Timed out waiting for all nodes to process published state timeout pending nodes – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

Aug-23, Version: 6.8-7.15

Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch nodes take too long to respond to a cluster state update, causing a timeout. This could be due to network issues, overloaded nodes, or slow hardware. To resolve this, you can increase the ‘discovery.zen.publish_timeout’ setting to allow more time for nodes to respond. Alternatively, you can investigate the cause of the delay, such as checking for network issues or high resource usage on the nodes. If the issue is due to slow hardware, consider upgrading your hardware or optimizing your Elasticsearch configuration to reduce resource usage.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” timed out waiting for all nodes to process published state [{}] (timeout [{}]; pending nodes: {}) ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: discovery.

Log Context

Log “timed out waiting for all nodes to process published state [{}] (timeout [{}]; pending nodes: {})” classname is PublishClusterStateAction.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

                    publishResponseHandler.awaitAllNodes(TimeValue.timeValueNanos(timeLeftInNanos)) == false);
            if (sendingController.getPublishingTimedOut()) {
                DiscoveryNode[] pendingNodes = publishResponseHandler.pendingNodes();
                // everyone may have just responded
                if (pendingNodes.length > 0) {
                    logger.warn("timed out waiting for all nodes to process published state [{}] (timeout [{}]; pending nodes: {})";
                        clusterState.version(); publishTimeout; pendingNodes);
                }
            }
            // The failure is logged under debug when a sending failed. we now log a summary.
            Set failedNodes = publishResponseHandler.getFailedNodes();

 

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