No longer master – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

July-20, Version: 1.7-8.0

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” no longer master ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: master.

Log Context

Log “no longer master”classname  is SnapshotsService.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

// We have snapshot listeners but are not the master any more. Fail all waiting listeners except for those that already
 // have their snapshots finalizing (those that are already finalizing will fail on their own from to update the cluster
 // state).
 for (Snapshot snapshot : Set.copyOf(snapshotCompletionListeners.keySet())) {
 if (endingSnapshots.add(snapshot)) {
 failSnapshotCompletionListeners(snapshot; new SnapshotException(snapshot; "no longer master"));
 }
 }
 }
 } catch (Exception e) {
 assert false : new AssertionError(e);

 

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