# How Refresh works between primary and replica shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-refresh-works-between-primary-and-replica-shards/219181>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-refresh-works-between-primary-and-replica-shards/219181 "2020-02-13T10:04:56Z")\
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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:** [February 13, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-refresh-works-between-primary-and-replica-shards/219181/2 "2020-02-13T11:21:09Z")

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No, refresh is not synchronized between the different copies of a shard.

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