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title: Troubleshoot data lifecycle in Elasticsearch
description: Use the topics in this section to check the index lifecycle management (ILM) and snapshot lifecycle management (SLM) services, fix ILM errors, and unblock...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4572/troubleshoot/elasticsearch/data-lifecycle
products:
  - Elastic Documentation
  - Elasticsearch
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# Troubleshoot data lifecycle in Elasticsearch
Use the topics in this section to check the index lifecycle management (ILM) and snapshot lifecycle management (SLM) services, fix ILM errors, and unblock data stream lifecycle frozen phase transitions.
- [Troubleshoot snapshot and index lifecycle management](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4572/troubleshoot/elasticsearch/start-ilm)
- [Fix index lifecycle management errors](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4572/troubleshoot/elasticsearch/index-lifecycle-management-errors)
- [Troubleshoot data stream lifecycle transitions](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4572/troubleshoot/elasticsearch/data-stream-frozen-transition)

For how these features work, refer to [Data lifecycle](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4572/manage-data/lifecycle).

## Additional resources

- [Troubleshooting overview](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4572/troubleshoot)
- [Contact us](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4572/troubleshoot#contact-us)