
         transportService.sendRequest(primaryNode, IN_FLIGHT_OPS_ACTION_NAME, new InFlightOpsRequest(shardId),
                 new BaseTransportResponseHandler<InFlightOpsResponse>() {
                     @Override
@@ -340,21 +333,25 @@ public class SyncedFlushService extends AbstractComponent {
         return new InFlightOpsResponse(opCount);
     }
 
-    public static class SyncedFlushResult {
-        private final String failureReason;
-        private final Map<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushResponse> shardResponses;
-        private final String syncId;
+    public static class SyncedFlushResult extends TransportResponse {
+        private String failureReason;
+        private Map<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushResponse> shardResponses;
+        private String syncId;
+        private ShardId shardId;
+
+        public SyncedFlushResult() {
+
+        }
 
         public ShardId getShardId() {
             return shardId;
         }
 
-        private final ShardId shardId;
-
         /**
          * failure constructor
          */
-        SyncedFlushResult(ShardId shardId, String failureReason) {
+
+        public SyncedFlushResult(ShardId shardId, String failureReason) {
             this.syncId = null;
             this.failureReason = failureReason;
             this.shardResponses = new HashMap<>();
@@ -364,7 +361,8 @@ public class SyncedFlushService extends AbstractComponent {
         /**
          * success constructor
          */
-        SyncedFlushResult(ShardId shardId, String syncId, Map<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushResponse> shardResponses) {
+
+        public SyncedFlushResult(ShardId shardId, String syncId, Map<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushResponse> shardResponses) {
             this.failureReason = null;
             this.shardResponses = shardResponses;
             this.syncId = syncId;
@@ -404,6 +402,38 @@ public class SyncedFlushService extends AbstractComponent {
             return shardResponses;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeOptionalString(failureReason);
+            out.writeOptionalString(syncId);
+            out.writeVInt(shardResponses.size());
+            for (Map.Entry<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushResponse> result : shardResponses.entrySet()) {
+                result.getKey().writeTo(out);
+                result.getValue().writeTo(out);
+            }
+            shardId.writeTo(out);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            failureReason = in.readOptionalString();
+            syncId = in.readOptionalString();
+            int size = in.readVInt();
+            shardResponses = new HashMap<>();
+            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+                ImmutableShardRouting shardRouting = ImmutableShardRouting.readShardRoutingEntry(in);
+                SyncedFlushResponse syncedFlushRsponse = new SyncedFlushResponse();
+                syncedFlushRsponse.readFrom(in);
+                shardResponses.put(shardRouting, syncedFlushRsponse);
+            }
+            shardId = ShardId.readShardId(in);
+        }
+
+        public ShardId shardId() {
+            return shardId;
+        }
     }
 
     final static class PreSyncedFlushRequest extends TransportRequest {
@@ -521,7 +551,7 @@ public class SyncedFlushService extends AbstractComponent {
         }
     }
 
-    static final class SyncedFlushResponse extends TransportResponse {
+    public static final class SyncedFlushResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
         /**
          * a non null value indicates a failure to sync flush. null means success

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/RestActionModule.java

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.multibindings.Multibinder;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.seal.RestSealIndicesAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.upgrade.RestUpgradeAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.repositories.verify.RestVerifyRepositoryAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.health.RestClusterHealthAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.node.hotthreads.RestNodesHotThreadsAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.node.info.RestNodesInfoAction;
@@ -30,7 +33,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.node.stats.RestNodesStatsActi
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.repositories.delete.RestDeleteRepositoryAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.repositories.get.RestGetRepositoriesAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.repositories.put.RestPutRepositoryAction;
-import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.repositories.verify.RestVerifyRepositoryAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.reroute.RestClusterRerouteAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.settings.RestClusterGetSettingsAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.settings.RestClusterUpdateSettingsAction;
@@ -73,7 +75,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.template.delete.RestDeleteInd
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.template.get.RestGetIndexTemplateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.template.head.RestHeadIndexTemplateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.template.put.RestPutIndexTemplateAction;
-import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.upgrade.RestUpgradeAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.validate.query.RestValidateQueryAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.warmer.delete.RestDeleteWarmerAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.warmer.get.RestGetWarmerAction;
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ public class RestActionModule extends AbstractModule {
 
         bind(RestRefreshAction.class).asEagerSingleton();
         bind(RestFlushAction.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        bind(RestSealIndicesAction.class).asEagerSingleton();
         bind(RestOptimizeAction.class).asEagerSingleton();
         bind(RestUpgradeAction.class).asEagerSingleton();
         bind(RestClearIndicesCacheAction.class).asEagerSingleton();

