# Elasticsearch continuously on yellow Status - Unassigned Shards **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 15, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-continuously-on-yellow-status-unassigned-shards/327742 "2023-03-15T09:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Apostolos\_Koutoulas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/apostolos_koutoulas/32/118285_2.png) [@Apostolos\_Koutoulas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Apostolos_Koutoulas)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-continuously-on-yellow-status-unassigned-shards/327742/1 "2023-03-15T09:34:13Z")
Hello all! Hope you are doing well Cluster status in yellow with unassigned replica shards Elasticsearch version 6.8.23 Cluster status: ```auto [root@d38-pan020 ~]# es_cluster.sh health { "cluster_name" : " __pan_cluster__", "status" : "yellow", "timed_out" : false, "number_of_nodes" : 6, "number_of_data_nodes" : 4, "active_primary_shards" : 340, "active_shards" : 485, "relocating_shards" : 0, "initializing_shards" : 32, "unassigned_shards" : 171, "delayed_unassigned_shards" : 0, "number_of_pending_tasks" : 0, "number_of_in_flight_fetch" : 0, "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis" : 0, "active_shards_percent_as_number" : 70.49418604651163 } ``` Unassigned shards: ```auto pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 0 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 1 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 10 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 11 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 2 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 3 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 4 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 5 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 6 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 7 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 8 r UNASSIGNED pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0 9 r UNASSIGNED ``` Reason for unassigned shards: ```auto { "index" : "pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0", "shard" : 11, "primary" : false, "current_state" : "unassigned", "unassigned_info" : { "reason" : "NODE_LEFT", "at" : "2023-03-07T08:31:22.629Z", "details" : "node_left [FbYhm730RuKShJVmjgxBpA]", "last_allocation_status" : "no_attempt" }, "can_allocate" : "throttled", "allocate_explanation" : "allocation temporarily throttled", "node_allocation_decisions" : [ { "node_id" : "FbYhm730RuKShJVmjgxBpA", "node_name" : "017507002995-2", "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9525", "node_attributes" : { "serial" : "017507002995" }, "node_decision" : "throttled", "deciders" : [ { "decider" : "throttling", "decision" : "THROTTLE", "explanation" : "reached the limit of incoming shard recoveries [32], cluster setting [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_incoming_recoveries=32] (can also be set via [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_recoveries])" } ] }, { "node_id" : "5Q5h0fs2SlOIoUSUQJvxtQ", "node_name" : "017507002992-1", "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9422", "node_attributes" : { "serial" : "017507002992" }, "node_decision" : "no", "deciders" : [ { "decider" : "same_shard", "decision" : "NO", "explanation" : "the shard cannot be allocated to the same node on which a copy of the shard already exists [[pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0][11], node[5Q5h0fs2SlOIoUSUQJvxtQ], [P], s[STARTED], a[id=fyP_jsEaQHmbcM07-zcF1Q]]" }, { "decider" : "throttling", "decision" : "THROTTLE", "explanation" : "reached the limit of outgoing shard recoveries [32] on the node [5Q5h0fs2SlOIoUSUQJvxtQ] which holds the primary, cluster setting [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_outgoing_recoveries=32] (can also be set via [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_recoveries])" } ] }, { "node_id" : "MJGvQmiYSq2jzMTcZgiapQ", "node_name" : "017507002992-2", "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9522", "node_attributes" : { "serial" : "017507002992" }, "node_decision" : "no", "deciders" : [ { "decider" : "filter", "decision" : "NO", "explanation" : "node does not match index setting [index.routing.allocation.include] filters [_name:\"017507002992-1 OR 017507002995-2\"]" }, { "decider" : "throttling", "decision" : "THROTTLE", "explanation" : "reached the limit of outgoing shard recoveries [32] on the node [5Q5h0fs2SlOIoUSUQJvxtQ] which holds the