The correct default value for the `expand_wildcards` parameter to `indices.get_alias` is `all` as of all https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/f4d75f0212dffb829aaca3622d3ce1db016d0981
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
"expand_wildcards": {
"type" : "enum",
"options" : ["open","closed","none","all"],
- "default" : "open",
+ "default" : "all",
"description" : "Whether to expand wildcard expression to concrete indices that are open, closed or both."
},
"local": {