# Installation - receive this message:

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-receive-this-message/384603>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 18, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-receive-this-message/384603 "2026-01-18T22:12:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jwelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jwelby](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jwelby)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-receive-this-message/384603/1 "2026-01-18T22:12:59Z")

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| error | |
| --- | --- |
| root\_cause | |
| 0 | |
| type | "status\_exception" |
| reason | "Cluster state has not been recovered yet, cannot write to the [null] index" |
| type | "authentication\_processing\_error" |
| reason | "failed to promote the auto-configured elastic password hash" |
| caused\_by | |
| type | "status\_exception" |
| reason | "Cluster state has not been recovered yet, cannot write to the [null] index" |
| status | 503 |

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**Author:** ![discourse\_ai\_spam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@discourse\_ai\_spam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/discourse_ai_spam)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-receive-this-message/384603/2 "2026-01-18T22:13:01Z")

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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:** [January 18, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-receive-this-message/384603/3 "2026-01-18T23:53:12Z")

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**Author:** ![xeraa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xeraa/32/48181_2.png) [@xeraa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xeraa)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-receive-this-message/384603/4 "2026-01-18T23:55:12Z")

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I think we'll need some logs from Elasticsearch to see what's happening there. Also some details like the version, if this is a brand new cluster or an upgrade, how you've installed it,... might help.

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**Author:** ![jwelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jwelby](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jwelby)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-receive-this-message/384603/5 "2026-01-19T12:23:12Z")

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Test…I tried pasting logs and the elasticearch.yml into a Reply and I get the message that I can’t “post to this host”

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-receive-this-message/384603/6 "2026-01-19T20:45:47Z")

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Try with [https://pastebin.com/](https://pastebin.com/) or a similar location.