Hi, we encountered the same issue after upgrading Splunk ES to 7.2.0. I am kindly asking to be more detailed by what do you mean by : I removed the stanza from the default folder, (which file in the default folder?) I added a stanza with disabled = 1 in local folder, (again, in which file you added the stanza?) Also, are you referring to this recommendation (Ref: hxxps://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/ES/7.2.0/RN/KnownIssues )? Add the following comment at the end of the file. Conf File Check for Bias Language [confcheck_es_bias_language_cleanup://default] debug = <boolean> ... View more