# Ghost node in none state

**URL:** <https://forum.scylladb.com/t/ghost-node-in-none-state/4875>\
**Category:** ScyllaDB\
**Tags:** administration, nodetool, raft, topology\
**Created:** [June 4, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/ghost-node-in-none-state/4875 "2025-06-04T07:28:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Andrey\_Kojevnikov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/andrey_kojevnikov/32/1548_2.png) [@Andrey\_Kojevnikov](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Andrey_Kojevnikov)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/ghost-node-in-none-state/4875/1 "2025-06-04T07:28:34Z")

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_Installation details_  
#ScyllaDB version: 6.2 with tablets enabled  
#Cluster size: 12 x 3dc  
#os (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu/AWS AMI): Ubuntu 24.10

# 

Hi.

I have a ghost node

```auto
select * from system.cluster_status;

 peer | dc | host_id | load | owns | status | tokens | up
--------+-------------+-------------+--------+----------+----------+--------+-------
10.0.0.1| null | null | | null | null | 0 | False
...

```

It does not appear in `system.raft_state`, but I got its host\_id from nodetool gossipinfo.

Attempts to removenode it lead to

```auto
(removenode: node d6add466-... is in 'none' state. Wait for it to be in 'normal' state)

```

I can not assasinate it, because raft.  
Rest api’s `/gossiper/force_remove_endpoint/10.0.0.1` would happily report that it “Finished to force remove node” and do nothing (it would do so for 8.8.8.8 also).

I think it prevents getting my cluster in a working state by blocking topology ops.

As with my other problem I don’t have exact steps that led to this, one of them ran out of disk space and I’ve tried to replace it with the others.

What are my options?

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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Bossman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/patrick_bossman/32/388_2.png) [@Patrick\_Bossman](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Patrick_Bossman)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/ghost-node-in-none-state/4875/2 "2025-08-10T12:44:08Z")

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A rolling restart will frequently clear ghost nodes.