# Elasticsearch primary stuck in initializing status,help?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-primary-stuck-in-initializing-status-help/57396>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 6, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-primary-stuck-in-initializing-status-help/57396 "2016-08-06T08:08:51Z")\
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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:** [August 6, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-primary-stuck-in-initializing-status-help/57396/4 "2016-08-06T09:58:28Z")

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Please read [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21)

Especially the paragraph starting with `Also be patient`.

You probably have too many shards per node here.

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