# Dangling Index Errors
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-errors/117399
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 29, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-errors/117399 "2018-01-29T06:16:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@inhinyera16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inhinyera16)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-errors/117399/1 "2018-01-29T06:16:19Z")
I've run the logstash pipeline to index data in my cluster (3 master, data and ingest eligible) and 1 coordinating node. That time, i havent checked that the 2 nodes (not coordinating nodes) are down and this throws an error in on of my master eligible node. Can somebody explain this to me? Dont know what happened then.
```
[2018-01-29T01:05:46,720][WARN][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [s6PcSrU] [[metricbeat-6.1.1-2018.01.28/PEjyYoG7QX2zZUI-6Zje9w]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2018-01-29T01:05:46,720][WARN][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [s6PcSrU] [[metricbeat-6.1.1-2018.01.29/Xl0QHudSTBCWlkFgLBnCkw]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2018-01-29T01:05:46,720][WARN][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [s6PcSrU] [[metricbeat-6.1.1-2018.01.27/ZGKsyR7GTZW121KfQvVTuQ]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2018-01-29T01:05:46,947][WARN][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [s6PcSrU] [[metricbeat-6.1.1-2018.01.28/PEjyYoG7QX2zZUI-6Zje9w]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2018-01-29T01:05:46,947][WARN][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [s6PcSrU] [[metricbeat-6.1.1-2018.01.29/Xl0QHudSTBCWlkFgLBnCkw]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2018-01-29T01:05:46,947][WARN][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [s6PcSrU] [[metricbeat-6.1.1-2018.01.27/ZGKsyR7GTZW121KfQvVTuQ]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2018-01-29T01:05:46,957][WARN][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [s6PcSrU] [[metricbeat-6.1.1-2018.01.28/PEjyYoG7QX2zZUI-6Zje9w]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2018-01-29T01:05:46,957][WARN][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [s6PcSrU] [[metricbeat-6.1.1-2018.01.29/Xl0QHudSTBCWlkFgLBnCkw]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2018-01-29T01:05:46,957][WARN][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [s6PcSrU] [[metricbeat-6.1.1-2018.01.27/ZGKsyR7GTZW121KfQvVTuQ]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
```
Btw i used elasticsearch v 6.1.1
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-errors/117399/2 "2018-01-29T08:28:00Z")
Hey,
the docs might help here, [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/\_dangling\_indices.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/_dangling_indices.html)
--Alex
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### Author:  [@inhinyera16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inhinyera16)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-errors/117399/3 "2018-01-29T14:14:52Z")
The site seems not straightforward of why it happened.
Anyways, i resolved it by deleting the node directories.
Thanks!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-errors/117399/4 "2018-02-26T14:14:53Z")
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