diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aec2c6f58c1f7..806ba4a2e78c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Bumps `jempbox` from 1.8.16 to 1.8.17 ([#4550](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4550))
 - Bumps `hadoop-hdfs` from 3.3.3 to 3.3.4 ([#4644](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4644))
 - Bumps `jna` from 5.11.0 to 5.12.1 ([#4656](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4656))
+- Update Jackson Databind to 2.13.4.2 (addressing CVE-2022-42003) ([#4779](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4779))
 ### Changed
 - Dependency updates (httpcore, mockito, slf4j, httpasyncclient, commons-codec) ([#4308](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4308))
 - Use RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory instead of RemoteDirectory ([#4240](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4240))
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - GET api for weighted shard routing([#4275](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4275/))
 - Unmute test RelocationIT.testRelocationWhileIndexingRandom ([#4580](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4580))
 - Add DecommissionService and helper to execute awareness attribute decommissioning ([#4084](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4084))
+- Delete api for weighted shard routing([#4400](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4400/))
 - Further simplification of the ZIP publication implementation ([#4360](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4360))
 - Relax visibility of the HTTP_CHANNEL_KEY and HTTP_SERVER_CHANNEL_KEY to make it possible for the plugins to access associated Netty4HttpChannel / Netty4HttpServerChannel instance ([#4638](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4638))
 - Load the deprecated master role in a dedicated method instead of in setAdditionalRoles() ([#4582](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4582))
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Update to Apache Lucene 9.4.0 ([#4661](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4661))
 - Controlling discovery for decommissioned nodes ([#4590](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4590))
 - Backport Apache Lucene version change for 2.4.0 ([#4677](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4677))
+- Use ReplicationFailedException instead of OpensearchException in ReplicationTarget ([#4725](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4725))
 - Fix weighted routing metadata deserialization error on process restart ([#4691](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4691))
 - Refactor Base Action class javadocs to OpenSearch.API ([#4732](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4732))
 - Migrate client transports to Apache HttpClient / Core 5.x ([#4459](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4459))
@@ -129,6 +132,8 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Fix SearchStats (de)serialization (caused by https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4616) ([#4697](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4697))
 - Fixing Gradle warnings associated with publishPluginZipPublicationToXxx tasks ([#4696](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4696))
 - [BUG]: Remove redundant field from GetDecommissionStateResponse ([#4751](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4751))
+- Fixed randomly failing test ([4774](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4774))
+- Update version check after backport ([4786](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4786))
 ### Security
 - CVE-2022-25857 org.yaml:snakeyaml DOS vulnerability ([#4341](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4341))
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index a779389b3ca82..08784c82a4cc4 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ bundled_jdk = 17.0.4+8
 spatial4j         = 0.7
 jts               = 1.15.0
 jackson           = 2.13.4
-jackson_databind  = 2.13.4
+jackson_databind  = 2.13.4.2
 snakeyaml         = 1.32
 icu4j             = 70.1
 supercsv          = 2.4.0
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/RestHighLevelClientTests.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/RestHighLevelClientTests.java
index ab9982657a410..d522bf8c4d005 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/RestHighLevelClientTests.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/RestHighLevelClientTests.java
@@ -889,6 +889,7 @@ public void testApiNamingConventions() throws Exception {
             "remote_store.restore",
             "cluster.put_weighted_routing",
             "cluster.get_weighted_routing",
+            "cluster.delete_weighted_routing",
             "cluster.put_decommission_awareness",
             "cluster.get_decommission_awareness",
             "cluster.delete_decommission_awareness", };
diff --git a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1 b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a7782e8aac18d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+325c06bdfeb628cfb80ebaaf1a26cc1eb558a585
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1 b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index fcc6491d1f78d..0000000000000
--- a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-98b0edfa8e4084078f10b7b356c300ded4a71491
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a7782e8aac18d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+325c06bdfeb628cfb80ebaaf1a26cc1eb558a585
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index fcc6491d1f78d..0000000000000
--- a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-98b0edfa8e4084078f10b7b356c300ded4a71491
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a7782e8aac18d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+325c06bdfeb628cfb80ebaaf1a26cc1eb558a585
