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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

By default, version conflicts abort the `_reindex` process, but you can just
count them by setting `"conflicts": "proceed"` in the request body:
By default, version conflicts abort the `_reindex` process. The `"conflicts"` request body
parameter can be used to instruct `_reindex` to proceed with the next document on version conflicts.
It is important to note that the handling of other error types is unaffected by the `"conflicts"` parameter.
When `"conflicts": "proceed"` is set in the request body, the `_reindex` process will continue on version conflicts
and return a count of version conflicts encountered:

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