# Failed to invoke procedure \`db.index.fulltext.queryNodes\`: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Index \`titlesAndDescriptions\` entered a FAILED state **URL:** \ **Category:** Procedures & APOC\ **Tags:** apoc\ **Created:** [May 3, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/failed-to-invoke-procedure-db-index-fulltext-querynodes-caused-by-java-lang-illegalstateexception-index-titlesanddescriptions-entered-a-failed-state/55711 "2022-05-03T20:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kangwachimba7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/kangwachimba7/32/4243_2.png) [@kangwachimba7](https://community.neo4j.com/u/kangwachimba7)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/failed-to-invoke-procedure-db-index-fulltext-querynodes-caused-by-java-lang-illegalstateexception-index-titlesanddescriptions-entered-a-failed-state/55711/1 "2022-05-03T20:03:07Z")
I am trying to use the full-text index provided by neo4j. I am using neo4j desktop community 4.4.5. I was following the example here [https://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-manual/current/indexes-for-full-text-search/#administration-indexes-fulltext-search-create-and-configure](https://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-manual/current/indexes-for-full-text-search/#administration-indexes-fulltext-search-create-and-configure) I created the node using ```auto CREATE (m:Movie {title: "The Matrix"}) RETURN m.title ``` and created the index using ```auto CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX titlesAndDescriptions FOR (n:Movie|Book) ON EACH [n.title, n.description] ``` but when I call the procedure in neo4j browser using ```auto CALL db.index.fulltext.queryNodes("titlesAndDescriptions", "matrix") YIELD node, score RETURN node.title, node.description, score ``` I get this nasty error > Failed to invoke procedure `db.index.fulltext.queryNodes`: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Index `titlesAndDescriptions` entered a FAILED state. Please see database logs.: Cause of failure: > ================== > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to create index populator. > at org.neo4j.kernel.api.impl.fulltext.FailedFulltextIndexPopulator.failedException(FailedFulltextIndexPopulator.java:70) > at org.neo4j.kernel.api.impl.fulltext.FailedFulltextIndexPopulator.add(FailedFulltextIndexPopulator.java:65) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.index.MultipleIndexPopulator$PropertyScanConsumerImpl.addFromScan(MultipleIndexPopulator.java:814) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.index.MultipleIndexPopulator$PropertyScanConsumerImpl$1.process(MultipleIndexPopulator.java:777) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.transaction.state.storeview.GenerateIndexUpdatesStep$GeneratedIndexUpdates.completeBatch(GenerateIndexUpdatesStep.java:214) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.transaction.state.storeview.GenerateIndexUpdatesStep.batchDone(GenerateIndexUpdatesStep.java:122) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.transaction.state.storeview.GenerateIndexUpdatesStep.process(GenerateIndexUpdatesStep.java:115) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.transaction.state.storeview.GenerateIndexUpdatesStep.process(GenerateIndexUpdatesStep.java:49) > at org.neo4j.internal.batchimport.staging.ProcessorStep.lambda$receive$1(ProcessorStep.java:84) > at org.neo4j.internal.batchimport.executor.DynamicTaskExecutor$Processor.run(DynamicTaskExecutor.java:220) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.scheduler.ThreadPool.lambda$asCallable$1(ThreadPool.java:151) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.scheduler.ThreadPool.lambda$submit$0(ThreadPool.java:115) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) > at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) > Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not create fulltext analyzer: String("") > at org.neo4j.kernel.api.impl.fulltext.FulltextIndexSettings.createAnalyzer(FulltextIndexSettings.java:56) > at org.neo4j.kernel.api.impl.fulltext.FulltextIndexProvider.getPopulator(FulltextIndexProvider.java:251) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.index.IndexProxyCreator.populatorFromProvider(IndexProxyCreator.java:153) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.index.IndexProxyCreator.createPopulatingIndexProxy(IndexProxyCreator.java:67) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.index.IndexingService$IndexPopulationStarter.apply(IndexingService.java:924) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.index.IndexingService$IndexPopulationStarter.apply(IndexingService.java:891) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.index.IndexMapReference.modify(IndexMapReference.java:52) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.index.IndexingService.createIndexes(IndexingService.java:586) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.index.IndexingService.createIndexes(IndexingService.java:569) > at org.neo4j.internal.recordstorage.IndexTransactionApplierFactory$SingleTransactionApplier.close(IndexTransactionApplierFactory.java:88) > at