# Shards got stuck in INITIALIZING state **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 19, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-got-stuck-in-initializing-state/20843 "2014-11-19T17:36:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tetlika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c6cbf5/32.png) [@tetlika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tetlika)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-got-stuck-in-initializing-state/20843/1 "2014-11-19T17:36:06Z")
hi, I'm on ES 1.4.0, java 1.7, 15 shards , and 1 replica after adding new node to cluster two shards (backup) are stuck in INITIALIZING state, while no errors in logs. There is enough free space on all servers (more that 90%), also I see the size of those stucked shards is increasing and is already more than size of primary shards I tried to set number of replicas to 0, then cluster became green after that I did number of replicas 1, and the same shards stucked but on different servers this time what it can be?, thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4fb4f7d1-9463-4a02-874e-7907d787fd54%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4fb4f7d1-9463-4a02-874e-7907d787fd54%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![vb3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7993a0/32.png) [@vb3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vb3)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-got-stuck-in-initializing-state/20843/2 "2016-04-26T15:07:06Z")
Hi any resolution for this? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-got-stuck-in-initializing-state/20843/3 "2017-07-05T22:56:14Z")