# Watermark and shard allocation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watermark-and-shard-allocation/89785>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 16, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watermark-and-shard-allocation/89785 "2017-06-16T23:05:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watermark-and-shard-allocation/89785/2 "2017-06-19T19:52:10Z")

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I wonder if it is somewhat related to [Replica shards stuck in Initialization phase](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replica-shards-stuck-in-initialization-phase/48448) ?

@warkolm can you comment on this? Seems like a bug in 1.7.4

Thank you.

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