# Fix broken cluster with elasticsearch-node detach-cluster not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fix-broken-cluster-with-elasticsearch-node-detach-cluster-not-working/260070>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fix-broken-cluster-with-elasticsearch-node-detach-cluster-not-working/260070 "2021-01-04T09:43:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fix-broken-cluster-with-elasticsearch-node-detach-cluster-not-working/260070/18 "2021-01-04T17:58:28Z")

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> [@ebuildy](#):
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> So I dont have any data loss ! et voilà

The fact that you are required to pass `?accept_data_loss=true` to that API should tell you that this is completely false.

Yes, things go wrong, that's why you [must set up snapshots](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/important-settings.html#important-settings-backups).

Dangerous tools like `elasticsearch-node` and the dangling indices API exist for cases where things go so badly wrong that data loss is inevitable. They are not awesome at all, they are a last resort for when things are desperately broken. They don't really "fix" anything and if you use them as a matter of course then you will eventually lose data as a result.

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