# Shard initialization stuck - RecoveryFailedException

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-initialization-stuck-recoveryfailedexception/170508>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 1, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-initialization-stuck-recoveryfailedexception/170508 "2019-03-01T13:52:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-initialization-stuck-recoveryfailedexception/170508/3 "2019-03-01T14:09:46Z")

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Yes, and we are currently upgrading to a newer version. I will then try again.

But meanwhile, if another person has experienced this problem and understood/solved it.  
I saw multiple other mentions of this problem (example: [Cluster stuck in Initializing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-stuck-in-initializing/39202)), but I have not found an answer yet.

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