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Elastic · Data and observabilitySep 1, 2026, 08:16 UTC

Replication bug causing slow recoveries

MajorNot disclosedUpdated 20h ago
Sep 1, 08:16 UTCOngoing
Duration
Ongoing
Impact
Major
Root cause
Not disclosed
Elastic, 90 days
27 incidents
Affected
Elastic Cloud Hosted
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Final update

Elasticsearch 9.5.3 has been released and all customers currently running 9.5.0, 9.5.1 or 9.5.2 are advised to update to this new version as soon as possible. Impacted customers are advised to follow the workaround steps from https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/158212 after the upgrade.

Timeline

  1. Monitoring · Sep 3, 15:47 UTC
    Elasticsearch 9.5.3 has been released and all customers currently running 9.5.0, 9.5.1 or 9.5.2 are advised to update to this new version as soon as possible. Impacted customers are advised to follow the workaround steps from https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/158212 after the upgrade.
  2. Monitoring · Sep 3, 12:13 UTC
    Elasticsearch 9.5.3 has been released and all customers currently running 9.5.0, 9.5.1 or 9.5.2 are advised to update to this new version as soon as possible.
  3. Identified · Sep 1, 15:46 UTC
    The fix has been identified and backported to the Elasticsearch 9.5 patch branch. The teams are performing the needed validations before scheduling and rolling out the 9.5.3 release.
  4. Identified · Sep 1, 11:07 UTC
    We have identified the root cause and the team is working on a fix scheduled to be released in Elasticsearch version 9.5.3 What you can do: - If you have not yet upgraded to 9.5.*, you are not affected as upgrades to 9.5 have been disabled until 9.5.3 is released - If you are already running 9.5 and experience the symptoms of this issue, please contact Elastic Support. More information can be found on https://www.elastic.co/docs/release-notes/elasticsearch/known-issues#elasticsearch-9.5.2-known-issues
  5. Investigating · Sep 1, 08:16 UTC
    We are aware of a bug affecting customers on Elasticsearch versions 9.5.0, 9.5.1 and 9.5.2 where bulk index operations processed on the primary shard can result in divergence on the replicas resulting in high disk usage and long-running recoveries. The team is working on a fix. More information can be found on https://www.elastic.co/docs/release-notes/elasticsearch/known-issues#elasticsearch-9.5.2-known-issues The next update will be in the next 2 hours or sooner if needed.

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