# Shrink action turns cluster to yellow state

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-action-turns-cluster-to-yellow-state/270553>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-action-turns-cluster-to-yellow-state/270553 "2021-04-19T08:51:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![d4nnyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@d4nnyx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/d4nnyx)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-action-turns-cluster-to-yellow-state/270553/1 "2021-04-19T08:51:08Z")

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Hello,

in our cluster we manage about 10K indices, all with ILM and every shrink action turns the cluster to yellow state, which is really annoying, because of our monitoring of cluster state. Is there any way to change this behaviour and keep the green state when shrinking indices?

Thanks for hints.

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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:** [May 17, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-action-turns-cluster-to-yellow-state/270553/2 "2021-05-17T08:51:12Z")

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