Elasticsearch 0.21.0.Beta1 issue

gistfile1.sh

# My version of ES build
git log --oneline -n 1
ed09ba0 Improve stability of RecoveryPercolatorTests

# make sure fresh instance is started

ps -ef | grep elasticsearch
rm -rf data/ logs/
./bin/elasticsearch

# after the node is started and ready

curl localhost:9200
{
  "ok" : true,
  "status" : 200,
  "name" : "Adam II",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "0.21.0.Beta1",
    "snapshot_build" : true
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/twitter_1/tweet' -d '{
    "user" : "kimchy",
    "post_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12",
    "message" : "trying out Elastic Search"
}'
# {"ok":true,"_index":"twitter_1","_type":"tweet","_id":"fREv50zNQLqAOrfW7QGhWg","_version":1}

curl localhost:9200/_template/common -d'
{
  "template": "*",
  "settings": {
    "number_of_shards": 3,
    "number_of_replicas": 3
  }
}'
# {"ok":true,"acknowledged":true}

curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/twitter_2/tweet' -d '{
    "user" : "kimchy",
    "post_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12",
    "message" : "trying out Elastic Search"
}'
# hangs and after 1min...
{"error":"UnavailableShardsException[[twitter_2][1] [4] shardIt, [1] active : Timeout waiting for [1m], request: index {[twitter_2][tweet][EiiJdZ8pROCerFiZR4g21Q], source[{\n    \"user\" : \"kimchy\",\n    \"post_date\" : \"2009-11-15T14:12:12\",\n    \"message\" : \"trying out Elastic Search\"\n}]}]","status":503}

Not an issue, see elastic/elasticsearch#2623