# Elastic search - ccr plugin - recovering to point in time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-ccr-plugin-recovering-to-point-in-time/391522>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Created:** [November 11, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-ccr-plugin-recovering-to-point-in-time/391522 "2026-11-11T13:42:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![manick02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@manick02](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manick02)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-ccr-plugin-recovering-to-point-in-time/391522/1 "2026-11-11T13:42:05Z")

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We are trying to set up a cross region resiliency for our es. We are exploring CCR plugin parallely.

We have a requirement that we need to recover our es cluster in our passive region from a point in time timestamp. The timestamp is an allignment between multiple components in our system. I was wondering what would be the way to achieve way to achieve this nuanced requirement in es. Any guidance on how we can meet this would be highly helpful

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**Author:** ![willsun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6f9a4e/32.png) [@willsun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/willsun)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-ccr-plugin-recovering-to-point-in-time/391522/2 "2026-11-12T01:14:47Z")

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Cross-Cluster Replication (CCR) in Elasticsearch is fundamentally an active streaming replication mechanism designed for low-latency sync rather than point-in-time rollback.

If your resilience requirements mandate recovering the follower cluster to an aligned system-wide timestamp:

1. **CCR + SLM (Snapshot Lifecycle Management) Pattern**: CCR alone cannot rewind translog operations. The standard architecture is to let CCR replicate continuously, while running hourly/daily SLM snapshots on either the leader or follower. For point-in-time recovery, you pause/unfollow the CCR index:

```json
POST /<follower_index>/_ccr/pause_follow
POST /<follower_index>/_ccr/unfollow

```

And then restore the specific snapshot to that timestamp.  
2. **Point in Time (PIT) + Reindex**: If the target timestamp is within your active translog retention window, you can use Elasticsearch's Point in Time API (`POST /<index>/_pit?keep_alive=1h`) combined with a date-range query in `_reindex` to materialize a static index at that precise timestamp.