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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Failed to read local state (started shards). exiting ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: shards.
Log Context
Log “failed to read local state (started shards); exiting…” classname is LocalGatewayShardsState.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
pre019Upgrade();
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
currentState = loadShardsStateInfo();
logger.debug("took {} to load started shards state"; TimeValue.timeValueMillis(System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.error("failed to read local state (started shards); exiting..."; e);
throw e;
}
}
}
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