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index fcc6491d1f78d..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-98b0edfa8e4084078f10b7b356c300ded4a71491
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a7782e8aac18d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+325c06bdfeb628cfb80ebaaf1a26cc1eb558a585
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index fcc6491d1f78d..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-98b0edfa8e4084078f10b7b356c300ded4a71491
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a7782e8aac18d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+325c06bdfeb628cfb80ebaaf1a26cc1eb558a585
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index fcc6491d1f78d..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-98b0edfa8e4084078f10b7b356c300ded4a71491
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a7782e8aac18d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+325c06bdfeb628cfb80ebaaf1a26cc1eb558a585
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index fcc6491d1f78d..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.13.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-98b0edfa8e4084078f10b7b356c300ded4a71491
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.delete_weighted_routing.json b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.delete_weighted_routing.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2cd4081b645e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.delete_weighted_routing.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "cluster.delete_weighted_routing": {
+    "documentation": {
+      "url": "https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/opensearch/rest-api/weighted-routing/delete",
+      "description": "Delete weighted shard routing weights"
+    },
+    "stability": "stable",
+    "url": {
+      "paths": [
+        {
+          "path": "/_cluster/routing/awareness/weights",
+          "methods": [
+            "DELETE"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingIT.java
index 61f82877bf12b..bba07d878a42c 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingIT.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 package org.opensearch.cluster.routing;
 
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.get.ClusterGetWeightedRoutingResponse;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.put.ClusterPutWeightedRoutingResponse;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -284,4 +285,67 @@ public void testWeightedRoutingMetadataOnOSProcessRestart() throws Exception {
         ensureGreen();
         assertNotNull(internalCluster().clusterService().state().metadata().weightedRoutingMetadata());
     }
+
+    public void testDeleteWeightedRouting_WeightsNotSet() {
+        Settings commonSettings = Settings.builder()
+            .put("cluster.routing.allocation.awareness.attributes", "zone")
+            .put("cluster.routing.allocation.awareness.force.zone.values", "a,b,c")
+            .build();
+
+        internalCluster().startNodes(
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "a").build(),
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "b").build(),
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "c").build()
+        );
+
+        logger.info("--> waiting for nodes to form a cluster");
+        ClusterHealthResponse health = client().admin().cluster().prepareHealth().setWaitForNodes("3").execute().actionGet();
+        assertThat(health.isTimedOut(), equalTo(false));
+
+        ensureGreen();
+
+        assertNull(internalCluster().clusterService().state().metadata().weightedRoutingMetadata());
+
+        // delete weighted routing metadata
+        ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse deleteResponse = client().admin().cluster().prepareDeleteWeightedRouting().get();
+        assertTrue(deleteResponse.isAcknowledged());
+        assertNull(internalCluster().clusterService().state().metadata().weightedRoutingMetadata());
+    }
+
+    public void testDeleteWeightedRouting_WeightsAreSet() {
+        Settings commonSettings = Settings.builder()
+            .put("cluster.routing.allocation.awareness.attributes", "zone")
+            .put("cluster.routing.allocation.awareness.force.zone.values", "a,b,c")
+            .build();
+
+        internalCluster().startNodes(
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "a").build(),
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "b").build(),
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "c").build()
+        );
+
+        logger.info("--> waiting for nodes to form a cluster");
+        ClusterHealthResponse health = client().admin().cluster().prepareHealth().setWaitForNodes("3").execute().actionGet();
+        assertThat(health.isTimedOut(), equalTo(false));
+
+        ensureGreen();
+
+        logger.info("--> setting shard routing weights for weighted round robin");
+        Map<String, Double> weights = Map.of("a", 1.0, "b", 2.0, "c", 3.0);
+        WeightedRouting weightedRouting = new WeightedRouting("zone", weights);
+
+        // put api call to set weights
+        ClusterPutWeightedRoutingResponse response = client().admin()
+            .cluster()
+            .prepareWeightedRouting()
+            .setWeightedRouting(weightedRouting)
+            .get();
+        assertEquals(response.isAcknowledged(), true);
+        assertNotNull(internalCluster().clusterService().state().metadata().weightedRoutingMetadata());
+
+        // delete weighted routing metadata
+        ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse deleteResponse = client().admin().cluster().prepareDeleteWeightedRouting().get();
+        assertTrue(deleteResponse.isAcknowledged());