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/seal/RestSealIndicesAction.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.rest.action.admin.indices.seal;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.*;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.support.RestBuilderListener;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.GET;
+import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
+import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.OK;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class RestSealIndicesAction extends BaseRestHandler {
+
+    @Inject
+    public RestSealIndicesAction(Settings settings, RestController controller, Client client) {
+        super(settings, controller, client);
+        controller.registerHandler(POST, "/_seal", this);
+        controller.registerHandler(POST, "/{index}/_seal", this);
+
+        controller.registerHandler(GET, "/_seal", this);
+        controller.registerHandler(GET, "/{index}/_seal", this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handleRequest(final RestRequest request, final RestChannel channel, final Client client) {
+        String[] indices = Strings.splitStringByCommaToArray(request.param("index"));
+        SealIndicesRequest sealIndicesRequest = new SealIndicesRequest(indices);
+        client.admin().indices().execute(SealIndicesAction.INSTANCE, sealIndicesRequest, new RestBuilderListener<SealIndicesResponse>(channel) {
+            @Override
+            public RestResponse buildResponse(SealIndicesResponse response, XContentBuilder builder) throws Exception {
+                builder.startObject();
+                builder = response.toXContent(builder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+                builder.endObject();
+                return new BytesRestResponse(OK, builder);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}

src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/seal/SealIndicesTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ImmutableShardRouting;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.BytesStreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.BytesStreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
+import org.elasticsearch.indices.SyncedFlushService;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.XContentTestUtils.convertToMap;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+public class SealIndicesTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
+
+    public void testSealIndicesResponseStreaming() throws IOException {
+
+        Set<SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult> shardResults = new HashSet<>();
+        // add one result where one shard failed and one succeeded
+        SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult syncedFlushResult = createSyncedFlushResult(0, "test");
+        shardResults.add(syncedFlushResult);
+        // add one result where all failed
+        syncedFlushResult = new SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult(new ShardId("test", 1), "all failed :(");
+        shardResults.add(syncedFlushResult);
+        SealIndicesResponse sealIndicesResponse = new SealIndicesResponse(shardResults);
+        BytesStreamOutput out = new BytesStreamOutput();
+        sealIndicesResponse.writeTo(out);
+        out.close();
+        StreamInput in = new BytesStreamInput(out.bytes());
+        SealIndicesResponse readResponse = new SealIndicesResponse();
+        readResponse.readFrom(in);
+        Map<String, Object> asMap = convertToMap(readResponse);
+        assertResponse(asMap);
+    }
+
+    public void testXContentResponse() throws IOException {
+
+        Set<SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult> shardResults = new HashSet<>();
+        // add one result where one shard failed and one succeeded
+        SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult syncedFlushResult = createSyncedFlushResult(0, "test");
+        shardResults.add(syncedFlushResult);
+        // add one result where all failed
+        syncedFlushResult = new SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult(new ShardId("test", 1), "all failed :(");
+        shardResults.add(syncedFlushResult);
+        SealIndicesResponse sealIndicesResponse = new SealIndicesResponse(shardResults);
+        Map<String, Object> asMap = convertToMap(sealIndicesResponse);
+        assertResponse(asMap);
+    }
+
+    protected void assertResponse(Map<String, Object> asMap) {
+        assertNotNull(asMap.get("test"));
+        assertThat((Integer) (((HashMap) ((ArrayList) asMap.get("test")).get(0)).get("shard_id")), equalTo(0));
+        assertThat((String) (((HashMap) ((ArrayList) asMap.get("test")).get(0)).get("message")), equalTo("failed on some copies"));
+        HashMap<String, String> shardResponses = (HashMap<String, String>) ((HashMap) ((ArrayList) asMap.get("test")).get(0)).get("responses");
+        assertThat(shardResponses.get("node_1"), equalTo("failed for some reason"));
+        assertThat(shardResponses.get("node_2"), equalTo("success"));
+        HashMap<String, Object> failedShard = (HashMap<String, Object>) (((ArrayList) asMap.get("test")).get(1));
+        assertThat((Integer) (failedShard.get("shard_id")), equalTo(1));
+        assertThat((String) (failedShard.get("message")), equalTo("all failed :("));
+    }
+
+    public void testXContentResponseSortsShards() throws IOException {
+        Set<SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult> shardResults = new HashSet<>();
+        // add one result where one shard failed and one succeeded
+        SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult syncedFlushResult;
+        for (int i = 100000; i >= 0; i--) {
+            if (randomBoolean()) {
+                syncedFlushResult = createSyncedFlushResult(i, "test");
+                shardResults.add(syncedFlushResult);
+            } else {
+                syncedFlushResult = new SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult(new ShardId("test", i), "all failed :(");
+                shardResults.add(syncedFlushResult);
+            }
+        }
+        SealIndicesResponse sealIndicesResponse = new SealIndicesResponse(shardResults);
+        Map<String, Object> asMap = convertToMap(sealIndicesResponse);
+        assertNotNull(asMap.get("test"));
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+            assertThat((Integer) (((HashMap) ((ArrayList) asMap.get("test")).get(i)).get("shard_id")), equalTo(i));
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult createSyncedFlushResult(int shardId, String index) {
+        Map<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResponse> responses = new HashMap<>();
+        ImmutableShardRouting shardRouting = new ImmutableShardRouting(index, shardId, "node_1", false, ShardRoutingState.RELOCATING, 2);
+        SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResponse syncedFlushResponse = new SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResponse("failed for some reason");
+        responses.put(shardRouting, syncedFlushResponse);
+        shardRouting = new ImmutableShardRouting(index, shardId, "node_2", false, ShardRoutingState.RELOCATING, 2);
+        syncedFlushResponse = new SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResponse();
+        responses.put(shardRouting, syncedFlushResponse);
+        return new SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult(new ShardId(index, shardId), "some_sync_id", responses);
+    }
+}

