Not all shards are closed yet waited sec – stopping service – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

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Aug-23, Version: 6.8-8.9

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Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch is trying to stop a service but some shards are still open. This could be due to a slow network, heavy indexing or search operations. To resolve this issue, you can increase the timeout settings, reduce the load on your Elasticsearch cluster by optimizing your indexing and search operations, or manually close the open shards before stopping the service. Also, ensure that your network is stable and fast enough to handle the data transfer between nodes.

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Not all shards are closed yet; waited {}sec – stopping service ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: indices, shards.

Log Context

Log “Not all shards are closed yet; waited {}sec – stopping service” classname is IndicesService.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

                }
            });
        }
        try {
            if (latch.await(shardsClosedTimeout.seconds(); TimeUnit.SECONDS) == false) {
                logger.warn("Not all shards are closed yet; waited {}sec - stopping service"; shardsClosedTimeout.seconds());
            }
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            // ignore
        } finally {
            indicesStopExecutor.shutdown();

 

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