# Why there is a unassigned shard
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-is-a-unassigned-shard/49959
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 13, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-is-a-unassigned-shard/49959 "2016-05-13T03:35:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@makeyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/makeyang)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-is-a-unassigned-shard/49959/1 "2016-05-13T03:35:35Z")
my cluster has a unassigned shard and i run this command:
\_cluster/reroute?explain=true
it gives below:
"unassigned": [
{
"node": null,
"unassigned\_info": {
"reason": "INDEX\_CREATED",
"at": "2016-05-13T02:40:36.058Z"
},
"index": ".node\_monitor-2016.05.13",
"relocating\_node": null,
"state": "UNASSIGNED",
"shard": 0,
"version": 2,
"primary": false
}
]
why there is a unassigned shard and it keeps stay unassigned?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-is-a-unassigned-shard/49959/2 "2016-05-13T04:01:46Z")
Check your master logs, it should mention something.
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### Author:  [@makeyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/makeyang)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-is-a-unassigned-shard/49959/3 "2016-05-13T05:40:43Z")
found it.
is there plan to make it more easy to get like some info in each unassigned shard?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-is-a-unassigned-shard/49959/4 "2016-05-13T14:00:39Z")
Yeah, there is an API call coming in v5 to help with that 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-is-a-unassigned-shard/49959/5 "2017-07-05T22:51:46Z")