How to Unlock Reindex Process in Magento 2: Index is locked by another reindex process Skipping?

During the indexing process, we often face a common issue many times, which is one type of error message saying- “Index is locked by another reindex process. Skipping.”

It happens when the index type is locked and you are trying to reindex that certain index type, as you will not be able to reindex the locked index type. It will always be skipped when you try to reindex that index type, which is locked.

To overcome this problem, you need to follow the below steps:

If the Stock index type is locked, you can reindex all the data by running the below command:

php bin/magento indexer:reindex

Now you will see that the Stock process has been skipped in the output below:

Design Config Grid index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:04Customer Grid index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:06Category Products index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:02Product Categories index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:00Product Price index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:01Product EAV index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:00Catalog Search index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:04Stock index is locked by another reindex process. Skipping.Catalog Rule Product index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:00Catalog Product Rule index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:00

Let’s get started on how to Unlock Reindex Process when the index is locked by another reindex process Skipping with step by step guide.

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