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Elasticsearch Status Monitor

Elasticsearch Status: Is Elasticsearch Down Right Now?

Use this Elasticsearch status guide to confirm outages fast, troubleshoot cluster health, Kibana, indexing, or search issues, and get real-time monitoring for the moment Elasticsearch goes down.

Live Elasticsearch Status Official Status Page

How do I quickly check if Elasticsearch is down?

1. Check official status updates.
2. Query /_cluster/health API.
3. Verify with independent monitoring.
4. Check disk space and node status.

Looking for live data? Visit /api/elasticsearch.

TLDR: Elasticsearch is currently believed to be operational. Check the official Elasticsearch status page or apistatuscheck.com for real-time status.

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Check the official Elastic Cloud status page

Elastic maintains a status page for Elastic Cloud covering Elasticsearch, Kibana, and APM service health across regions.

status.elastic.co

Query cluster health directly

Run a GET request to your cluster health endpoint: `GET /_cluster/health`. A red or yellow status indicates a cluster-level issue.

Cluster health API docs

Verify with independent monitoring

Use API Status Check for third-party monitoring that verifies real endpoints and tracks historical incidents.

Elasticsearch on API Status Check

What happens when Elasticsearch goes down?

Cluster in red or yellow health state

A red cluster has unassigned primary shards and cannot serve search requests. Yellow means replica shards are unassigned but primary shards are active.

Kibana not loading or timing out

Kibana depends on Elasticsearch and may fail to load dashboards, run queries, or display data when the underlying cluster is unhealthy.

Indexing failures and document write errors

Document indexing may fail with 429 (circuit breaker) or 503 errors when the cluster is under disk pressure or experiencing node failures.

Search queries timing out

Search requests may time out or return partial results during cluster degradation, especially if nodes are failing over.

How do I troubleshoot Elasticsearch issues?

1
Check cluster health API
Run `GET /_cluster/health?pretty` to see the overall cluster status, number of nodes, and shard assignments.
2
Check node status
Run `GET /_cat/nodes?v` to list all nodes and identify any that are missing or have high JVM heap usage.
3
Review shard allocation
Run `GET /_cat/shards?h=index,shard,prirep,state,unassigned.reason` to find unassigned shards and their reason codes.
4
Check disk space and watermarks
Elasticsearch throttles or stops indexing when disk usage exceeds watermark thresholds. Check disk space on all data nodes.
5
Review Elasticsearch logs
Check Elasticsearch logs for OOM errors, GC pressure warnings, or network timeout messages that indicate node-level issues.

What is Elasticsearch's current status?

API Status Check tracks Elasticsearch status with independent monitoring, uptime stats, and incident history so you can confirm outages quickly.

Independent Elasticsearch status checks
API Status Check performs independent monitoring so you can verify Elasticsearch status even if official updates are delayed.
Incident history and uptime data
Review recent incidents, response times, and reliability trends to understand Elasticsearch cluster stability.
Real-time alerts and integrations
Get notified with email alerts, RSS feeds, and webhooks when Elasticsearch experiences a new incident.

View Elasticsearch Status Details

What can I do during a Elasticsearch outage?

Serve from replica shards

If primary shards are down, Elasticsearch can still serve reads from replica shards. Ensure replicas are allocated across healthy nodes.

Enable circuit breakers

Configure Elasticsearch circuit breakers to prevent OOM conditions that lead to node failures during high indexing loads.

Use OpenSearch as a fallback

For critical search workloads, OpenSearch is an Elasticsearch-compatible alternative you can configure as a failover target.

Monitor recovery via API Status Check

Set up alerts to get notified the moment your Elasticsearch service recovers from an outage.

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Frequently asked questions about Elasticsearch status

Is Elasticsearch down right now?

Check status.elastic.co for Elastic Cloud status and API Status Check for independent monitoring. For self-managed clusters, query the cluster health API directly.

What does a red Elasticsearch cluster mean?

A red cluster has unassigned primary shards, meaning some data is unavailable. Identify unassigned shards with the cat shards API and investigate the allocation failure reason.

Why is Kibana not loading?

Kibana connectivity depends on Elasticsearch. If Kibana cannot connect, check if Elasticsearch is running and the cluster is healthy before troubleshooting Kibana itself.

Why are Elasticsearch indexing requests failing?

Indexing failures often indicate disk watermark limits, circuit breaker trips, or node failures. Check disk space and run the cluster allocation explain API to diagnose.

Does Elastic Cloud status affect self-managed Elasticsearch?

No. Self-managed Elasticsearch clusters are independent of Elastic Cloud infrastructure. Only Elastic Cloud users are affected by Elastic Cloud outages.