primary, cluster setting [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_outgoing_recoveries=32] (can also be set via [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_recoveries])" } ] }, { "node_id" : "W7yxCZm3TO6-qU8Tf10nbA", "node_name" : "017507002995-1", "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9425", "node_attributes" : { "serial" : "017507002995" }, "node_decision" : "no", "deciders" : [ { "decider" : "filter", "decision" : "NO", "explanation" : "node does not match index setting [index.routing.allocation.include] filters [_name:\"017507002992-1 OR 017507002995-2\"]" }, { "decider" : "throttling", "decision" : "THROTTLE", "explanation" : "reached the limit of outgoing shard recoveries [32] on the node [5Q5h0fs2SlOIoUSUQJvxtQ] which holds the primary, cluster setting [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_outgoing_recoveries=32] (can also be set via [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_recoveries])" } ] } ] } { "index" : "pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0", "shard" : 2, "primary" : false, "current_state" : "unassigned", "unassigned_info" : { "reason" : "NODE_LEFT", "at" : "2023-03-07T08:31:22.629Z", "details" : "node_left [FbYhm730RuKShJVmjgxBpA]", "last_allocation_status" : "no_attempt" }, "can_allocate" : "throttled", "allocate_explanation" : "allocation temporarily throttled", "node_allocation_decisions" : [ { "node_id" : "FbYhm730RuKShJVmjgxBpA", "node_name" : "017507002995-2", "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9525", "node_attributes" : { "serial" : "017507002995" }, "node_decision" : "throttled", "deciders" : [ { "decider" : "throttling", "decision" : "THROTTLE", "explanation" : "reached the limit of incoming shard recoveries [32], cluster setting [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_incoming_recoveries=32] (can also be set via [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_recoveries])" } ] }, { "node_id" : "5Q5h0fs2SlOIoUSUQJvxtQ", "node_name" : "017507002992-1", "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9422", "node_attributes" : { "serial" : "017507002992" }, "node_decision" : "no", "deciders" : [ { "decider" : "same_shard", "decision" : "NO", "explanation" : "the shard cannot be allocated to the same node on which a copy of the shard already exists [[pan_20230303_68_traffic_017507002992-0][2], node[5Q5h0fs2SlOIoUSUQJvxtQ], [P], s[STARTED], a[id=3jD7cYW-RZecJjS_6JNvuA]]" }, { "decider" : "throttling", "decision" : "THROTTLE", "explanation" : "reached the limit of outgoing shard recoveries [32] on the node [5Q5h0fs2SlOIoUSUQJvxtQ] which holds the primary, cluster setting [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_outgoing_recoveries=32] (can also be set via [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_recoveries])" } ] }, { "node_id" : "MJGvQmiYSq2jzMTcZgiapQ", "node_name" : "017507002992-2", "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9522", "node_attributes" : { "serial" : "017507002992" }, "node_decision" : "no", "deciders" : [ { "decider" : "filter", "decision" : "NO", "explanation" : "node does not match index setting [index.routing.allocation.include] filters [_name:\"017507002992-1 OR 017507002995-2\"]" }, { "decider" : "throttling", "decision" : "THROTTLE", "explanation" : "reached the limit of outgoing shard recoveries [32] on the node [5Q5h0fs2SlOIoUSUQJvxtQ] which holds the primary, cluster setting [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_outgoing_recoveries=32] (can also be set via [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_recoveries])" } ] }, { "node_id" : "W7yxCZm3TO6-qU8Tf10nbA", "node_name" : "017507002995-1", "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9425", "node_attributes" : { "serial" : "017507002995" }, "node_decision" : "no", "deciders" : [ { "decider" : "filter", "decision" : "NO", "explanation" : "node does not match index setting [index.routing.allocation.include] filters [_name:\"017507002992-1 OR 017507002995-2\"]" }, { "decider" : "throttling", "decision" : "THROTTLE", "explanation" : "reached the limit of outgoing shard recoveries [32] on the node [5Q5h0fs2SlOIoUSUQJvxtQ] which holds the primary, cluster setting [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_outgoing_recoveries=32] (can also be set via [cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_recoveries])" } ] } ] } ``` What could be the problem here? Thank you very much in advance! ---
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