+        assertNull(internalCluster().clusterService().state().metadata().weightedRoutingMetadata());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchWeightedRoutingIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchWeightedRoutingIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..097775b7ab4ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchWeightedRoutingIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.search;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.node.stats.NodeStats;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.node.stats.NodesStatsResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.put.ClusterPutWeightedRoutingResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.WeightedRouting;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.allocation.decider.AwarenessAllocationDecider;
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
+import org.opensearch.index.search.stats.SearchStats;
+import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchIntegTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
+import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertAcked;
+
+@OpenSearchIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = OpenSearchIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0, minNumDataNodes = 3)
+public class SearchWeightedRoutingIT extends OpenSearchIntegTestCase {
+    @Override
+    protected int numberOfReplicas() {
+        return 2;
+    }
+
+    public void testSearchWithWRRShardRouting() throws IOException {
+        Settings commonSettings = Settings.builder()
+            .put(AwarenessAllocationDecider.CLUSTER_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_AWARENESS_FORCE_GROUP_SETTING.getKey() + "zone" + ".values", "a,b,c")
+            .put(AwarenessAllocationDecider.CLUSTER_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_AWARENESS_ATTRIBUTE_SETTING.getKey(), "zone")
+            .build();
+
+        logger.info("--> starting 6 nodes on different zones");
+        List<String> nodes = internalCluster().startNodes(
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "a").build(),
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "b").build(),
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "b").build(),
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "a").build(),
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "c").build(),
+            Settings.builder().put(commonSettings).put("node.attr.zone", "c").build()
+        );
+
+        String A_0 = nodes.get(0);
+        String B_0 = nodes.get(1);
+        String B_1 = nodes.get(2);
+        String A_1 = nodes.get(3);
+        String C_0 = nodes.get(4);
+        String C_1 = nodes.get(5);
+
+        logger.info("--> waiting for nodes to form a cluster");
+        ClusterHealthResponse health = client().admin().cluster().prepareHealth().setWaitForNodes("6").execute().actionGet();
+        assertThat(health.isTimedOut(), equalTo(false));
+
+        assertAcked(
+            prepareCreate("test").setSettings(Settings.builder().put("index.number_of_shards", 10).put("index.number_of_replicas", 2))
+        );
+        ensureGreen();
+        logger.info("--> creating indices for test");
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+            client().prepareIndex("test_" + i).setId("" + i).setSource("field_" + i, "value_" + i).get();
+        }
+
+        logger.info("--> setting shard routing weights for weighted round robin");
+        Map<String, Double> weights = Map.of("a", 1.0, "b", 1.0, "c", 0.0);
+        WeightedRouting weightedRouting = new WeightedRouting("zone", weights);
+
+        ClusterPutWeightedRoutingResponse response = client().admin()
+            .cluster()
+            .prepareWeightedRouting()
+            .setWeightedRouting(weightedRouting)
+            .get();
+        assertEquals(response.isAcknowledged(), true);
+
+        Set<String> hitNodes = new HashSet<>();
+        // making search requests
+        for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+            SearchResponse searchResponse = internalCluster().client(randomFrom(A_0, A_1, B_0, B_1))
+                .prepareSearch()
+                .setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery())
+                .get();
+            assertEquals(searchResponse.getFailedShards(), 0);
+            for (int j = 0; j < searchResponse.getHits().getHits().length; j++) {
+                hitNodes.add(searchResponse.getHits().getAt(j).getShard().getNodeId());
+            }
+        }
+        // search should not go to nodes in zone c
+        assertThat(hitNodes.size(), lessThanOrEqualTo(4));
+        DiscoveryNodes dataNodes = internalCluster().clusterService().state().nodes();
+        List<String> nodeIdsFromZoneWithWeightZero = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (DiscoveryNode node : dataNodes) {
+            if (node.getAttributes().get("zone").equals("c")) {
+                nodeIdsFromZoneWithWeightZero.add(node.getId());
+            }
+        }
+        for (String nodeId : nodeIdsFromZoneWithWeightZero) {
+            assertFalse(hitNodes.contains(nodeId));
+        }
+
+        NodesStatsResponse nodeStats = client().admin().cluster().prepareNodesStats().execute().actionGet();
+        for (NodeStats stat : nodeStats.getNodes()) {
+            SearchStats.Stats searchStats = stat.getIndices().getSearch().getTotal();
+            if (stat.getNode().getAttributes().get("zone").equals("c")) {
+                assertEquals(0, searchStats.getQueryCount());
+                assertEquals(0, searchStats.getFetchCount());
+
+            } else {
+                Assert.assertTrue(searchStats.getQueryCount() > 0L);
+                Assert.assertTrue(searchStats.getFetchCount() > 0L);
+            }
+        }
+
+        logger.info("--> deleted shard routing weights for weighted round robin");
+
+        ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse deleteResponse = client().admin().cluster().prepareDeleteWeightedRouting().get();
+        assertEquals(deleteResponse.isAcknowledged(), true);
+
