# Elasticsearch throws 503 Server Unavailable error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-throws-503-server-unavailable-error/348898>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 8, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-throws-503-server-unavailable-error/348898 "2023-12-08T13:52:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-throws-503-server-unavailable-error/348898/2 "2023-12-08T14:37:48Z")

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Closed duplicate of

> [@Elasticsearch throws error 503 Server Unavailable](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-throws-error-503-server-unavailable/348896):
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> I am facing one issue with the Elasticsearch in the production environment. Elasticsearch stops responding to the API calls and it needs to be restarted. Logs collected from Elasticsearch are as follows When the issue occurs we start seeing following logs, after this all API calls fail [o.e.a.a.i.s.TransportIndicesStatsAction] failed to execute [indices:monitor/stats] on node [JD-iowTKQR-o\_5hEjJSNow] org.elasticsearch.transport.ReceiveTimeoutTransportException: [GT-EVAULTIDX01][127.0.0.1:920…

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