{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/1761","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/1761/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/1761/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/1761/events","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/1761","id":59126525,"number":1761,"title":"Have to drop a series twice for it to work","user":{"login":"hawson","id":361383,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/361383?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson","html_url":"https://github.com/hawson","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-02-26T19:18:16Z","updated_at":"2015-02-26T19:29:18Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Droping a series appears to take two tries to actually drop.\r\n\r\nGiven these series:\r\n````\r\n> show series\r\n----\t\t\t\t\t\t\t----\t----\r\nnetapp.srv.netin\t\t\t\t\t\tsrv\r\n----\t\t\t\t\t\t\t----\t----\r\nnetapp.srv.netout\t\t\t\t\tsrv\r\n````\r\n\r\nI have to drop them twice to actually remove them:\r\n\r\n````\r\n> DROP SERIES FROM netapp.srv.netout\r\nERR: failed to remove series from index\r\n> DROP SERIES FROM netapp.srv.netout\r\n>\r\n\r\n> show series\r\n----\t\t\t\t\t\t\t----\t----\r\nnetapp.srv.netin\t\t\t\t\t\tsrv\r\n----\t\t\t\t\t\t\t----\t----\r\n----\t\t\t\t\t\t\t----\t----\r\n````\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/comments/76249864","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/1761#issuecomment-76249864","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/1761","id":76249864,"user":{"login":"hawson","id":361383,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/361383?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson","html_url":"https://github.com/hawson","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hawson/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-02-26T19:29:17Z","updated_at":"2015-02-26T19:29:17Z","body":"Same thing:\r\n````\r\n$ curl -G http://influxdbhost:8086/query  --data-urlencode 'db=storage' --data-urlencode 'q=DROP SERIES FROM netapp.srv.netin'\r\n{\"results\":[{\"error\":\"failed to remove series from index\"}]}\r\n$ curl -G http://influxdbhost:8086/query  --data-urlencode 'db=storage' --data-urlencode 'q=DROP SERIES FROM netapp.srv.netin'\r\n{\"results\":[{}]}\r\n````\r\n\r\n"}}