# Restarting a failed Master Node
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restarting-a-failed-master-node/67289
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restarting-a-failed-master-node/67289 "2016-11-28T00:47:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Jan-Willem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jan-Willem)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restarting-a-failed-master-node/67289/1 "2016-11-28T00:47:15Z")
I'm just reading through the documentation at: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/2.x/\_coping\_with\_failure.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/2.x/_coping_with_failure.html)
What the documentation doesn't make clear is when a previously failed master node is reinstated, does the master node change back to this node, or will the node that became the master continue to be the master?
Some clarification on the above would be appreciated.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restarting-a-failed-master-node/67289/2 "2016-11-28T00:51:15Z")
Do you mean master? There's no primary/secondary nodes in ES.
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### Author:  [@Jan-Willem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jan-Willem)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restarting-a-failed-master-node/67289/3 "2016-11-28T00:59:48Z")
Apologies, yes I do mean master. I'll reword the title and question.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restarting-a-failed-master-node/67289/4 "2016-11-28T01:00:06Z")
Then no, it won't take back over.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restarting-a-failed-master-node/67289/5 "2016-12-26T01:00:12Z")
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