# Macos install elastic agent 8.6.1 unhealthy

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/macos-install-elastic-agent-8-6-1-unhealthy/324782>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Created:** [February 6, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/macos-install-elastic-agent-8-6-1-unhealthy/324782 "2023-02-06T10:10:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/macos-install-elastic-agent-8-6-1-unhealthy/324782/1 "2023-02-06T10:10:44Z")

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I'm installing elastic agent 8.6.1 and the backend says unhealthy，What can be done about it?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/a/fa5ff465f7564ba2b22c8d0c108ebe0705dd0d89.png)

Checking the status shows the following error：

```auto
elastic-agent-8.6.1-darwin-x86_64 % sudo /Library/Elastic/Agent/elastic-agent status --output=yaml
info:
  id: xxxxxx
  version: 8.6.1
  commit: xxxxxx
  build_time: 2023-01-25 02:32:02 +0000 UTC
  snapshot: false
state: 3
message: 1 or more components/units in a failed state
  - unit_id: endpoint-default
    unit_type: 1
    state: 4
    message: 'Failed: not reported in check-in'

```

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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:** [March 6, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/macos-install-elastic-agent-8-6-1-unhealthy/324782/2 "2023-03-06T10:11:28Z")

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