# Is there a way to check shard initialization completion status

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-shard-initialization-completion-status/1424>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 27, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-shard-initialization-completion-status/1424 "2015-05-27T21:04:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![javadevmtl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javadevmtl/32/45613_2.png) [@javadevmtl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javadevmtl)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-shard-initialization-completion-status/1424/1 "2015-05-27T21:04:49Z")

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So \_cat/shards tells you the status, but not how long it needs. It seem to take for ever to initialize a shard.

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**Author:** ![tylerjl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylerjl/32/44965_2.png) [@tylerjl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylerjl)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-shard-initialization-completion-status/1424/2 "2015-05-27T23:52:53Z")

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Have you tried using `_cat/recovery`? There isn't an ETA per se, but there are percentages that give you a good idea regarding the completion of shard initialization.

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**Author:** ![javadevmtl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javadevmtl/32/45613_2.png) [@javadevmtl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javadevmtl)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-shard-initialization-completion-status/1424/3 "2015-05-28T15:11:31Z")

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\_cat/recovery didn't seem to show data for initializing shards. It's all down so i'll check next time I guess.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-shard-initialization-completion-status/1424/4 "2017-07-06T00:11:14Z")

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