Unable to find the latest snapshot for shard shardId – How to solve this Elasticsearch exception

Opster Team

August-23, Version: 7.15-8.9

Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch cannot locate the latest snapshot for a specific shard. This could be due to a missing or corrupted snapshot, or issues with the snapshot repository. To resolve this, you can try to recreate the snapshot, check the repository’s health, or restore the shard from a previous, valid snapshot. If the issue persists, consider checking the Elasticsearch logs for more detailed error information.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Unable to find the latest snapshot for shard [” + shardId + “] ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: shard, snapshot, repositories.

Log Context

Log “Unable to find the latest snapshot for shard [” + shardId + “]” class name is IndexSnapshotsService.java. We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

 ) {
 assert repositoryName != null;  final ActionListener> listener = originalListener.delegateResponse(
 (delegate; err) -> delegate.onFailure(
 new RepositoryException(repositoryName; "Unable to find the latest snapshot for shard [" + shardId + "]"; err)
 )
 );  final Repository repository = getRepository(repositoryName);
 if (repository == null) {

 

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