+        hitNodes = new HashSet<>();
+        // making search requests
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+            SearchResponse searchResponse = internalCluster().client(randomFrom(A_0, A_1, B_0, B_1))
+                .prepareSearch()
+                .setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery())
+                .get();
+            assertEquals(searchResponse.getFailedShards(), 0);
+            for (int j = 0; j < searchResponse.getHits().getHits().length; j++) {
+                hitNodes.add(searchResponse.getHits().getAt(j).getShard().getNodeId());
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Check shard routing requests hit data nodes in zone c
+        for (String nodeId : nodeIdsFromZoneWithWeightZero) {
+            assertFalse(!hitNodes.contains(nodeId));
+        }
+        nodeStats = client().admin().cluster().prepareNodesStats().execute().actionGet();
+
+        for (NodeStats stat : nodeStats.getNodes()) {
+            SearchStats.Stats searchStats = stat.getIndices().getSearch().getTotal();
+            Assert.assertTrue(searchStats.getQueryCount() > 0L);
+            Assert.assertTrue(searchStats.getFetchCount() > 0L);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java
index c2c11d69f134c..84bc9b395c5dc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.settings.TransportClusterUpdateSettingsAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.ClusterSearchShardsAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.TransportClusterSearchShardsAction;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.get.ClusterGetWeightedRoutingAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.get.TransportGetWeightedRoutingAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.put.ClusterAddWeightedRoutingAction;
@@ -302,6 +304,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.RestClearVotingConfigExclusionsAction;
 import org.opensearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.RestCloneSnapshotAction;
 import org.opensearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.RestClusterAllocationExplainAction;
+import org.opensearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.RestClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction;
 import org.opensearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.RestClusterGetSettingsAction;
 import org.opensearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.RestClusterGetWeightedRoutingAction;
 import org.opensearch.rest.action.admin.cluster.RestClusterHealthAction;
@@ -580,6 +583,7 @@ public <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void reg
 
         actions.register(ClusterAddWeightedRoutingAction.INSTANCE, TransportAddWeightedRoutingAction.class);
         actions.register(ClusterGetWeightedRoutingAction.INSTANCE, TransportGetWeightedRoutingAction.class);
+        actions.register(ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.INSTANCE, TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.class);
         actions.register(IndicesStatsAction.INSTANCE, TransportIndicesStatsAction.class);
         actions.register(IndicesSegmentsAction.INSTANCE, TransportIndicesSegmentsAction.class);
         actions.register(IndicesShardStoresAction.INSTANCE, TransportIndicesShardStoresAction.class);
@@ -766,8 +770,10 @@ public void initRestHandlers(Supplier<DiscoveryNodes> nodesInCluster) {
         registerHandler.accept(new RestCloseIndexAction());
         registerHandler.accept(new RestOpenIndexAction());
         registerHandler.accept(new RestAddIndexBlockAction());
+
         registerHandler.accept(new RestClusterPutWeightedRoutingAction());
         registerHandler.accept(new RestClusterGetWeightedRoutingAction());
+        registerHandler.accept(new RestClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction());
 
         registerHandler.accept(new RestUpdateSettingsAction());
         registerHandler.accept(new RestGetSettingsAction());
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aa438cd31b934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete;
+
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionType;
+
+/**
+ * Action to delete weights for weighted round-robin shard routing policy.
+ *
+ * @opensearch.internal
+ */
+public class ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction extends ActionType<ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse> {
+    public static final ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction INSTANCE = new ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction();
+    public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/routing/awareness/weights/delete";
+
+    private ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction() {
+        super(NAME, ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse::new);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..71eab8ff35a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete;
+
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.clustermanager.ClusterManagerNodeRequest;
+import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Request to delete weights for weighted round-robin shard routing policy.
+ *
+ * @opensearch.internal
+ */
+public class ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest extends ClusterManagerNodeRequest<ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest> {
+    public ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest() {}
+
+    public ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        super.writeTo(out);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..19976ac6b07aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete;
+
+import org.opensearch.action.support.clustermanager.ClusterManagerNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
+import org.opensearch.client.OpenSearchClient;
+
+/**
+ * Request builder to delete weights for weighted round-robin shard routing policy.
