# Shards stuck in initializing status for long time **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 26, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-stuck-in-initializing-status-for-long-time/10900 "2013-02-26T06:48:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dong\_Aihua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dong_aihua/32/2413_2.png) [@Dong\_Aihua](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dong_Aihua)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-stuck-in-initializing-status-for-long-time/10900/1 "2013-02-26T06:48:52Z")
Hi, guys: I created a new cluster from scratch. After the cluster is up, I tried to create some empty indices for example index-2013-02-25, index-2013-02-26, index-2013-02-27, index-2013-03-01, etc But some shards stuck in initializing status for long time. { "cluster\_name" : "es-test", "status" : "yellow", "timed\_out" : false, "number\_of\_nodes" : 20, "number\_of\_data\_nodes" : 15, "active\_primary\_shards" : 105, "active\_shards" : 201, "relocating\_shards" : 0, "initializing\_shards" : 9, "unassigned\_shards" : 0 } There is no error log in the logs. Moreover when I created index-2013-03-02, the cluster became to red. { "cluster\_name" : "es-test", "status" : "red", "timed\_out" : false, "number\_of\_nodes" : 20, "number\_of\_data\_nodes" : 15, "active\_primary\_shards" : 119, "active\_shards" : 228, "relocating\_shards" : 0, "initializing\_shards" : 11, "unassigned\_shards" : 1 } Does anyone know why this happen? Thank you very much! -Regards- -Dong Aihua- -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Dong\_Aihua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dong_aihua/32/2413_2.png) [@Dong\_Aihua](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dong_Aihua)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-stuck-in-initializing-status-for-long-time/10900/2 "2013-02-26T07:23:36Z")
By the way, I set the log level to trace, and checked the logs, no error logs are shown. but from the logs, I can know some shards are initializing and unassigned. 在 2013年2月26日星期二UTC+9下午3时48分52秒，jackiedong写道： > Hi, guys: > I created a new cluster from scratch. > After the cluster is up, I tried to create some empty indices for > example index-2013-02-25, index-2013-02-26, index-2013-02-27, > index-2013-03-01, etc > But some shards stuck in initializing status for long time. > { > "cluster\_name" : "es-test", > "status" : "yellow", > "timed\_out" : false, > "number\_of\_nodes" : 20, > "number\_of\_data\_nodes" : 15, > "active\_primary\_shards" : 105, > "active\_shards" : 201, > "relocating\_shards" : 0, > "initializing\_shards" : 9, > "unassigned\_shards" : 0 > } > There is no error log in the logs. > > Moreover when I created index-2013-03-02, the cluster became to red. > { > "cluster\_name" : "es-test", > "status" : "red", > "timed\_out" : false, > "number\_of\_nodes" : 20, > "number\_of\_data\_nodes" : 15, > "active\_primary\_shards" : 119, > "active\_shards" : 228, > "relocating\_shards" : 0, > "initializing\_shards" : 11, > "unassigned\_shards" : 1 > } > > Does anyone know why this happen? > Thank you very much! > > -Regards- > -Dong Aihua- -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-stuck-in-initializing-status-for-long-time/10900/3 "2013-02-26T07:44:55Z")
Did you set anything for your indices or did you use defaults? Did you modify anyhow elasticsearch.yml? Is it on a single box? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 26 févr. 2013 à 08:23, jackiedong [jackiedong168@gmail.com](mailto:jackiedong168@gmail.com) a écrit : > By the way, I set the log level to trace, and checked the logs, no error logs are shown. but from the logs, I can know some shards are initializing and unassigned. > > 在 2013年2月26日星期二UTC+9下午3时48分52秒，jackiedong写道： > > > Hi, guys: > > I created a new cluster from scratch. > > After the cluster is up, I tried to create some empty indices for example index-2013-02-25, index-2013-02-26, index-2013-02-27, index-2013-03-01, etc > > But some shards stuck in initializing status for long time. > > { > > "cluster\_name" : "es-test", > > "status" : "yellow", > > "timed\_out" : false, > > "number\_of\_nodes" : 20, > > "number\_of\_data\_nodes" : 15, > > "active\_primary\_shards" : 105, > > "active\_shards" : 201, > > "relocating\_shards" : 0, > > "initializing\_shards" : 9, > > "unassigned\_shards" : 0 > > } > > There is no error log in the logs. > > > > Moreover when I created index-2013-03-02, the cluster became to red. > > { > > "cluster\_name" : "es-test", > > "status" : "red", > > "timed\_out" : false, > > "number\_of\_nodes" : 20, > > "number\_of\_data\_nodes" : 15, > > "active\_primary\_shards" : 119, > > "active\_shards" : 228, > > "relocating\_shards" : 0, > > "initializing\_shards" : 11, > > "unassigned\_shards" : 1 > > } > > > > Does anyone know why this happen? > > Thank you very much! > > > > -Regards- > > -Dong Aihua- > > -- > > 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). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Dong\_Aihua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dong_aihua/32/2413_2.png) [@Dong\_Aihua](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dong_Aihua)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-stuck-in-initializing-status-for-long-time/10900/4 "2013-02-26T08:02:36Z")
I used 20 machines. And I just tried 0.20.4 and 0.20.5, the same problem. But for 0.19.11, the problem disappeared. All the empty indices can be created successfully instantly even for some strange index names. So I guess maybe ES has some bugs for 0.20.4 and 0.20.5. -Regards- -Dong Aihua- 在 2013年2月26日星期二UTC+9下午4时44分55秒，David Pilato写道： > Did you set anything for your indices or did you use defaults? > > Did you modify anyhow elasticsearch.yml? > > Is it on a single box? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 26 févr. 2013 à 08:23, jackiedong \<[jackie...@gmail.com](mailto:jackie...@gmail.com) \\> > a écrit : > > By the way, I set the log level to trace, and checked the logs, no error > logs are shown. but from the logs, I can know some shards are initializing > and unassigned. > > 在 2013年2月26日星期二UTC+9下午3时48分52秒，jackiedong写道： > > > Hi, guys: > > I created a new cluster from scratch. > > After the cluster is up, I tried to create some empty indices for > > example index-2013-02-25, index-2013-02-26, index-2013-02-27, > > index-2013-03-01, etc > > But some shards stuck in initializing status for long time. > > { > > "cluster\_name" : "es-test", > > "status" : "yellow", > > "timed\_out" : false, > > "number\_of\_nodes" : 20, > > "number\_of\_data\_nodes" : 15, > > "active\_primary\_shards" : 105, > > "active\_shards" : 201, > > "relocating\_shards" : 0, > > "initializing\_shards" : 9, > > "unassigned\_shards" : 0 > > } > > There is no error log in the logs. > > > > Moreover when I created index-2013-03-02, the cluster became to red. > > { > > "cluster\_name" : "es-test", > > "status" : "red", > > "timed\_out" : false, > > "number\_of\_nodes" : 20, > > "number\_of\_data\_nodes" : 15, > > "active\_primary\_shards" : 119, > > "active\_shards" : 228, > > "relocating\_shards" : 0, > > "initializing\_shards" : 11, > > "unassigned\_shards" : 1 > > } > > > > Does anyone know why this happen? > > Thank you very much! > > > > -Regards- > > -Dong Aihua- > > -- > 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 [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-stuck-in-initializing-status-for-long-time/10900/5 "2017-07-06T02:49:34Z")