# Assumptions after nodes shutdown request?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/assumptions-after-nodes-shutdown-request/3131>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 21, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/assumptions-after-nodes-shutdown-request/3131 "2010-07-21T00:33:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Samuel\_Doyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Samuel\_Doyle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Samuel_Doyle)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/assumptions-after-nodes-shutdown-request/3131/1 "2010-07-21T00:33:37Z")

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Hi,

Can I assume that the cluster is shutdown promptly after sending a nodes  
shutdown request through the Java API such as  
client.admin().cluster().nodesShutdown(new  
NodesShutdownRequest()).actionGet()  
if there is no exception thrown?

There is nothing really in the response to indicate if there was a problem,  
is there something I should do to follow this up?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/assumptions-after-nodes-shutdown-request/3131/2 "2010-07-21T07:12:04Z")

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It can't really point if there was a problem or not, since part of the  
shutdown is closing down the communication stream to the outside world...

-shay.banon

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Samuel Doyle [samueldoyle@gmail.com](mailto:samueldoyle@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Can I assume that the cluster is shutdown promptly after sending a nodes  
> shutdown request through the Java API such as  
> client.admin().cluster().nodesShutdown(new  
> NodesShutdownRequest()).actionGet()  
> if there is no exception thrown?
> 
> There is nothing really in the response to indicate if there was a problem,  
> is there something I should do to follow this up?
> 
> Thanks

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/assumptions-after-nodes-shutdown-request/3131/3 "2017-07-06T04:21:58Z")

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