# Cluster State Yellow: 2 shards initializing with multiple failed attempts: IllegalArgumentException \[ReleasableBytesStreamOutput cannot hold more than 2GB of data

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 22, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-state-yellow-2-shards-initializing-with-multiple-failed-attempts-illegalargumentexception-releasablebytesstreamoutput-cannot-hold-more-than-2gb-of-data/334008 "2023-05-22T10:37:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-state-yellow-2-shards-initializing-with-multiple-failed-attempts-illegalargumentexception-releasablebytesstreamoutput-cannot-hold-more-than-2gb-of-data/334008/2 "2023-05-24T09:22:58Z")

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> [@Sarit\_Ghosh](#):
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> IllegalArgumentException[ReleasableBytesStreamOutput cannot hold more than 2GB of data]; ]

Hi @Sarit_Ghosh,

From the stack trace you have provided it looks like the returned result set is larger than 2G. This is larger than the amount that Elasticsearch can return in a single request. Have you been able to find out the query being run that is triggering this error?

I would recommend having a look at [this related thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-internal-server-error/193661/9) which does give some suggestions on diagnosing the problem further down.

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