+ *
+ * @opensearch.internal
+ */
+public class ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder extends ClusterManagerNodeOperationRequestBuilder<
+    ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest,
+    ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse,
+    ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder> {
+
+    public ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder(OpenSearchClient client, ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction action) {
+        super(client, action, new ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b98ac6c0c55be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete;
+
+import org.opensearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
+import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Response from deleting weights for weighted round-robin search routing policy.
+ *
+ * @opensearch.internal
+ */
+public class ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
+
+    ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+    }
+
+    public ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse(boolean acknowledged) {
+        super(acknowledged);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        super.writeTo(out);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8f88d8af71b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.clustermanager.TransportClusterManagerNodeAction;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockLevel;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.WeightedRoutingService;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.opensearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Transport action for deleting weights for weighted round-robin search routing policy
+ *
+ * @opensearch.internal
+ */
+public class TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction extends TransportClusterManagerNodeAction<
+    ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest,
+    ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse> {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.class);
+
+    private final WeightedRoutingService weightedRoutingService;
+
+    @Inject
+    public TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction(
+        TransportService transportService,
+        ClusterService clusterService,
+        WeightedRoutingService weightedRoutingService,
+        ThreadPool threadPool,
+        ActionFilters actionFilters,
+        IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver
+    ) {
+        super(
+            ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.NAME,
+            transportService,
+            clusterService,
+            threadPool,
+            actionFilters,
+            ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest::new,
+            indexNameExpressionResolver
+        );
+        this.weightedRoutingService = weightedRoutingService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String executor() {
+        return ThreadPool.Names.SAME;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        return new ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ClusterBlockException checkBlock(ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest request, ClusterState state) {
+        return state.blocks().globalBlockedException(ClusterBlockLevel.METADATA_WRITE);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void clusterManagerOperation(
+        ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest request,
+        ClusterState state,
+        ActionListener<ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse> listener
+    ) throws Exception {
+        weightedRoutingService.deleteWeightedRoutingMetadata(request, listener);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/package-info.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d24c88ec674f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+/** delete weighted-round robin shard routing weights. */
+package org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
index 3ecf5ab19c0e4..5fd83244f3dea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public RestoreSnapshotRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(LegacyESVersion.V_7_10_0)) {
             snapshotUuid = in.readOptionalString();
         }
-        if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.SEARCHABLE_SNAPSHOT) && in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.SEARCHABLE_SNAPSHOT) && in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_4_0)) {
             storageType = in.readEnum(StorageType.class);
         }
     }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
                 "restricting the snapshot UUID is forbidden in a cluster with version [" + out.getVersion() + "] nodes"
             );
         }
-        if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.SEARCHABLE_SNAPSHOT) && out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.SEARCHABLE_SNAPSHOT) && out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_4_0)) {
             out.writeEnum(storageType);
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/ClusterAdminClient.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/ClusterAdminClient.java
index 5551c45ba9e57..77ddb5e17c742 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/ClusterAdminClient.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/ClusterAdminClient.java
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.ClusterSearchShardsRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.ClusterSearchShardsRequestBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.ClusterSearchShardsResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.get.ClusterGetWeightedRoutingRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.get.ClusterGetWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.get.ClusterGetWeightedRoutingResponse;
@@ -837,6 +840,21 @@ public interface ClusterAdminClient extends OpenSearchClient {
      */
     ClusterGetWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder prepareGetWeightedRouting();
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes weights for weighted round-robin search routing policy.
+     */
+    ActionFuture<ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse> deleteWeightedRouting(ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest request);
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes weights for weighted round-robin search routing policy.
+     */
+    void deleteWeightedRouting(ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest request, ActionListener<ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse> listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes weights for weighted round-robin search routing policy.
+     */
+    ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder prepareDeleteWeightedRouting();
+
     /**
      * Decommission awareness attribute
      */
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/Requests.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/Requests.java
index 87219dda49825..21f2a2d906602 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/Requests.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/Requests.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.ClusterSearchShardsRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.get.ClusterGetWeightedRoutingRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.put.ClusterPutWeightedRoutingRequest;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.create.CreateSnapshotRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.delete.DeleteSnapshotRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.get.GetSnapshotsRequest;
@@ -572,6 +573,15 @@ public static ClusterGetWeightedRoutingRequest getWeightedRoutingRequest(String
         return new ClusterGetWeightedRoutingRequest(attributeName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes weights for weighted round-robin search routing policy
+     *
+     * @return delete weight request
+     */
+    public static ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest deleteWeightedRoutingRequest() {
+        return new ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new decommission request.
