# IndexShardMissingException
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexshardmissingexception/14944
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 19, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexshardmissingexception/14944 "2013-12-19T01:56:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@lobster777](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lobster777)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexshardmissingexception/14944/1 "2013-12-19T01:56:14Z")
[2013-12-19 17:34:27,130][WARN][org.elasticsearch.cluster.service] [IndexNode] failed to apply updated cluster state:
version [6], source [close-index [1387296000]]
nodes:
[IndexNode][SZ\_fDDgLQ6yuRmmZjaAMiQ][inet[/128.18.110.167:9300]], local, master
routing\_table:
routing\_nodes:
-----node\_id[SZ\_fDDgLQ6yuRmmZjaAMiQ][V]
---- unassigned
org.elasticsearch.index.IndexShardMissingException: [1387296000][0] missing
at org.elasticsearch.index.service.InternalIndexService.shardInjectorSafe(InternalIndexService.java:296)
at de.spinscale.elasticsearch.service.suggest.SuggestService$2.beforeIndexShardClosed(SuggestService.java:73)
at org.elasticsearch.indices.InternalIndicesLifecycle.beforeIndexShardClosed(InternalIndicesLifecycle.java:104)
at org.elasticsearch.index.service.InternalIndexService.removeShard(InternalIndexService.java:371)
at org.elasticsearch.indices.cluster.IndicesClusterStateService.applyDeletedShards(IndicesClusterStateService.java:285)
at org.elasticsearch.indices.cluster.IndicesClusterStateService.clusterChanged(IndicesClusterStateService.java:181)
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.InternalClusterService$UpdateTask.run(InternalClusterService.java:395)
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor$TieBreakingPrioritizedRunnable.run(PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor.java:135)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
[2013-12-19 17:34:40,389][INFO][org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata] [IndexNode] [1387296000] opening index
[2013-12-19 17:34:40,417][WARN][org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin] [IndexNode] [1387296000][0] shard is locked, releasing lock
[2013-12-19 17:34:40,417][WARN][org.elasticsearch.indices.cluster] [IndexNode] [1387296000][0] failed to start shard
org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayRecoveryException: [1387296000][0] failed recovery
at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayService$1.run(IndexShardGatewayService.java:227)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.index.engine.EngineCreationFailureException: [1387296000][0] failed to create engine
at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.start(RobinEngine.java:257)
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.InternalIndexShard.start(InternalIndexShard.java:302)
at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.local.LocalIndexShardGateway.recover(LocalIndexShardGateway.java:192)
at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayService$1.run(IndexShardGatewayService.java:174)
... 3 more
Caused by: org.apache.lucene.store.LockReleaseFailedException: Cannot forcefully unlock a NativeFSLock which is held by another indexer component: D:\eSight\LogCenter\indexserver\data\IndexServer128.18.110.167\nodes\0\indices\1387296000\0\index\write.lock
at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLock.release(NativeFSLockFactory.java:295)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.unlock(IndexWriter.java:4168)
at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.createWriter(RobinEngine.java:1356)
at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.start(RobinEngine.java:255)
... 6 more
I'm using ES 0.90.5 , when I close Index it returns acknowledged:false,start it ,shards unassigned,then logs shows above.
Does anyone know what cause these errors and how to avoid it?
Thank you very much!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexshardmissingexception/14944/2 "2017-07-06T02:00:19Z")