# Long searching time and Yellow Status in Elastic Search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 29, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/long-searching-time-and-yellow-status-in-elastic-search/380521 "2025-07-29T08:20:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Test123000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Test123000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Test123000)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/long-searching-time-and-yellow-status-in-elastic-search/380521/1 "2025-07-29T08:20:13Z")
Hi team, I was using Elastic Search version 7.14.1. Recently it is found that the searching time increased and when I looked into the health of the Elasticsearch, the status is yellow. If there is any ways to resume the status to green and increase the performance of searching? Please find the below output of - GET /\_cat/health?v epoch timestamp cluster status node.total node.data shards pri relo init unassign pending\_tasks max\_task\_wait\_time active\_shards\_percent 1753775129 07:45:29 elasticsearch yellow 1 1 40 40 0 0 40 0 - 50.0% - GET /\_cat/indices?v health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size yellow open xxx1 uuid1 1 1 306222 23 46.7mb 46.7mb yellow open xxx2 uuid2 1 1 73 0 28.6kb 28.6kb yellow open xxx3 uuid3 1 1 0 0 208b 208b yellow open xxx4 uuid4 1 1 44 0 22.5kb 22.5kb yellow open xxx5 uuid5 1 1 5508752 43 877.7mb 877.7mb yellow open xxx6 uuid6 1 1 51 0 34.2kb 34.2kb yellow open xxx7 uuid7 1 1 6216 0 1.1mb 1.1mb yellow open xxx8 uuid8 1 1 49 0 37.2kb 37.2kb yellow open xxx9 uuid9 1 1 796410 0 122.5mb 122.5mb yellow open xxx10 uuid10 1 1 40815 0 10mb 10mb yellow open xxx11 uuid11 1 1 7294 0 1.1mb 1.1mb yellow open xxx12 uuid12 1 1 7353 0 1.4mb 1.4mb yellow open xxx13 uuid13 1 1 68 0 131.3kb 131.3kb yellow open xxx14 uuid14 1 1 19257 23 28.5mb 28.5mb yellow open xxx15 uuid15 1 1 95865 0 17.2mb 17.2mb yellow open xxx16 uuid16 1 1 0 0 208b 208b yellow open xxx17 uuid17 1 1 2 0 17.6kb 17.6kb yellow open xxx18 uuid18 1 1 242246 40 30mb 30mb yellow open xxx19 uuid19 1 1 11279550 264 2.7gb 2.7gb yellow open xxx20 uuid20 1 1 10727 0 7.2mb 7.2mb yellow open xxx21 uuid21 1 1 43769 2 25.7mb 25.7mb yellow open xxx22 uuid22 1 1 1897147 71 455.8mb 455.8mb yellow open xxx23 uuid23 1 1 1 0 13.7kb 13.7kb yellow open xxx24 uuid24 1 1 136966 0 48.2mb 48.2mb yellow open xxx25 uuid25 1 1 69036 0 18.6mb 18.6mb yellow open xxx26 uuid26 1 1 153032 15 12.6mb 12.6mb yellow open xxx27 uuid27 1 1 6 0 16.6kb 16.6kb yellow open xxx28 uuid28 1 1 57 0 43.6kb 43.6kb yellow open xxx29 uuid29 1 1 236454 0 39.2mb 39.2mb yellow open xxx30 uuid30 1 1 8 0 19.4kb 19.4kb yellow open xxx31 uuid31 1 1 481 0 470.7kb 470.7kb yellow open xxx32 uuid32 1 1 3 0 16.2kb 16.2kb yellow open xxx33 uuid33 1 1 0 0 208b 208b yellow open xxx34 uuid34 1 1 3197 1 592.7kb 592.7kb yellow open xxx35 uuid35 1 1 2453758 69 394.5mb 394.5mb yellow open xxx36 uuid36 1 1 4 0 38kb 38kb yellow open xxx37 uuid37 1 1 94785 3 53.2mb 53.2mb yellow open xxx38 uuid38 1 1 19 0 23.8kb 23.8kb yellow open xxx39 uuid39 1 1 73 0 36.8kb 36.8kb yellow open xxx40 uuid40 1 1 0 0 208b 208b - GET /\_cat/shards?v index shard prirep state docs store ip node xxx7 0 p STARTED 6216 1.1mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx7 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx9 0 p STARTED 796411 123.8mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx9 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx36 0 p STARTED 4 38kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx36 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx20 0 p STARTED 10727 7.2mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx20 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx14 0 p STARTED 19258 28.5mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx14 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx13 0 p STARTED 68 131.3kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx13 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx3 0 p STARTED 0 208b xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx3 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx31 0 p STARTED 481 470.7kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx31 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx24 0 p STARTED 136966 48.2mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx24 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx29 0 p STARTED 236455 39.3mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx29 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx17 0 p STARTED 2 17.6kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx17 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx33 0 p STARTED 0 208b xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx33 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx2 0 p STARTED 73 28.6kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx2 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx1 0 p STARTED 306222 46.7mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx1 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx23 0 p STARTED 1 13.7kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx23 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx27 0 p STARTED 6 16.6kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx27 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx21 0 p STARTED 43769 25.7mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx21 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx22 0 p STARTED 1897148 455.8mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx22 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx32 0 p STARTED 3 16.2kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx32 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx26 0 p STARTED 153032 12.6mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx26 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx34 0 p STARTED 3197 592.7kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx34 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx37 0 p STARTED 94785 53.2mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx37 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx12 0 p STARTED 7353 1.4mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx12 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx8 0 p STARTED 49 37.2kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx8 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx15 0 p STARTED 95865 17.2mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx15 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx25 0 p STARTED 69036 18.6mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx25 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx5 0 p STARTED 5508753 878.7mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx5 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx19 0 p STARTED 11279557 2.7gb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx19 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx39 0 p STARTED 73 36.8kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx39 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx11 0 p STARTED 7294 1.1mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx11 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx4 0 p STARTED 44 22.5kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx4 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx35 0 p STARTED 2453759 397mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx35 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx40 0 p STARTED 0 208b xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx40 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx10 0 p STARTED 40815 10mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx10 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx30 0 p STARTED 8 19.4kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx30 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx28 0 p STARTED 57 43.6kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx28 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx38 0 p STARTED 19 23.8kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx38 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx6 0 p STARTED 51 34.2kb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx6 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx16 0 p STARTED 0 208b xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx16 0 r UNASSIGNED xxx18 0 p STARTED 242247 30mb xx.xx.xx.xx SVR1 xxx18 0 r UNASSIGNED Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Tortoise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tortoise/32/147587_2.png) [@Tortoise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tortoise)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/long-searching-time-and-yellow-status-in-elastic-search/380521/2 "2025-07-29T08:31:45Z")
Hello @Test123000 Welcome to the community. What is the count of data nodes in your cluster? `GET /_cat/allocation?v=true` Looking at the information shared it seems you have 1 data node in your cluster because of which the replicas are Unassigned & Cluster is Yellow. If you have more than 1 data node in your cluster & the shards are still unassigned than can check using below command : `GET /_cluster/allocation/explain` If you have 1 server (1 data node) than making settings replicas = 0 for these indices will make the Cluster health = Green. Thanks!!