      *
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/support/AbstractClient.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/support/AbstractClient.java
index bd82299725435..b42010d4253d5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/support/AbstractClient.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/support/AbstractClient.java
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.ClusterSearchShardsRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.ClusterSearchShardsRequestBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.ClusterSearchShardsResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.get.ClusterGetWeightedRoutingAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.get.ClusterGetWeightedRoutingRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.get.ClusterGetWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder;
@@ -1328,6 +1332,24 @@ public ClusterGetWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder prepareGetWeightedRouting() {
             return new ClusterGetWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder(this, ClusterGetWeightedRoutingAction.INSTANCE);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public ActionFuture<ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse> deleteWeightedRouting(ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest request) {
+            return execute(ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.INSTANCE, request);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void deleteWeightedRouting(
+            ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest request,
+            ActionListener<ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse> listener
+        ) {
+            execute(ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.INSTANCE, request, listener);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder prepareDeleteWeightedRouting() {
+            return new ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder(this, ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.INSTANCE);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void deleteDanglingIndex(DeleteDanglingIndexRequest request, ActionListener<AcknowledgedResponse> listener) {
             execute(DeleteDanglingIndexAction.INSTANCE, request, listener);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/RecoverySource.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/RecoverySource.java
index 728bf9d1ae90e..3e4feb02686d6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/RecoverySource.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/RecoverySource.java
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public SnapshotRecoverySource(
             } else {
                 index = new IndexId(in.readString(), IndexMetadata.INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE);
             }
-            if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.SEARCHABLE_SNAPSHOT) && in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+            if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.SEARCHABLE_SNAPSHOT) && in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_4_0)) {
                 isSearchableSnapshot = in.readBoolean();
             } else {
                 isSearchableSnapshot = false;
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ protected void writeAdditionalFields(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
             } else {
                 out.writeString(index.getName());
             }
-            if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.SEARCHABLE_SNAPSHOT) && out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+            if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.SEARCHABLE_SNAPSHOT) && out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_4_0)) {
                 out.writeBoolean(isSearchableSnapshot);
             }
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingService.java
index 7ff2b23630a3c..54f2c81aea384 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingService.java
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.put.ClusterPutWeightedRoutingRequest;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterStateUpdateTask;
@@ -106,6 +108,34 @@ private boolean checkIfSameWeightsInMetadata(
         return newWeightedRoutingMetadata.getWeightedRouting().equals(oldWeightedRoutingMetadata.getWeightedRouting());
     }
 
+    public void deleteWeightedRoutingMetadata(
+        final ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest request,
+        final ActionListener<ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse> listener
+    ) {
+        clusterService.submitStateUpdateTask("delete_weighted_routing", new ClusterStateUpdateTask(Priority.URGENT) {
+            @Override
+            public ClusterState execute(ClusterState currentState) {
+                logger.info("Deleting weighted routing metadata from the cluster state");
+                Metadata.Builder mdBuilder = Metadata.builder(currentState.metadata());
+                mdBuilder.removeCustom(WeightedRoutingMetadata.TYPE);
+                return ClusterState.builder(currentState).metadata(mdBuilder).build();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onFailure(String source, Exception e) {
+                logger.error("failed to remove weighted routing metadata from cluster state", e);
+                listener.onFailure(e);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void clusterStateProcessed(String source, ClusterState oldState, ClusterState newState) {
+                logger.debug("cluster weighted routing metadata change is processed by all the nodes");
+                assert newState.metadata().weightedRoutingMetadata() == null;
+                listener.onResponse(new ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse(true));
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     List<String> getAwarenessAttributes() {
         return awarenessAttributes;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFailedException.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFailedException.java
index f2665e8bbb1a7..12393ab12c95d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFailedException.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFailedException.java
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.indices.recovery;
 
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.opensearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.opensearch.index.shard.ShardId;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  *
  * @opensearch.internal
  */
-public class RecoveryFailedException extends OpenSearchException {
+public class RecoveryFailedException extends ReplicationFailedException {
 
     public RecoveryFailedException(StartRecoveryRequest request, Throwable cause) {
         this(request, null, cause);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryListener.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryListener.java
index b93c054ffa4bf..c8c2fbfc896eb 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryListener.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryListener.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.indices.recovery;
 
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