org.neo4j.internal.recordstorage.TransactionApplierFacade.close(TransactionApplierFacade.java:48) > at org.neo4j.internal.recordstorage.RecordStorageEngine.apply(RecordStorageEngine.java:506) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.InternalTransactionCommitProcess.applyToStore(InternalTransactionCommitProcess.java:81) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.InternalTransactionCommitProcess.commit(InternalTransactionCommitProcess.java:53) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.DatabaseTransactionCommitProcess.commit(DatabaseTransactionCommitProcess.java:42) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.KernelTransactionImplementation.commitTransaction(KernelTransactionImplementation.java:880) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.KernelTransactionImplementation.closeTransaction(KernelTransactionImplementation.java:732) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.KernelTransactionImplementation.commit(KernelTransactionImplementation.java:703) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.coreapi.TransactionImpl.lambda$commit$0(TransactionImpl.java:179) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.coreapi.TransactionImpl.safeTerminalOperation(TransactionImpl.java:700) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.coreapi.TransactionImpl.commit(TransactionImpl.java:174) > at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.coreapi.TransactionImpl.commit(TransactionImpl.java:169) > at org.neo4j.fabric.executor.FabricKernelTransaction.commit(FabricKernelTransaction.java:137) > at org.neo4j.fabric.executor.FabricLocalExecutor$KernelTxWrapper.doCommit(FabricLocalExecutor.java:262) > at reactor.core.publisher.MonoRunnable.call(MonoRunnable.java:73) > at reactor.core.publisher.MonoRunnable.call(MonoRunnable.java:32) > at reactor.core.publisher.FluxFlatMap.trySubscribeScalarMap(FluxFlatMap.java:127) > at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap.subscribeOrReturn(MonoFlatMap.java:53) > at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4384) > at reactor.core.publisher.FluxFlatMap$FlatMapMain.onNext(FluxFlatMap.java:426) > at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatArray$ConcatArraySubscriber.onNext(FluxConcatArray.java:201) > at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$ScalarSubscription.request(Operators.java:2398) > at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatArray$ConcatArraySubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxConcatArray.java:193) > at reactor.core.publisher.MonoJust.subscribe(MonoJust.java:55) > at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4399) > at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatArray$ConcatArraySubscriber.onComplete(FluxConcatArray.java:258) > at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatArray.subscribe(FluxConcatArray.java:78) > at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4399) > at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.block(Mono.java:1705) > at org.neo4j.fabric.transaction.FabricTransactionImpl.doOnChildren(FabricTransactionImpl.java:286) > at org.neo4j.fabric.transaction.FabricTransactionImpl.commit(FabricTransactionImpl.java:197) > at org.neo4j.fabric.bolt.BoltFabricDatabaseService$BoltTransactionImpl.commit(BoltFabricDatabaseService.java:145) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.statemachine.impl.TransactionStateMachine$State.closeTransaction(TransactionStateMachine.java:406) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.statemachine.impl.TransactionStateMachine$State$2.commitTransaction(TransactionStateMachine.java:358) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.statemachine.impl.TransactionStateMachine.commitTransaction(TransactionStateMachine.java:108) > at org.neo4j.bolt.transaction.StatementProcessorTxManager.commit(StatementProcessorTxManager.java:66) > at org.neo4j.bolt.v4.runtime.InTransactionState.processCommitMessage(InTransactionState.java:107) > at org.neo4j.bolt.v44.runtime.InTransactionState.processCommitMessage(InTransactionState.java:35) > at org.neo4j.bolt.v4.runtime.InTransactionState.processUnsafe(InTransactionState.java:56) > at org.neo4j.bolt.v3.runtime.FailSafeBoltStateMachineState.process(FailSafeBoltStateMachineState.java:48) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.statemachine.impl.AbstractBoltStateMachine.nextState(AbstractBoltStateMachine.java:154) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.statemachine.impl.AbstractBoltStateMachine.process(AbstractBoltStateMachine.java:102) > at org.neo4j.bolt.messaging.BoltRequestMessageReader.lambda$doRead$1(BoltRequestMessageReader.java:93) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.DefaultBoltConnection.lambda$enqueue$0(DefaultBoltConnection.java:156) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.DefaultBoltConnection.processNextBatchInternal(DefaultBoltConnection.java:252) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.DefaultBoltConnection.processNextBatch(DefaultBoltConnection.java:187) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.DefaultBoltConnection.processNextBatch(DefaultBoltConnection.java:177) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.scheduling.ExecutorBoltScheduler.executeBatch(ExecutorBoltScheduler.java:257) > at org.neo4j.bolt.runtime.scheduling.ExecutorBoltScheduler.lambda$scheduleBatchOrHandleError$3(ExecutorBoltScheduler.java:240) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncSupply.run(CompletableFuture.java:1700) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) > at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30) > ... 