# ElasticSearch resilency problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-resilency-problem/8434>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 17, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-resilency-problem/8434 "2012-07-17T12:10:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@Sicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sicker)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-resilency-problem/8434/1 "2012-07-17T12:10:28Z")

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I try to reproduce the issue after the connection between node are failed  
for 5 minutes and elasticSearch should be rejoin again but it's not.

Is this right scenario that elasticSearch can auto recovery?

This is the log file from my environment

\*Node1 Log \*

[2012-07-17 15:52:40,988][INFO][node] [Uni-Mind]  
{0.19.8}[11777]: initializing ...  
[2012-07-17 15:52:41,015][INFO][plugins] [Uni-Mind]  
loaded [analysis-icu], sites [bigdesk, head]  
[2012-07-17 15:52:44,292][INFO][node] [Uni-Mind]  
{0.19.8}[11777]: initialized  
[2012-07-17 15:52:44,292][INFO][node] [Uni-Mind]  
{0.19.8}[11777]: starting ...  
[2012-07-17 15:52:44,435][INFO][transport] [Uni-Mind]  
bound\_address {inet[/0.0.0.0:9300]}, publish\_address  
{inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]}  
[2012-07-17 15:52:47,487][INFO][cluster.service] [Uni-Mind]  
new\_master [Uni-Mind][DIVmfDo3TMG6gZpn-troGw][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]],  
reason: zen-disco-join (elected\_as\_master)  
[2012-07-17 15:52:47,568][INFO][discovery] [Uni-Mind]  
topicsearch/DIVmfDo3TMG6gZpn-troGw  
[2012-07-17 15:52:47,605][INFO][http] [Uni-Mind]  
bound\_address {inet[/0.0.0.0:9200]}, publish\_address  
{inet[/192.168.236.101:9200]}  
[2012-07-17 15:52:47,733][INFO][gateway] [Uni-Mind]  
recovered [0] indices into cluster\_state  
[2012-07-17 15:52:47,786][INFO][jmx] [Uni-Mind]  
bound\_address {service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://:9400/jmxrmi}, publish\_address  
{service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://192.168.236.101:9400/jmxrmi}  
[2012-07-17 15:52:47,786][INFO][node] [Uni-Mind]  
{0.19.8}[11777]: started  
[2012-07-17 15:53:11,223][INFO][cluster.metadata] [Uni-Mind]  
[twitter] creating index, cause [api], shards [5]/[0], mappings []  
[2012-07-17 15:54:59,850][INFO][cluster.service] [Uni-Mind]  
added {[Doorman][mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]],},  
reason: zen-disco-receive(join from  
node[[Doorman][mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]]])  
[2012-07-17 15:57:08,945][INFO][cluster.service] [Uni-Mind]  
removed {[Doorman][mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]],},  
reason:  
zen-disco-node\_failed([Doorman][mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]]),  
reason failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] timeout  
[2012-07-17 15:57:08,979][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [Uni-Mind]  
failed to execute on node [mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][cluster/nodes/info/n] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:08,982][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.stats]  
[Uni-Mind] failed to execute on node [mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][cluster/nodes/stats/n] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:08,986][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [Uni-Mind]  
failed to execute on node [mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][cluster/nodes/info/n] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:08,987][DEBUG][action.admin.indices.status] [Uni-Mind]  
[twitter][1], node[mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg], [P], s[STARTED]: Failed to  
execute  
[org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.IndicesStatusRequest@78dee892]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][indices/status/s] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:08,998][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.stats]  
[Uni-Mind] failed to execute on node [mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][cluster/nodes/stats/n] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:08,999][DEBUG][action.admin.indices.status] [Uni-Mind]  
[twitter][1], node[mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg], [P], s[STARTED]: Failed to  
execute  
[org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.IndicesStatusRequest@45c9d650]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][indices/status/s] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:09,000][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.stats]  
[Uni-Mind] failed to execute on node [mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][cluster/nodes/stats/n] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:09,001][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [Uni-Mind]  
failed to execute on node [mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][cluster/nodes/info/n] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:09,002][DEBUG][action.admin.indices.status] [Uni-Mind]  
[twitter][0], node[mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg], [P], s[STARTED]: Failed to  
execute  
[org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.IndicesStatusRequest@2fbb1447]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][indices/status/s] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:09,023][DEBUG][action.admin.indices.status] [Uni-Mind]  
[twitter][0], node[mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg], [P], s[STARTED]: Failed to  
execute  
[org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.IndicesStatusRequest@78dee892]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][indices/status/s] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:09,032][DEBUG][action.admin.indices.status] [Uni-Mind]  
[twitter][0], node[mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg], [P], s[STARTED]: Failed to  
execute  
[org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.IndicesStatusRequest@45c9d650]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][indices/status/s] disconnected  
[2012-07-17 15:57:09,045][DEBUG][action.admin.indices.status] [Uni-Mind]  
[twitter][1], node[mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg], [P], s[STARTED]: Failed to  
execute  
[org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.status.IndicesStatusRequest@2fbb1447]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.NodeDisconnectedException:  
[Doorman][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]][indices/status/s] disconnected

