# Consistency level **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 18, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consistency-level/89827 "2017-06-18T06:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex\_Davidovich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Alex\_Davidovich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Davidovich)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consistency-level/89827/1 "2017-06-18T06:22:53Z")
From what I understand, when indexing a document in a replicated index, the action returns success only after getting ack from the replicas. I have an index with 1 shard and 2 replicas. Each indexing operation is returned only after the 2 replicas sent ack? If so, can it be changed to majority? So I can get ack from 1 replica and return success? ---
**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consistency-level/89827/2 "2017-06-18T14:22:31Z")
> [@Alex\_Davidovich](#): > > Each indexing operation is returned only after the 2 replicas sent ack? Yes. > [@Alex\_Davidovich](#): > > If so, can it be changed to majority? So I can get ack from 1 replica and return success? No. The primary waits for ACK from all replicas available at the start of replication before ACKing the client and this is not tunable. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consistency-level/89827/3 "2017-07-16T14:22:44Z")
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