# How to fix shard allocation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-shard-allocation/118797>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 7, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-shard-allocation/118797 "2018-02-07T10:10:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jasonespo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Jasonespo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jasonespo)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-shard-allocation/118797/1 "2018-02-07T10:10:00Z")

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GET .watches/\_search/

returns:

```
{
  "error": {
"root_cause": [],
"type": "search_phase_execution_exception",
"reason": "all shards failed",
"phase": "query",
"grouped": true,
"failed_shards": []
  },
  "status": 503
}

```

I would like to know if there is a way to fix my shards?

I have a number of watchers within the watches section of Kibana that I need to access but am getting a Watcher: Error 503 Service Unavailable: [search\_phase\_execution\_exception] all shards failed error when I try.

Please advise.

J

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**Author:** ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-shard-allocation/118797/2 "2018-02-07T17:08:58Z")

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hi @Jasonespo,

this seems to be a dupe of [How to fix shard allocation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-shard-allocation/118797). Let's just continue the discussion there.

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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:** [March 7, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-shard-allocation/118797/3 "2018-03-07T17:10:50Z")

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