Overview

Running full-text search across an internal product catalog or documentation archive rarely justifies a multi-gigabyte JVM cluster. Teams provisioning managed search frequently find that the idle baseline of an Elasticsearch cluster consumes more cloud budget than the actual application workload. ZincSearch approaches this bottleneck by running a full-text search engine from a standalone Go binary that operates within dozens of megabytes of memory.

Why ZincSearch instead of Elasticsearch Service

Elasticsearch Service charges continuous premiums for managed infrastructure, demanding multi-node coordination, JVM heap allocations, and cluster maintenance even for modest workloads. For internal tools or mid-sized web applications, running managed Elasticsearch introduces recurring monthly costs for capacity that sits largely idle. ZincSearch eliminates runtime overhead by embedding its inverted index via Bluge into a single compiled binary. It exposes ingestion endpoints compatible with Elasticsearch bulk APIs, letting services index documents without rewriting pipelines or paying for managed nodes.

Cost savings compound because ZincSearch runs on entry-level virtual machines using under one hundred megabytes of RAM, avoiding Java garbage collection overhead and multi-gigabyte memory baselines. However, choosing ZincSearch involves clear architectural trade-offs. Elasticsearch Service delivers automated high availability, multi-node sharding, and native Kibana visualization. ZincSearch is strictly a single-node engine without distributed clustering or automatic failover, making it a budget-focused replacement for application search rather than a high-scale data warehouse.

What it does well

Minimal hardware footprint: Runs on basic virtual servers or containers, using a small fraction of the CPU and memory demanded by Java search engines.
Elasticsearch ingestion compatibility: Accepts standard single and bulk document ingestion payloads, letting engineers redirect existing collectors with minimal configuration.
Built-in management interface: Provides an embedded Vue web console to inspect indices, test queries, and manage users without deploying Kibana.
Single static binary: Deploys as a self-contained executable across Linux, macOS, and Windows without JVM dependencies or external databases.
Schema-free indexing: Indexes unstructured JSON payloads dynamically on arrival, allowing teams to iterate on fields without upfront mapping definitions.

services: zincsearch: image: public.ecr.aws/zinclabs/zincsearch:0.4.10 ports: - "127.0.0.1:4080:4080" environment: ZINC_FIRST_ADMIN_USER: ${ZINC_FIRST_ADMIN_USER} ZINC_FIRST_ADMIN_PASSWORD: ${ZINC_FIRST_ADMIN_PASSWORD} ZINC_DATA_PATH: /data volumes: - zincsearch-data:/data restart: always volumes: zincsearch-data:

zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.778576466Z {"level":"debug","time":"2026-11-01T16:50:21Z","message":"open .env: no such file or directory"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784211132Z {"level":"info","time":"2026-11-01T16:50:21Z","message":"Starting Zinc 0.4.10"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784517549Z [GIN-debug] [WARNING] Running in "debug" mode. Switch to "release" mode in production. zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784521966Z - using env: export GIN_MODE=release zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784522799Z - using code: gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784523382Z zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784532966Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/ --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapF.func1 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784533841Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/cmdline --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapF.func2 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784534466Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/profile --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapF.func3 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784535132Z [GIN-debug] POST /debug/pprof/symbol --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapF.func4 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784535674Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/symbol --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapF.func5 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784536257Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/trace --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapF.func6 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784536799Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/allocs --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapH.func7 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784537341Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/block --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapH.func8 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784537924Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/goroutine --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapH.func9 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784538466Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/heap --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapH.func10 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784539007Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/mutex --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapH.func11 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784539591Z [GIN-debug] GET /debug/pprof/threadcreate --> github.com/gin-contrib/pprof.RouteRegister.WrapH.func12 (3 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784546632Z [GIN-debug] GET / --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/meta.GUI (4 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784548341Z [GIN-debug] GET /version --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/meta.GetVersion (4 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784549341Z [GIN-debug] GET /healthz --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/meta.GetHealthz (4 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784555049Z [GIN-debug] GET /swagger --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/routes.SetRoutes.func1 (4 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784646966Z [GIN-debug] GET /swagger/*any --> github.com/swaggo/gin-swagger.CustomWrapHandler.func1 (4 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784650507Z [GIN-debug] GET /ui/*filepath --> github.com/gin-gonic/gin.(*RouterGroup).createStaticHandler.func1 (5 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784660049Z [GIN-debug] HEAD /ui/*filepath --> github.com/gin-gonic/gin.(*RouterGroup).createStaticHandler.func1 (5 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784661007Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/login --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/auth.Login (5 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784724757Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/user --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/auth.CreateUpdateUser (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784726299Z [GIN-debug] PUT /api/user --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/auth.CreateUpdateUser (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784727132Z [GIN-debug] DELETE /api/user/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/auth.DeleteUser (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784727882Z [GIN-debug] GET /api/user --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/auth.ListUser (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784728591Z [GIN-debug] GET /api/permissions --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/auth.ListPermissions (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784729216Z [GIN-debug] GET /api/role --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/auth.ListRole (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784729757Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/role --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/auth.CreateUpdateRole (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784730341Z [GIN-debug] PUT /api/role --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/auth.CreateUpdateRole (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784730882Z [GIN-debug] DELETE /api/role/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/auth.DeleteRole (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784731466Z [GIN-debug] GET /api/index --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.List (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784732007Z [GIN-debug] GET /api/index_name --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.IndexNameList (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784732591Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/index --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Create (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784733132Z [GIN-debug] PUT /api/index --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Create (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784733674Z [GIN-debug] PUT /api/index/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Create (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784734216Z [GIN-debug] DELETE /api/index/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Delete (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784747341Z [GIN-debug] GET /api/index/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Get (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784748216Z [GIN-debug] HEAD /api/index/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Exists (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784748799Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/index/:target/refresh --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Refresh (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784751591Z [GIN-debug] GET /api/:target/_mapping --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.GetMapping (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784752257Z [GIN-debug] PUT /api/:target/_mapping --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.SetMapping (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784752799Z [GIN-debug] GET /api/:target/_settings --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.GetSettings (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784753382Z [GIN-debug] PUT /api/:target/_settings --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.SetSettings (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784753966Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/_analyze --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Analyze (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784754507Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/:target/_analyze --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Analyze (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784755091Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/:target/_search --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/search.SearchV1 (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784755674Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/_bulk --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Bulk (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784756257Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/:target/_bulk --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Bulk (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784756841Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/:target/_multi --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Multi (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784757382Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/_bulkv2 --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Bulkv2 (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784757966Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/:target/_bulkv2 --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Bulkv2 (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784758507Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/:target/_doc --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.CreateUpdate (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784759091Z [GIN-debug] PUT /api/:target/_doc --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.CreateUpdate (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784759757Z [GIN-debug] PUT /api/:target/_doc/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.CreateUpdate (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784760341Z [GIN-debug] HEAD /api/:target/_doc/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Get (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784760882Z [GIN-debug] GET /api/:target/_doc/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Get (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784761466Z [GIN-debug] POST /api/:target/_update/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Update (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784762007Z [GIN-debug] DELETE /api/:target/_doc/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Delete (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784762549Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/ --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/routes.SetRoutes.func3 (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784763132Z [GIN-debug] HEAD /es/ --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/routes.SetRoutes.func4 (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784766757Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/_license --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/routes.SetRoutes.func5 (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784767424Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/_xpack --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/routes.SetRoutes.func6 (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784768007Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/_search --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/search.SearchDSL (8 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784768549Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/_msearch --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/search.MultipleSearch (8 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784769132Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/:target/_search --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/search.SearchDSL (8 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784769674Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/:target/_msearch --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/search.MultipleSearch (8 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784770257Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/:target/_delete_by_query --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/search.DeleteByQuery (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784770841Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/_index_template --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.ListTemplate (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784771424Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/_index_template --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.CreateTemplate (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784772091Z [GIN-debug] PUT /es/_index_template/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.CreateTemplate (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784772757Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/_index_template/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.GetTemplate (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784773299Z [GIN-debug] HEAD /es/_index_template/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.GetTemplate (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784774007Z [GIN-debug] DELETE /es/_index_template/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.DeleteTemplate (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784774591Z [GIN-debug] PUT /es/_data_stream/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/meta/elastic.PutDataStream (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784775257Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/_data_stream/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/meta/elastic.GetDataStream (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784775799Z [GIN-debug] HEAD /es/_data_stream/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/meta/elastic.GetDataStream (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784776341Z [GIN-debug] PUT /es/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.CreateES (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784776882Z [GIN-debug] HEAD /es/:target --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Exists (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784777424Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/:target/_mapping --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.GetESMapping (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784777966Z [GIN-debug] PUT /es/:target/_mapping --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.SetMapping (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784779466Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/:target/_settings --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.GetSettings (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784780632Z [GIN-debug] PUT /es/:target/_settings --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.SetSettings (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784781174Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/_analyze --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Analyze (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784781716Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/:target/_analyze --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Analyze (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784782299Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/_aliases --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.AddOrRemoveESAlias (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784782882Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/_alias --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.GetESAliases (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784783632Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/:target/_alias --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.GetESAliases (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784784174Z [GIN-debug] GET /es/_alias/:target_alias --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.GetESAliases (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784784799Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/_bulk --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.ESBulk (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784785341Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/:target/_bulk --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.ESBulk (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784785882Z [GIN-debug] PUT /es/:target/_bulk --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.ESBulk (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784786466Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/:target/_refresh --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/index.Refresh (6 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784787049Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/:target/_doc --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.CreateUpdate (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784787591Z [GIN-debug] PUT /es/:target/_doc/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.CreateUpdate (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784788132Z [GIN-debug] PUT /es/:target/_create/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.CreateUpdate (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784788674Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/:target/_create/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.CreateUpdate (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784789257Z [GIN-debug] POST /es/:target/_update/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Update (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784789799Z [GIN-debug] DELETE /es/:target/_doc/:id --> github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/pkg/handlers/document.Delete (7 handlers) zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.784892091Z {"level":"info","time":"2026-11-01T16:50:21Z","message":"Listen on :4080"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.872956799Z {"level":"info","method":"GET","code":200,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:21Z","message":"/healthz"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.873226341Z {"level":"info","method":"GET","code":200,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:21Z","message":"/healthz"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.873513716Z {"level":"info","method":"GET","code":200,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:21Z","message":"/version"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.873830341Z {"level":"info","method":"POST","code":200,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:21Z","message":"/api/login"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.875157174Z {"level":"info","method":"POST","code":200,"took":1,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:21Z","message":"/api/index"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.876649966Z {"level":"info","method":"POST","code":200,"took":1,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:21Z","message":"/api/games/_doc"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:21.877507091Z {"level":"info","method":"GET","code":400,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:21Z","message":"/api/games/_doc/game1"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:22.789267091Z {"level":"debug","index":"games","shard":"2wnAvvbyQzS","minID":0,"maxID":1,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:22Z","message":"consume wal begin"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:22.845625091Z {"level":"debug","index":"games","shard":"2wnAvvbyQzS","minID":1,"maxID":1,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:22Z","message":"consume wal end"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:26.882647885Z {"level":"info","method":"GET","code":200,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:26Z","message":"/api/games/_doc/game1"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:26.889447343Z {"level":"info","method":"POST","code":200,"took":5,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:26Z","message":"/api/games/_search"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:27.030468593Z {"level":"info","method":"GET","code":401,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:27Z","message":"/api/index"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:27.030565468Z {"level":"info","method":"POST","code":401,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:27Z","message":"/api/index"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:27.030956551Z {"level":"info","method":"GET","code":401,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:27Z","message":"/api/user"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:27.030983551Z {"level":"info","method":"POST","code":401,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:27Z","message":"/api/games/_search"} zincsearch-1 | 2026-11-01T16:50:27.031184968Z {"level":"info","method":"GET","code":401,"took":0,"time":"2026-11-01T16:50:27Z","message":"/api/games/_doc/game1"}

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