src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/FlushTest.java

@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.flush.FlushResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.IndexStats;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.ShardStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.command.MoveAllocationCommand;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.engine.Engine;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchIntegrationTest;
@@ -32,10 +37,14 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
+import static java.lang.Thread.sleep;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.emptyIterable;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
@@ -98,8 +107,119 @@ public class FlushTest extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
         String syncId = result.syncId();
         for (ShardStats shardStats : indexStats.getShards()) {
             final String shardSyncId = shardStats.getCommitStats().getUserData().get(Engine.SYNC_COMMIT_ID);
-                assertThat(shardSyncId, equalTo(syncId));
+            assertThat(shardSyncId, equalTo(syncId));
         }
 
+        // now, start new node and relocate a shard there and see if sync id still there
+        String newNodeName = internalCluster().startNode();
+        ClusterState clusterState = client().admin().cluster().prepareState().get().getState();
+        ShardRouting shardRouting = clusterState.getRoutingTable().index("test").shard(0).iterator().next();
+        String currentNodeName = clusterState.nodes().resolveNode(shardRouting.currentNodeId()).name();
+        assertFalse(currentNodeName.equals(newNodeName));
+        internalCluster().client().admin().cluster().prepareReroute().add(new MoveAllocationCommand(new ShardId("test", 0), currentNodeName, newNodeName)).get();
+
+        client().admin().cluster().prepareHealth()
+                .setWaitForRelocatingShards(0)
+                .get();
+        indexStats = client().admin().indices().prepareStats("test").get().getIndex("test");
+        for (ShardStats shardStats : indexStats.getShards()) {
+            assertNotNull(shardStats.getCommitStats().getUserData().get(Engine.SYNC_COMMIT_ID));
+        }
+
+        client().admin().indices().prepareUpdateSettings("test").setSettings(ImmutableSettings.builder().put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0).build()).get();
+        ensureGreen("test");
+        indexStats = client().admin().indices().prepareStats("test").get().getIndex("test");
+        for (ShardStats shardStats : indexStats.getShards()) {
+            assertNotNull(shardStats.getCommitStats().getUserData().get(Engine.SYNC_COMMIT_ID));
+        }
+        client().admin().indices().prepareUpdateSettings("test").setSettings(ImmutableSettings.builder().put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, internalCluster().numDataNodes() - 1).build()).get();
+        ensureGreen("test");
+        indexStats = client().admin().indices().prepareStats("test").get().getIndex("test");
+        for (ShardStats shardStats : indexStats.getShards()) {
+            assertNotNull(shardStats.getCommitStats().getUserData().get(Engine.SYNC_COMMIT_ID));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @TestLogging("indices:TRACE")
+    public void testSyncedFlushWithApi() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException, IOException {
+
+        createIndex("test");
+        ensureGreen();
+
+        IndexStats indexStats = client().admin().indices().prepareStats("test").get().getIndex("test");
+        for (ShardStats shardStats : indexStats.getShards()) {
+            assertNull(shardStats.getCommitStats().getUserData().get(Engine.SYNC_COMMIT_ID));
+        }
+        logger.info("--> trying sync flush");
+        SealIndicesResponse sealIndicesResponse = client().admin().indices().prepareSealIndices("test").get();
+        logger.info("--> sync flush done");
+        indexStats = client().admin().indices().prepareStats("test").get().getIndex("test");
+        for (ShardStats shardStats : indexStats.getShards()) {
+            assertNotNull(shardStats.getCommitStats().getUserData().get(Engine.SYNC_COMMIT_ID));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @TestLogging("indices:TRACE")
+    public void testSyncedFlushWithApiAndConcurrentIndexing() throws Exception {
+
+        internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(3);
+        createIndex("test");
+
+        client().admin().indices().prepareUpdateSettings("test").setSettings(
+                ImmutableSettings.builder().put("index.translog.disable_flush", true).put("index.refresh_interval", -1).put("index.number_of_replicas", internalCluster().numDataNodes() - 1))
+                .get();
+        ensureGreen();
