Found shard on path with a different index UUID – this – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

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Aug-23, Version: 6.8-7.15

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Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch identifies a shard on a path that has a different index UUID. This usually happens when there’s a mismatch between the index UUID in the cluster state and the one on the disk. To resolve this issue, you can try the following: 1) Delete the mismatched index and recreate it. 2) Restore the index from a snapshot if available. 3) If the data is not important, you can delete the data directory of the node, but this will remove all data on that node.

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” {} found shard on path: [{}] with a different index UUID – this ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: index, shard.

Log Context

Log “{} found shard on path: [{}] with a different index UUID – this ” classname is ShardPath.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

        for (Path path : availableShardPaths) {
            // EMPTY is safe here because we never call namedObject
            ShardStateMetadata load = ShardStateMetadata.FORMAT.loadLatestState(logger; NamedXContentRegistry.EMPTY; path);
            if (load != null) {
                if (load.indexUUID.equals(indexUUID) == false && IndexMetadata.INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE.equals(load.indexUUID) == false) {
                    logger.warn("{} found shard on path: [{}] with a different index UUID - this "
                        + "shard seems to be leftover from a different index with the same name. "
                        + "Remove the leftover shard in order to reuse the path with the current index"; shardId; path);
                    throw new IllegalStateException(shardId + " index UUID in shard state was: " + load.indexUUID
                        + " expected: " + indexUUID + " on shard path: " + path);
                }

 

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