# Recovering a cluster when less than quorum number of master nodes are healthy

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovering-a-cluster-when-less-than-quorum-number-of-master-nodes-are-healthy/391270>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 29, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovering-a-cluster-when-less-than-quorum-number-of-master-nodes-are-healthy/391270 "2026-10-29T10:56:40Z")\
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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:** [October 29, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovering-a-cluster-when-less-than-quorum-number-of-master-nodes-are-healthy/391270/4 "2026-10-29T15:29:00Z")

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> [@RainTown](#):
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> In a 2024 thread

Ha well spotted @RainTown[Index stuck in yellow unable to assign replica due to translog corruption - #4 by DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-stuck-in-yellow-unable-to-assign-replica-due-to-translog-corruption/356556/4) calls out exactly the same issue: incorrectly reordering `write()` and `fsync()` calls. Your storage is apparently still broken.

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