# Index is red and UNASSIGNED, reason: node\_left **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 22, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-is-red-and-unassigned-reason-node-left/72380 "2017-01-22T03:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nanshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@nanshan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nanshan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-is-red-and-unassigned-reason-node-left/72380/1 "2017-01-22T03:25:01Z")
```auto curl -XGET localhost:9200/_cat/shards?h=index,shard,prirep,state,unassigned.reason| grep UNASSIGNED index-2017.01.20 3 p UNASSIGNED NODE_LEFT ``` When a node has been restarted, then some index will be unassigned. Any config I can do to prevent this will happen ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-is-red-and-unassigned-reason-node-left/72380/2 "2017-01-22T03:26:05Z")
What version are you on? ---
**Author:** ![nanshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@nanshan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nanshan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-is-red-and-unassigned-reason-node-left/72380/3 "2017-01-22T03:26:46Z")
5.1.1 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-is-red-and-unassigned-reason-node-left/72380/4 "2017-02-19T03:27:12Z")
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