# ELK Replication- Doc count mismatch between the leader & follower

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-replication-doc-count-mismatch-between-the-leader-follower/371546>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ccr-cross-cluster-replication\
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-replication-doc-count-mismatch-between-the-leader-follower/371546 "2024-12-05T15:40:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![sudhakartata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sudhakartata](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sudhakartata)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-replication-doc-count-mismatch-between-the-leader-follower/371546/1 "2024-12-05T15:40:17Z")

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The doc count in the follower is less than the count from leader. Is that normal? Or is that an issue that needs to be looked into? Was wondering it's a bug. Any help is appreciated