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title: Packetbeat is missing long running transactions
description: Packetbeat has an internal timeout that it uses to time out transactions and TCP connections when no packets have been seen for a long time. To process...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/beats/packetbeat/packetbeat-missing-transactions
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# Packetbeat is missing long running transactions
Packetbeat has an internal timeout that it uses to time out transactions and TCP connections when no packets have been seen for a long time.
To process long running transactions, you can specify a larger value for the [`transaction_timeout`](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/beats/packetbeat/common-protocol-options#transaction-timeout-option) option. However, keep in mind that very large timeout values can increase memory usage if messages are lost or transaction response messages are not sent.