# Elasticsearch cluster deletes itself **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)\ **Created:** [January 14, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-deletes-itself/261129 "2021-01-14T13:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prelator](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prelator/32/82242_2.png) [@prelator](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prelator)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-deletes-itself/261129/1 "2021-01-14T13:52:52Z")
Hi we have a strange problem with our elasticsearch cluster in kubernetes. sometimes it happens that the entire cluster is simply deleted. suddenly all pvc's, configmaps, secrets and statefulsets are gone. only the elasticsearch resource is still available. at first glance I couldn't find anything in the logs. Info: - gcloud kubernetes (1.16.15-gke.6000) - eck operator (1.1.1) if further information is required, please contact me ---
**Author:** ![michael.morello](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael.morello/32/47448_2.png) [@michael.morello](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michael.morello)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-deletes-itself/261129/2 "2021-01-14T15:37:08Z")
You likely hit [this K8S issue](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/65200). See the ECK documentation [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-on-k8s/current/k8s-common-problems.html#k8s-common-problems-owner-refs). We are trying to avoid that situation [since 1.3.1](https://github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s/pull/3992). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-deletes-itself/261129/3 "2022-11-04T08:21:39Z")