# Default Shard Allocation Status

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-shard-allocation-status/252201
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 15, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-shard-allocation-status/252201 "2020-10-15T13:14:48Z")
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### Author: ![dawiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@dawiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dawiro)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-shard-allocation-status/252201/1 "2020-10-15T13:14:48Z")

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Hi,  
I'm looking to track `cluster.routing.allocation.enable`. The obvious way is via cluster settings. However, that is not always explicitly set.

What can I query to always return a value for this setting?

Thx  
D

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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: [November 12, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-shard-allocation-status/252201/2 "2020-11-12T13:14:51Z")

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