# Elasticsearch cluster status RED and not responding

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-red-and-not-responding/73758>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 2, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-red-and-not-responding/73758 "2017-02-02T20:43:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-red-and-not-responding/73758/6 "2017-02-03T18:25:00Z")

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Can you try this: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.2/cluster-allocation-explain.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.2/cluster-allocation-explain.html)

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