+        final AtomicBoolean stop = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+        final AtomicInteger numDocs = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        Thread indexingThread = new Thread() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                while (stop.get() == false) {
+                    client().prepareIndex().setIndex("test").setType("doc").setSource("{}").get();
+                    numDocs.incrementAndGet();
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        indexingThread.start();
+
+        IndexStats indexStats = client().admin().indices().prepareStats("test").get().getIndex("test");
+        for (ShardStats shardStats : indexStats.getShards()) {
+            assertNull(shardStats.getCommitStats().getUserData().get(Engine.SYNC_COMMIT_ID));
+        }
+        logger.info("--> trying sync flush");
+        SealIndicesResponse sealIndicesResponse = client().admin().indices().prepareSealIndices("test").get();
+        logger.info("--> sync flush done");
+        stop.set(true);
+        indexingThread.join();
+        indexStats = client().admin().indices().prepareStats("test").get().getIndex("test");
+        for (ShardStats shardStats : indexStats.getShards()) {
+            assertFlushResponseEqualsShardStats(shardStats, sealIndicesResponse);
+        }
+        refresh();
+        assertThat(client().prepareCount().get().getCount(), equalTo((long) numDocs.get()));
+        logger.info("indexed {} docs", client().prepareCount().get().getCount());
+        logClusterState();
+        internalCluster().fullRestart();
+        ensureGreen();
+        assertThat(client().prepareCount().get().getCount(), equalTo((long) numDocs.get()));
+    }
+
+    private void assertFlushResponseEqualsShardStats(ShardStats shardStats, SealIndicesResponse sealIndicesResponse) {
+
+        for (SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResult shardResult : sealIndicesResponse.results()) {
+            if (shardStats.getShardRouting().getId() == shardResult.shardId().getId()) {
+                for (Map.Entry<ShardRouting, SyncedFlushService.SyncedFlushResponse> singleResponse : shardResult.shardResponses().entrySet()) {
+                    if (singleResponse.getKey().currentNodeId().equals(shardStats.getShardRouting().currentNodeId())) {
+                        if (singleResponse.getValue().success()) {
+                            assertNotNull(shardStats.getCommitStats().getUserData().get(Engine.SYNC_COMMIT_ID));
+                            logger.info("sync flushed {} on node {}", singleResponse.getKey().shardId(), singleResponse.getKey().currentNodeId());
+                        } else {
+                            assertNull(shardStats.getCommitStats().getUserData().get(Engine.SYNC_COMMIT_ID));
+                            logger.info("sync flush failed for {} on node {}", singleResponse.getKey().shardId(), singleResponse.getKey().currentNodeId());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.java

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetMappingsResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.optimize.OptimizeResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.refresh.RefreshResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.segments.IndicesSegmentResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.seal.SealIndicesResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.put.PutIndexTemplateRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkResponse;
@@ -1497,8 +1498,13 @@ public abstract class ElasticsearchIntegrationTest extends ElasticsearchTestCase
                 client().admin().indices().prepareRefresh(indices).setIndicesOptions(IndicesOptions.lenientExpandOpen()).execute(
                         new LatchedActionListener<RefreshResponse>(newLatch(inFlightAsyncOperations)));
             } else if (maybeFlush && rarely()) {
-                client().admin().indices().prepareFlush(indices).setIndicesOptions(IndicesOptions.lenientExpandOpen()).execute(
-                        new LatchedActionListener<FlushResponse>(newLatch(inFlightAsyncOperations)));
+                if (randomBoolean()) {
+                    client().admin().indices().prepareFlush(indices).setIndicesOptions(IndicesOptions.lenientExpandOpen()).execute(
+                            new LatchedActionListener<FlushResponse>(newLatch(inFlightAsyncOperations)));
+                } else {
+                    client().admin().indices().prepareSealIndices(indices).execute(
+                            new LatchedActionListener<SealIndicesResponse>(newLatch(inFlightAsyncOperations)));
+                }
             } else if (rarely()) {
                 client().admin().indices().prepareOptimize(indices).setIndicesOptions(IndicesOptions.lenientExpandOpen()).setMaxNumSegments(between(1, 10)).setFlush(maybeFlush && randomBoolean()).execute(
                         new LatchedActionListener<OptimizeResponse>(newLatch(inFlightAsyncOperations)));