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[[mapping-ttl-field]]
=== `_ttl` field
deprecated[2.0.0,The current `_ttl` implementation is deprecated and will be replaced with a different implementation in a future version]
Some types of documents, such as session data or special offers, come with an
expiration date. The `_ttl` field allows you to specify the minimum time a
document should live, after which time the document is deleted automatically.
[TIP]
.Prefer index-per-timeframe to TTL
======================================================
With TTL , expired documents first have to be marked as deleted then later
purged from the index when segments are merged. For append-only time-based
data such as log events, it is much more efficient to use an index-per-day /
week / month instead of TTLs. Old log data can be removed by simply deleting
old indices.
======================================================
The `_ttl` field may be enabled as follows:
[source,js]
-------------------------------
PUT my_index
{
"mappings": {
"my_type": {
"_ttl": {
"enabled": true
}
}
}
}
PUT my_index/my_type/1?ttl=10m <1>
{
"text": "Will expire in 10 minutes"
}
PUT my_index/my_type/2 <2>
{
"text": "Will not expire"
}
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// AUTOSENSE
<1> This document will expire 10 minutes after being indexed.
<2> This document has no TTL set and will not expire.
The expiry time is calculated as the value of the
<<mapping-timestamp-field,`_timestamp`>> field (or `now()` if the `_timestamp`
is not enabled) plus the `ttl` specified in the indexing request.
==== Default TTL
You can provide a default `_ttl`, which will be applied to indexing requests where the `ttl` is not specified:
[source,js]
-------------------------------
PUT my_index
{
"mappings": {
"my_type": {
"_ttl": {
"enabled": true,
"defaut": "5m"
}
}
}
}
PUT my_index/my_type/1?ttl=10m <1>
{
"text": "Will expire in 10 minutes"
}
PUT my_index/my_type/2 <2>
{
"text": "Will expire in 5 minutes"
}
-------------------------------
// AUTOSENSE
<1> This document will expire 10 minutes after being indexed.
<2> This document has no TTL set and so will expire after the default 5 minutes.
The `default` value can use <<time-units,time units>> like `d` for days, and
will use `ms` as the default unit if no time unit is provided.
You can dynamically update the `default` value using the put mapping
API. It won't change the `_ttl` of already indexed documents but will be
used for future documents.
==== Note on documents expiration
Expired documents will be automatically deleted periodoically. The following
settings control the expiry process:
`indices.ttl.interval`::
How often the purge process should run. Defaults to `60s`. Expired documents
may still be retrieved before they are purged.
`indices.ttl.bulk_size`::
How many deletions are handled by a single <<docs-bulk,`bulk`>> request. The
default value is `10000`.
==== Note on `detect_noop`
If an update tries to update just the `_ttl` without changing the `_source` of
the document it's expiration time won't be updated if `detect_noop` is `true`.
In 2.1 `detect_noop` defaults to `true`.