# Recovery of replica from the local node

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovery-of-replica-from-the-local-node/119309>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 9, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovery-of-replica-from-the-local-node/119309 "2018-02-09T21:51:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![fhalde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fhalde/32/21419_2.png) [@fhalde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fhalde)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovery-of-replica-from-the-local-node/119309/1 "2018-02-09T21:51:44Z")

</div>

I was wondering why replica recover happens over the network? I mean let's say a node containing a primary went down. Then the replica becomes the primary. Now when the previous node comes back up, can't the shard on that node just become the replica?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovery-of-replica-from-the-local-node/119309/2 "2018-03-09T21:52:08Z")

</div>

Closed on March 9, 2018, 9:52pm UTC

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.