# Different responses to same query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-responses-to-same-query/9379>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 16, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-responses-to-same-query/9379 "2012-10-16T13:58:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![James\_Devine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@James\_Devine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Devine)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-responses-to-same-query/9379/1 "2012-10-16T13:58:20Z")

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I have 2 machines setup in replication and it seems after some there is  
some sort of desyncronization. I can run the same query to the same  
machine multiple times and the total that is being returned alternates  
between two different numbers and as new entries come in I an see either  
both numbers increasing together but sometimes only one number increases  
and the other does not. Any idea what might be wrong?

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**Author:** ![simonw\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simonw_2/32/1130_2.png) [@simonw\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simonw_2)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-responses-to-same-query/9379/2 "2012-10-16T14:39:15Z")

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hey,  
some questions:

do you have shards?  
what is your search type  
([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/search-type.html))?  
what is your refresh interval?  
are you doing async replication?

simon

On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:58:25 PM UTC+2, Jimmy wrote:

> I have 2 machines setup in replication and it seems after some there is  
> some sort of desyncronization. I can run the same query to the same  
> machine multiple times and the total that is being returned alternates  
> between two different numbers and as new entries come in I an see either  
> both numbers increasing together but sometimes only one number increases  
> and the other does not. Any idea what might be wrong?

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**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-responses-to-same-query/9379/3 "2012-10-17T10:08:38Z")

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> do you have shards?  
> what is your search type  
> ([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/search-type.html))?  
> what is your refresh interval?  
> are you doing async replication?

And what does the cluster\_health API report?

clint

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-responses-to-same-query/9379/4 "2017-07-06T03:08:21Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:08am UTC