Hi, I'm observing below issue while getting instance of indexWriter after releasing searcher from searcherManager
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Directory MMapDirectory@C:\work\egain\eService\index\ARTICLE_201606160754 lockFactory=org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory@1ec79746 still has pending deleted files; cannot initialize IndexWriter at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.<init>(IndexWriter.java:767) I'm suspecting issue may be with the MultiSearcher that I'm using for searcher over multiple index folders. I'm getting the searcher instance by using below code - (Note: Searchable is the object of searchManager) IndexReader[] readers = new IndexReader[searchables.length]; IndexSearcher[] tempSearchers = new IndexSearcher[searchables.length]; for (int i = 0; i < searchables.length; i++) { tempSearchers[i] = searchables[i].getSearcher(callerContext); readers[i] = (tempSearchers[i]).getIndexReader(); } MultiReader multiReader = new MultiReader(readers, false); IndexSearcher searcher = new IndexSearcher(multiReader); and releasing the searchManager using the below code- for (int i = 0; i < searchables.length; i++) try { searchables[i].releaseSearcher(tempSearchers[i]); } catch (IOException e) { mLogger.logException(Level.ERROR, callerContext, mSrcInfo, "Falied to release searcher ", e); } } Do you think it's right way to use MultiSearcher? If not, please suggest a way to use MultiSearcher. Thanks, Mukul Ranjan Visit eGain on YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/egainchannel> and LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/egain-corporation>