# How to fix shard routing delay when index is created in rebalancing?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-shard-routing-delay-when-index-is-created-in-rebalancing/82101>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 12, 2017, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-shard-routing-delay-when-index-is-created-in-rebalancing/82101 "2017-04-12T06:58:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ABChocolate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@ABChocolate](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ABChocolate)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-shard-routing-delay-when-index-is-created-in-rebalancing/82101/1 "2017-04-12T06:58:26Z")

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Hi,

Shard routing is delayed when index is created during rebalancing.

Is there a way to solve this problem?

If not, is index creation not possible until the entire shard is redistributed?

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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:** [May 10, 2017, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-shard-routing-delay-when-index-is-created-in-rebalancing/82101/2 "2017-05-10T07:05:41Z")

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Closed on May 10, 2017, 7:05am UTC

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