# Discrepancy in Shard and Index Count in Cluster Stats

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discrepancy-in-shard-and-index-count-in-cluster-stats/366953
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 23, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discrepancy-in-shard-and-index-count-in-cluster-stats/366953 "2024-09-23T10:30:34Z")
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### Author: ![Wajid\_Hussain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wajid_hussain/32/137800_2.png) [@Wajid\_Hussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wajid_Hussain)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discrepancy-in-shard-and-index-count-in-cluster-stats/366953/1 "2024-09-23T10:30:34Z")

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Hi,

I’m noticing a discrepancy in the cluster stats on my Elastic Cloud deployment. When running `GET /_cluster/stats?pretty`, it shows 122 indices and shards, despite having only 6 primary indices and shards.

Could someone explain why there’s such a large difference in the reported shard count? Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance for your help!