# Cluster is yellow and 3 shards are unassigned **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 1, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-is-yellow-and-3-shards-are-unassigned/317892 "2022-11-01T13:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fribse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c67d28/32.png) [@fribse](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fribse)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-is-yellow-and-3-shards-are-unassigned/317892/1 "2022-11-01T13:25:31Z")
I had a Elastic search stack crash due to disk almost full, after enabling extra winlogbeat, which took me a bit with surprise, so I added some policies to reduce them a bit. But after doing that and expanding the disk, and bringing it back up, it now shows three shards as unassigned: ```auto { "index": ".ds-ilm-history-5-2022.11.01-000014", "shard": "0", "prirep": "r", "state": "UNASSIGNED", "docs": null, "store": null, "ip": null, "id": null, "node": null, "sync_id": null, "unassigned.reason": "CLUSTER_RECOVERED", "unassigned.at": "2022-11-01T12:20:58.547Z", "unassigned.for": "50.2m", "unassigned.details": null, "recoverysource.type": "peer", "completion.size": null, "fielddata.memory_size": null, "fielddata.evictions": null, "query_cache.memory_size": null, "query_cache.evictions": null, "flush.total": null, "flush.total_time": null, "get.current": null, "get.time": null, "get.total": null, "get.exists_time": null, "get.exists_total": null, "get.missing_time": null, "get.missing_total": null, "indexing.delete_current": null, "indexing.delete_time": null, "indexing.delete_total": null, "indexing.index_current": null, "indexing.index_time": null, "indexing.index_total": null, "indexing.index_failed": null, "merges.current": null, "merges.current_docs": null, "merges.current_size": null, "merges.total": null, "merges.total_docs": null, "merges.total_size": null, "merges.total_time": null, "refresh.total": null, "refresh.time": null, "refresh.external_total": null, "refresh.external_time": null, "refresh.listeners": null, "search.fetch_current": null, "search.fetch_time": null, "search.fetch_total": null, "search.open_contexts": null, "search.query_current": null, "search.query_time": null, "search.query_total": null, "search.scroll_current": null, "search.scroll_time": null, "search.scroll_total": null, "segments.count": null, "segments.memory": null, "segments.index_writer_memory": null, "segments.version_map_memory": null, "segments.fixed_bitset_memory": null, "seq_no.max": null, "seq_no.local_checkpoint": null, "seq_no.global_checkpoint": null, "warmer.current": null, "warmer.total": null, "warmer.total_time": null, "path.data": null, "path.state": null }, { "index": ".ds-.slm-history-5-2022.11.01-000010", "shard": "0", "prirep": "r", "state": "UNASSIGNED", "docs": null, "store": null, "ip": null, "id": null, "node": null, "sync_id": null, "unassigned.reason": "CLUSTER_RECOVERED", "unassigned.at": "2022-11-01T12:20:58.547Z", "unassigned.for": "50.2m", "unassigned.details": null, "recoverysource.type": "peer", "completion.size": null, "fielddata.memory_size": null, "fielddata.evictions": null, "query_cache.memory_size": null, "query_cache.evictions": null, "flush.total": null, "flush.total_time": null, "get.current": null, "get.time": null, "get.total": null, "get.exists_time": null, "get.exists_total": null, "get.missing_time": null, "get.missing_total": null, "indexing.delete_current": null, "indexing.delete_time": null, "indexing.delete_total": null, "indexing.index_current": null, "indexing.index_time": null, "indexing.index_total": null, "indexing.index_failed": null, "merges.current": null, "merges.current_docs": null, "merges.current_size": null, "merges.total": null, "merges.total_docs": null, "merges.total_size": null, "merges.total_time": null, "refresh.total": null, "refresh.time": null, "refresh.external_total": null, "refresh.external_time": null, "refresh.listeners": null, "search.fetch_current": null, "search.fetch_time": null, "search.fetch_total": null, "search.open_contexts": null, "search.query_current": null, "search.query_time": null, "search.query_total": null, "search.scroll_current": null, "search.scroll_time": null, "search.scroll_total": null, "segments.count": null, "segments.memory": null, "segments.index_writer_memory": null, "segments.version_map_memory": null, "segments.fixed_bitset_memory": null, "seq_no.max": null, "seq_no.local_checkpoint": null, "seq_no.global_checkpoint": null, "warmer.current": null, "warmer.total": null, "warmer.total_time": null, "path.data": null, "path.state": null }, { "index": "winlogbeat-7.17.4-2022.08", "shard": "0", "prirep": "r", "state": "UNASSIGNED", "docs": null, "store": null, "ip": null, "id": null, "node": null, "sync_id": null, "unassigned.reason": "CLUSTER_RECOVERED", "unassigned.at": "2022-11-01T12:20:58.558Z", "unassigned.for": "50.2m", "unassigned.details": null, "recoverysource.type": "peer", "completion.size": null, "fielddata.memory_size": null, "fielddata.evictions": null, "query_cache.memory_size": null, "query_cache.evictions": null, "flush.total": null, "flush.total_time": null, "get.current": null, "get.time": null, "get.total": null, "get.exists_time": null, "get.exists_total": null, "get.missing_time": null, "get.missing_total": null, "indexing.delete_current": null, "indexing.delete_time": null, "indexing.delete_total": null, "indexing.index_current": null, "indexing.index_time": null, "indexing.index_total": null, "indexing.index_failed": null, "merges.current": null, "merges.current_docs": null, "merges.current_size": null, "merges.total": null, "merges.total_docs": null, "merges.total_size": null, "merges.total_time": null, "refresh.total": null, "refresh.time": null, "refresh.external_total": null, "refresh.external_time": null, "refresh.listeners": null, "search.fetch_current": null, "search.fetch_time": null, "search.fetch_total": null, "search.open_contexts": null, "search.query_current": null, "search.query_time": null, "search.query_total": null, "search.scroll_current": null, "search.scroll_time": null, "search.scroll_total": null, "segments.count": null, "segments.memory": null, "segments.index_writer_memory": null, "segments.version_map_memory": null, "segments.fixed_bitset_memory": null, "seq_no.max": null, "seq_no.local_checkpoint": null, "seq_no.global_checkpoint": null, "warmer.current": null, "warmer.total": null, "warmer.total_time": null, "path.data": null, "path.state": null }, ``` I also have one that is cluster recovered and is initializing ```auto { "index": "winlogbeat-7.17.4-2022.09", "shard": "0", "prirep": "r", "state": "INITIALIZING", "docs": null, "store": null, "ip": "172.18.0.3", "id": "SNlOo98FSFKue0_eGa9B1w", "node": "es01", "sync_id": null, "unassigned.reason": "CLUSTER_RECOVERED", "unassigned.at": "2022-11-01T12:20:58.553Z", "unassigned.for": "50.2m", "unassigned.details": null, "recoverysource.type": "peer", "completion.size": null, "fielddata.memory_size": null, "fielddata.evictions": null, "query_cache.memory_size": null, "query_cache.evictions": null, "flush.total": null, "flush.total_time": null, "get.current": null, "get.time": null, "get.total": null, "get.exists_time": null, "get.exists_total": null, "get.missing_time": null, "get.missing_total": null, "indexing.delete_current": null, "indexing.delete_time": null, "indexing.delete_total": null, "indexing.index_current": null, "indexing.index_time": null, "indexing.index_total": null, "indexing.index_failed": null, "merges.current": null, "merges.current_docs": null, "merges.current_size": null, "merges.total": null, "merges.total_docs": null, "merges.total_size": null, "merges.total_time": null, "refresh.total": null, "refresh.time": null, "refresh.external_total": null, "refresh.external_time": null, "refresh.listeners": null, "search.fetch_current": null, "search.fetch_time": null, "search.fetch_total": null, "search.open_contexts": null, "search.query_current": null, "search.query_time": null, "search.query_total": null, "search.scroll_current": null, "search.scroll_time": null, "search.scroll_total": null, "segments.count": null, "segments.memory": null, "segments.index_writer_memory": null, "segments.version_map_memory": null, "segments.fixed_bitset_memory": null, "seq_no.max": null, "seq_no.local_checkpoint": null, "seq_no.global_checkpoint": null, "warmer.current": null, "warmer.total": null, "warmer.total_time": null, "path.data": null, "path.state": null }, ``` Looking in elastichq, it shows: ![billede](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/f/2fb254c8b6ecbbb21439a80c952ea2f83130690f.png) So, do I just need to be patient, or can I nudge the elasticsearch somehow? I can just loose the 'bad' shards if need be, I just want to be sure how to do that precisely and not mess things up further 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-is-yellow-and-3-shards-are-unassigned/317892/2 "2022-11-01T20:39:47Z")
It looks like these are replicas which isn't a major issue. You can remove the replicas on that index and then readd them, or just wait it out. ---
**Author:** ![fribse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c67d28/32.png) [@fribse](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fribse)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-is-yellow-and-3-shards-are-unassigned/317892/3 "2022-11-02T08:32:13Z")
Ahh, ok, so it's resyncing the replicas, great, I'll just wait 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-is-yellow-and-3-shards-are-unassigned/317892/4 "2022-11-30T08:33:11Z")
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