# Adding replicas during forcemerge - is this supposed to happen?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-replicas-during-forcemerge-is-this-supposed-to-happen/297464>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 17, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-replicas-during-forcemerge-is-this-supposed-to-happen/297464 "2022-02-17T09:36:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![nisow95612](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nisow95612](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nisow95612)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-replicas-during-forcemerge-is-this-supposed-to-happen/297464/1 "2022-02-17T09:36:53Z")

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Hello nice people of Elasticsearch.

Recently I accidentally upped the number of replicas from 0 to 1 during a forcemerge.

End result: Replica got created from non-merged primary and stayed unmerged.  
 ![obrazek](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/b/2b77fcc3844f191b54e08bfba36f4ce419f63f3a.png)

Is this supposed to happen?  
How do I synchronize the replica to the forcemerged primary?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-replicas-during-forcemerge-is-this-supposed-to-happen/297464/2 "2022-03-17T09:37:06Z")

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