# Transport Error - 503 - UnavailableShardsException **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 28, 2014, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-error-503-unavailableshardsexception/17775 "2014-05-28T10:05:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pratik\_Poddar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pratik_poddar/32/1529_2.png) [@Pratik\_Poddar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pratik_Poddar)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-error-503-unavailableshardsexception/17775/1 "2014-05-28T10:05:26Z")
I am a novice on elasticsearch. Please help. I am using pyelasticsearch for elasticsearch 0.90.10 I am indexing a new document. It was working fine since last few months. Now any index request gives the following error. TransportError: TransportError(503, u'UnavailableShardsException[[article-index][0] [2] shardIt, [0] active : Timeout waiting for [1m], request: index {[article-index][article][ [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458574,00.asp](http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458574,00.asp)], source[{"domain": " [www.pcmag.com](http://www.pcmag.com)", "tags": ["android", "djay-2", "florida", "illinois", "iphone", "itunes", "organize-your-spotify-playlists", "oskar-stal", "passwords", "pcmag", "spotify", "users", "windows-phone"], "url": " [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458574,00.asp](http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458574,00.asp)", "text": "Music-streaming service Spotify is the latest company to report a security breach.\n\nIn a Tuesday blog post, Oskar St\u00e5l, Spotify's CTO, said it has identified \"unauthorized access to our systems and internal company data.\"\n\nAccording to Spotify, the breach affected just one user. \"This did not include any password, financial or payment information. We have contacted this one individual,\" St\u00e5l wrote. \"Based on our findings, we are not aware of any increased risk to users as a result of this incident.\"\n\nStill, as a \"general precaution,\" certain Spotify users will be signed out and asked to re-enter their usernames and passwords over the coming days.\n\nThe firm will also release an updated Android app, and encouraged users to upgrade. \"Please note that offline playlists will have to be re-downloaded in the new version,\" St\u00e5l said. \"We apologize for any inconvenience this causes, but hope you understand that this is a necessary precaution to safeguard the quality of our service and protect our users.\"\n\nApple iOS and Windows Phone users do not need to take any action at this time.\n\nThe announcement comes shortly after eBay asked its users to reset their passwords following a breach. Officials in Illinois, Florida, and Connecticut have since joined forces for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the hack, which occurred earlier this year and compromised encrypted passwords and non-financial data.\n\nSpotify, meanwhile, recently topped 10 million paid subscribers, and announced a new integration with popular DJ app, djay 2. The latest version of djay 2 lets iPhone and iPad users mix tracks from Spotify's library of more than 20 million songs. Djay 2 users were previously limited to the songs in their iTunes libraries.\n\nFor more, see PCMag's review of Spotify (for iPhone), as well as Spotify (for Android) and Spotify (for iPad). Also check out Get Organized: How to Organize Your Spotify Playlists.", "title": "Spotify Hacked, Urges Android Users to Upgrade", "articleid": 212929}]}]') Appreciate any help. Thanks -- Pratik Poddar [www.linkedin.com/in/pratikpoddar](http://www.linkedin.com/in/pratikpoddar) > **[CSE Blog - quant, math, computer science puzzles](http://www.cseblog.com)** > > Quant, Math & Computer Science Puzzles for Interview Preparation & Brain Teasing A collection of ~225 Puzzles with Solutions (classified by difficulty and topic) > **[Pratik Poddar's Web Space](https://pratikpoddar.wordpress.com/)** > > Visit the post for more. -- 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/CAFiYsPcmsDaGyEzik18jcenY5BYHMMof\_YKwk9\_Hz3AfZGkjuA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAFiYsPcmsDaGyEzik18jcenY5BYHMMof_YKwk9_Hz3AfZGkjuA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-error-503-unavailableshardsexception/17775/2 "2017-07-06T01:26:24Z")