# Outputs.influxdb did not complete within its flush interval - means points get lost **URL:** \ **Category:** Telegraf\ **Tags:** telegraf\ **Created:** [October 22, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/outputs-influxdb-did-not-complete-within-its-flush-interval-means-points-get-lost/38862 "2024-10-22T14:43:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Giovanni\_Luisotto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/giovanni_luisotto/32/4017_2.png) [@Giovanni\_Luisotto](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Giovanni_Luisotto)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/outputs-influxdb-did-not-complete-within-its-flush-interval-means-points-get-lost/38862/1 "2024-10-22T14:43:18Z")
I’m using a telegraf Gateway to write to InfluxDB (v1), there is a warning occasionally popping up in the log, but I’ve always thought nothing of it… ```auto {...} W! [agent] ["outputs.influxdb"] did not complete within its flush interval ``` Now, after quite some time turns out this “warning” means I’m losing data… I’ve “fixed” the issue by adjusting`flush_interval` and `batch_size`, still I don’t like the idea of losing data due to something that I’d compare to a timeout Is there a configuration to put those data back in the buffer and write them in the next interval? ---
**Author:** ![srebhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/srebhan/32/8572_2.png) [@srebhan](https://community.influxdata.com/u/srebhan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/outputs-influxdb-did-not-complete-within-its-flush-interval-means-points-get-lost/38862/2 "2024-10-31T14:06:51Z")
@Giovanni_Luisotto please report a bug and specify a way to reproduce the issue. Usually the output should put the metrics back into the buffer if it can’t send it, however as the buffer-size is limited it might overflow and thus loose data…