1 more > Caused by: java.util.NoSuchElementException: Could not find service provider org.neo4j.graphdb.schema.AnalyzerProvider > at org.neo4j.service.Services.lambda$loadOrFail$3(Services.java:138) > at java.base/java.util.Optional.orElseThrow(Optional.java:408) > at org.neo4j.service.Services.loadOrFail(Services.java:138) > at org.neo4j.service.Services.loadOrFail(Services.java:127) > at org.neo4j.kernel.api.impl.fulltext.FulltextIndexSettings.createAnalyzer(FulltextIndexSettings.java:51) > ... 63 more ================== ---
**Author:** ![Cobra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/cobra/32/35243_2.png) [@Cobra](https://community.neo4j.com/u/Cobra)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/failed-to-invoke-procedure-db-index-fulltext-querynodes-caused-by-java-lang-illegalstateexception-index-titlesanddescriptions-entered-a-failed-state/55711/2 "2022-05-03T20:35:32Z")
Hello @kangwachimba7 🙂 I can't reproduce your error. I think it's because the index was still being created. You should find more information in the log file of the database. You can try dropping the index then recreating it then retesting your query. Regards, Cobra ---
**Author:** ![kangwachimba7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/kangwachimba7/32/4243_2.png) [@kangwachimba7](https://community.neo4j.com/u/kangwachimba7)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/failed-to-invoke-procedure-db-index-fulltext-querynodes-caused-by-java-lang-illegalstateexception-index-titlesanddescriptions-entered-a-failed-state/55711/3 "2022-05-03T20:53:21Z")
tried that, when I call ```auto SHOW FULLTEXT INDEXES ``` it is showing the state of the index as 'failed' what could that mean? ---
**Author:** ![Cobra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/cobra/32/35243_2.png) [@Cobra](https://community.neo4j.com/u/Cobra)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/failed-to-invoke-procedure-db-index-fulltext-querynodes-caused-by-java-lang-illegalstateexception-index-titlesanddescriptions-entered-a-failed-state/55711/4 "2022-05-03T20:54:40Z")
I don't know because you must look at the log file of the database. Can you try to delete the index then recreate it? ---
**Author:** ![kangwachimba7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/kangwachimba7/32/4243_2.png) [@kangwachimba7](https://community.neo4j.com/u/kangwachimba7)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/failed-to-invoke-procedure-db-index-fulltext-querynodes-caused-by-java-lang-illegalstateexception-index-titlesanddescriptions-entered-a-failed-state/55711/5 "2022-05-03T21:03:08Z")
yes I have tried to delete and recreate it and retest it ![Screenshot 2022-05-03 at 11.01.14 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/neo4jcommunity/original/3X/2/f/2f3fed2fcfb7c5bb7010d0dca8cd801721042aff.png) I have attached an image of my query.log ---
**Author:** ![Cobra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/cobra/32/35243_2.png) [@Cobra](https://community.neo4j.com/u/Cobra)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/failed-to-invoke-procedure-db-index-fulltext-querynodes-caused-by-java-lang-illegalstateexception-index-titlesanddescriptions-entered-a-failed-state/55711/6 "2022-05-03T21:05:35Z")
This screenshot doesn't show anything. Look in the `debug.log` file. Can you to restart the database? ---
**Author:** ![kangwachimba7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/kangwachimba7/32/4243_2.png) [@kangwachimba7](https://community.neo4j.com/u/kangwachimba7)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/failed-to-invoke-procedure-db-index-fulltext-querynodes-caused-by-java-lang-illegalstateexception-index-titlesanddescriptions-entered-a-failed-state/55711/7 "2022-05-03T21:30:26Z")
I have deleted the database and retried again it works I remember I had placed this line ```auto dbms.index.fulltext.default_analyzer ``` in the neo4j.conf file maybe that caused the problem just deleted the whole database and rebuilt another one ---
**Author:** ![Cobra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/cobra/32/35243_2.png) [@Cobra](https://community.neo4j.com/u/Cobra)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/failed-to-invoke-procedure-db-index-fulltext-querynodes-caused-by-java-lang-illegalstateexception-index-titlesanddescriptions-entered-a-failed-state/55711/8 "2022-05-03T21:36:43Z")
Nice, all configuration parameters available for the `neo4j.conf` file are available [here](https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/reference/configuration-settings/).