# Retry interval on failed shard allocation attempts **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 2, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retry-interval-on-failed-shard-allocation-attempts/239646 "2020-07-02T13:37:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@Barak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Barak)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retry-interval-on-failed-shard-allocation-attempts/239646/1 "2020-07-02T13:37:12Z")
I couldn't find any information about it, is there (or will there be) an option to set the interval between each shard allocation retry attempt? I am asking because even though I raised the retry limit to 20 or 30 on some of my indices, I am still reaching this limit occasionally and thus remain with unassigned shards until I manually handle it. An interval of ±5minutes would have worked for my scenario. What is the current interval? Thanks ---
**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:** [July 2, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retry-interval-on-failed-shard-allocation-attempts/239646/2 "2020-07-02T14:14:06Z")
There is no delay, Elasticsearch will retry assigning unassigned shards as soon as possible. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retry-interval-on-failed-shard-allocation-attempts/239646/3 "2020-07-30T14:14:13Z")
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