# Master not discovered, removed nodes have been totally destroyed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-removed-nodes-have-been-totally-destroyed/206143>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 1, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-removed-nodes-have-been-totally-destroyed/206143 "2019-11-01T10:21:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-removed-nodes-have-been-totally-destroyed/206143/7 "2019-11-01T12:13:32Z")

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If you lost half or more of the master nodes then you have lost the cluster metadata, without which Elasticsearch cannot correctly interpret the data held in all the shards. Since you don't have a snapshot either the only sensible thing to do is rebuild the cluster from data held elsewhere as best as you can.

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