# Master not discovered or elected yet, an election requires 2 nodes with ids
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-or-elected-yet-an-election-requires-2-nodes-with-ids/237986
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-or-elected-yet-an-election-requires-2-nodes-with-ids/237986 "2020-06-22T02:10:56Z")
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### Author:  [@poetL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/poetL)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-or-elected-yet-an-election-requires-2-nodes-with-ids/237986/1 "2020-06-22T02:10:57Z")
I have three node clusters, one of which is a master node. The master node has been lost and there are only two slave nodes at present. However, after I rejoin the new master node, it cannot work properly
`[node33] master not discovered or elected yet, an election requires 2 nodes with ids [HPrlKfNoScmqH4LnOTekyw, D95Ry_8QTSapAILszIjEbw], have discovered [{node33}{D95Ry_8QTSapAILszIjEbw}{JTsZQFP0SRK57eiqUMfszQ}{172.16.60.33}{172.16.60.33:9300}{dilm}{ml.machine_memory=68419936256, xpack.installed=true, ml.max_open_jobs=20}, {node36}{xetNFXHoRKqhxauGYl4Bqg}{ZfuCtTiNTDChzI4yZXoqxw}{172.16.60.36}{172.16.60.36:9300}{dilm}{ml.machine_memory=68419932160, ml.max_open_jobs=20, xpack.installed=true}, {node34}{HPrlKfNoScmqH4LnOTekyw}{gCSn1Sg6QmeXI68Zr6by2w}{172.16.60.34}{172.16.60.34:9300}{dilm}{ml.machine_memory=67501502464, ml.max_open_jobs=20, xpack.installed=true}] which is a quorum; discovery will continue using [172.16.60.34:9300, 172.16.60.36:9300] from hosts providers and [{node33}{D95Ry_8QTSapAILszIjEbw}{JTsZQFP0SRK57eiqUMfszQ}{172.16.60.33}{172.16.60.33:9300}{dilm}{ml.machine_memory=68419936256, xpack.installed=true, ml.max_open_jobs=20}] from last-known cluster state; node term 0, last-accepted version 0 in term 0`
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-or-elected-yet-an-election-requires-2-nodes-with-ids/237986/2 "2020-06-24T05:05:07Z")
[Having a cluster with only one master eligible node means you have no resilience](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/high-availability-cluster-small-clusters.html). As the master node hold the state, losing this means you may have also lost the data. I would recommend setting up a new cluster and restoring from a snapshot. If this is not possible you might find some guidance [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/node-tool.html).
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### Author:  [@poetL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/poetL)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-or-elected-yet-an-election-requires-2-nodes-with-ids/237986/3 "2020-06-24T05:27:09Z")
- Thank you. That helped me a lot
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-or-elected-yet-an-election-requires-2-nodes-with-ids/237986/4 "2020-07-22T05:27:26Z")
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