# Elasticsearch snapshot stuck for several days

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-stuck-for-several-days/51724>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 2, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-stuck-for-several-days/51724 "2016-06-02T16:35:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ES\_3000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/es_3000/32/10118_2.png) [@ES\_3000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ES_3000)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-stuck-for-several-days/51724/1 "2016-06-02T16:35:16Z")

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We are having issues with a snapshot that failed to complete or timeout. It's been running now for 7 days.

> {  
> "snapshots": [  
> {  
> "snapshot": "curator-20160528130005",  
> "version\_id": 1070199,  
> "version": "1.7.1",  
> "indices": [  
> "logstash-2016.05.19-1",  
> "logstash-2016.05.20-1",  
> "logstash-2016.05.21-1",  
> "logstash-2016.05.22-1",  
> "logstash-2016.05.23-1",  
> "logstash-2016.05.24-1",  
> "logstash-2016.05.25-1",  
> "old-logstash-2016.05.19-1",  
> "old-logstash-2016.05.20-1",  
> "old-logstash-2016.05.21-1",  
> "old-logstash-2016.05.22-1",  
> "old-logstash-2016.05.23-1",  
> "old-logstash-2016.05.24-1",  
> "old-logstash-2016.05.25-1"  
> ],  
> "state": "IN\_PROGRESS",  
> "start\_time": "2016-05-28T13:00:10.565Z",  
> "start\_time\_in\_millis": 1464440410565,  
> "failures": ,  
> "shards": {  
> "total": 0,  
> "failed": 0,  
> "successful": 0  
> }  
> }  
> ]  
> }

We are also unable to delete the snapshot, the command hangs.

> curl -XDELETE "localhost:9200/\_snapshot/es\_snapshots/curator-20160528130005"

Is there any way to force this? We have put off rolling restarts of cluster nodes due to the size of the cluster and recovery times.

Many thanks,

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**Author:** ![ES\_3000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/es_3000/32/10118_2.png) [@ES\_3000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ES_3000)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-stuck-for-several-days/51724/2 "2016-06-06T16:26:19Z")

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Full Cluster restart fixed the issue

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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 5, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-stuck-for-several-days/51724/3 "2017-07-05T22:45:54Z")

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