\*Node 2 Log \*

[2012-07-17 15:54:52,932][INFO][node] [Doorman]  
{0.19.8}[4078]: initializing ...  
[2012-07-17 15:54:52,952][INFO][plugins] [Doorman]  
loaded [analysis-icu], sites [bigdesk, head]  
[2012-07-17 15:54:56,243][INFO][node] [Doorman]  
{0.19.8}[4078]: initialized  
[2012-07-17 15:54:56,243][INFO][node] [Doorman]  
{0.19.8}[4078]: starting ...  
[2012-07-17 15:54:56,421][INFO][transport] [Doorman]  
bound\_address {inet[/0.0.0.0:9300]}, publish\_address  
{inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]}  
[2012-07-17 15:54:59,566][INFO][cluster.service] [Doorman]  
detected\_master  
[Uni-Mind][DIVmfDo3TMG6gZpn-troGw][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]], added  
{[Uni-Mind][DIVmfDo3TMG6gZpn-troGw][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]],}, reason:  
zen-disco-receive(from master  
[[Uni-Mind][DIVmfDo3TMG6gZpn-troGw][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]]])  
[2012-07-17 15:54:59,693][INFO][discovery] [Doorman]  
topicsearch/mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg  
[2012-07-17 15:54:59,699][INFO][http] [Doorman]  
bound\_address {inet[/0.0.0.0:9200]}, publish\_address  
{inet[/192.168.236.102:9200]}  
[2012-07-17 15:54:59,853][INFO][jmx] [Doorman]  
bound\_address {service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://:9400/jmxrmi}, publish\_address  
{service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://192.168.236.102:9400/jmxrmi}  
[2012-07-17 15:54:59,853][INFO][node] [Doorman]  
{0.19.8}[4078]: started  
[2012-07-17 15:57:08,663][INFO][discovery.zen] [Doorman]  
master\_left  
[[Uni-Mind][DIVmfDo3TMG6gZpn-troGw][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]]], reason  
[failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] timeout]  
[2012-07-17 15:57:08,665][INFO][cluster.service] [Doorman]  
master {new [Doorman][mC4QbYBgSKi-uKcoysCBJg][inet[/192.168.236.102:9300]],  
previous [Uni-Mind][DIVmfDo3TMG6gZpn-troGw][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]]},  
removed {[Uni-Mind][DIVmfDo3TMG6gZpn-troGw][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]],},  
reason: zen-disco-master\_failed  
([Uni-Mind][DIVmfDo3TMG6gZpn-troGw][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]])  
[2012-07-17 16:14:36,802][INFO][cluster.metadata] [Doorman]  
[test2] creating index, cause [api], shards [5]/[1], mappings []  
[2012-07-17 16:14:55,617][INFO][cluster.service] [Doorman] added  
{[Asmodeus][zOAExMUjRl2MiqLrn5lGMA][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]],}, reason:  
zen-disco-receive(join from  
node[[Asmodeus][zOAExMUjRl2MiqLrn5lGMA][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]]])  
[2012-07-17 16:14:55,771][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.stats] [Doorman]  
failed to execute on node [zOAExMUjRl2MiqLrn5lGMA]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.RemoteTransportException:  
[Asmodeus][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]][cluster/nodes/stats/n]  
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.NodeOperationResponse.writeTo(NodeOperationResponse.java:66)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.stats.NodeStats.writeTo(NodeStats.java:290)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.support.TransportStreams.buildResponse(TransportStreams.java:137)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransportChannel.sendResponse(NettyTransportChannel.java:77)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransportChannel.sendResponse(NettyTransportChannel.java:68)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$NodeTransportHandler.messageReceived(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:276)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$NodeTransportHandler.messageReceived(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:267)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler$RequestHandler.run(MessageChannelHandler.java:400)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)  
[2012-07-17 16:14:55,781][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [Doorman]  
failed to execute on node [zOAExMUjRl2MiqLrn5lGMA]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.RemoteTransportException:  
[Asmodeus][inet[/192.168.236.101:9300]][cluster/nodes/info/n]  
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.NodeOperationResponse.writeTo(NodeOperationResponse.java:66)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.NodeInfo.writeTo(NodeInfo.java:285)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.support.TransportStreams.buildResponse(TransportStreams.java:137)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransportChannel.sendResponse(NettyTransportChannel.java:77)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransportChannel.sendResponse(NettyTransportChannel.java:68)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$NodeTransportHandler.messageReceived(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:276)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$NodeTransportHandler.messageReceived(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:267)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler$RequestHandler.run(MessageChannelHandler.java:400)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-resilency-problem/8434/2 "2017-07-06T03:20:08Z")

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