# Shard stuck in RELOCATING state

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-stuck-in-relocating-state/202048>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 2, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-stuck-in-relocating-state/202048 "2019-10-02T20:25:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![amitavmohanty01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amitavmohanty01/32/58017_2.png) [@amitavmohanty01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitavmohanty01)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-stuck-in-relocating-state/202048/1 "2019-10-02T20:25:39Z")

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I was moving an index from one node to another. The index had 8 shards. 6 of them have moved already but 2 are in `RELOCATING` state for more than a week. How can I check what is the reason these two shards have not yet completed moving?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-stuck-in-relocating-state/202048/2 "2019-10-30T20:25:44Z")

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