 import org.opensearch.indices.cluster.IndicesClusterStateService;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationListener;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationState;
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public void onDone(ReplicationState state) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void onFailure(ReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+    public void onFailure(ReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
         indicesClusterStateService.handleRecoveryFailure(shardRouting, sendShardFailure, e);
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java
index 7acc6b8b54fdd..c1e29e0d866d8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexFormatTooOldException;
 import org.opensearch.Assertions;
 import org.opensearch.ExceptionsHelper;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.flush.FlushRequest;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
@@ -56,10 +55,11 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.store.Store;
 import org.opensearch.index.store.StoreFileMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.index.translog.Translog;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationCollection;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationListener;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationLuceneIndex;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationTarget;
-import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationListener;
-import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationCollection;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public String description() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void notifyListener(OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+    public void notifyListener(ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
         listener.onFailure(state(), new RecoveryFailedException(state(), e.getMessage(), e), sendShardFailure);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTarget.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTarget.java
index 26bec2203c599..c12d9b7165ae0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTarget.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTarget.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.store.ByteBuffersIndexInput;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.ChecksumIndexInput;
 import org.opensearch.ExceptionsHelper;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.action.StepListener;
 import org.opensearch.common.UUIDs;
@@ -105,16 +104,14 @@ public String description() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void notifyListener(OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+    public void notifyListener(ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
         // Cancellations still are passed to our SegmentReplicationListner as failures, if we have failed because of cancellation
         // update the stage.
         final Throwable cancelledException = ExceptionsHelper.unwrap(e, CancellableThreads.ExecutionCancelledException.class);
         if (cancelledException != null) {
             state.setStage(SegmentReplicationState.Stage.CANCELLED);
-            listener.onFailure(state(), (CancellableThreads.ExecutionCancelledException) cancelledException, sendShardFailure);
-        } else {
-            listener.onFailure(state(), e, sendShardFailure);
         }
+        listener.onFailure(state(), e, sendShardFailure);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -150,7 +147,7 @@ public void startReplication(ActionListener<Void> listener) {
             // SegmentReplicationSource does not share CancellableThreads.
             final CancellableThreads.ExecutionCancelledException executionCancelledException =
                 new CancellableThreads.ExecutionCancelledException("replication was canceled reason [" + reason + "]");
-            notifyListener(executionCancelledException, false);
+            notifyListener(new ReplicationFailedException("Segment replication failed", executionCancelledException), false);
             throw executionCancelledException;
         });
         state.setStage(SegmentReplicationState.Stage.REPLICATING);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java
index 8fc53ccd3bc08..b633f0fa3b9a0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
 import org.opensearch.ExceptionsHelper;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
 import org.opensearch.common.Nullable;
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.checkpoint.ReplicationCheckpoint;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationCollection;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationCollection.ReplicationRef;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationListener;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationState;
 import org.opensearch.tasks.Task;
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public void onReplicationDone(SegmentReplicationState state) {
                 }
 
                 @Override
-                public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+                public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
                     logger.trace(
                         () -> new ParameterizedMessage(
                             "[shardId {}] [replication id {}] Replication failed, timing data: {}",
@@ -249,13 +249,13 @@ default void onDone(ReplicationState state) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        default void onFailure(ReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+        default void onFailure(ReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
             onReplicationFailure((SegmentReplicationState) state, e, sendShardFailure);
         }
 
         void onReplicationDone(SegmentReplicationState state);
 
-        void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure);
+        void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -293,13 +293,14 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                     Throwable cause = ExceptionsHelper.unwrapCause(e);
                     if (cause instanceof CancellableThreads.ExecutionCancelledException) {
                         if (onGoingReplications.getTarget(replicationId) != null) {
+                            IndexShard indexShard = onGoingReplications.getTarget(replicationId).indexShard();
                             // if the target still exists in our collection, the primary initiated the cancellation, fail the replication
                             // but do not fail the shard. Cancellations initiated by this node from Index events will be removed with
                             // onGoingReplications.cancel and not appear in the collection when this listener resolves.
-                            onGoingReplications.fail(replicationId, (CancellableThreads.ExecutionCancelledException) cause, false);
+                            onGoingReplications.fail(replicationId, new ReplicationFailedException(indexShard, cause), false);
                         }
                     } else {
-                        onGoingReplications.fail(replicationId, new OpenSearchException("Segment Replication failed", e), true);
+                        onGoingReplications.fail(replicationId, new ReplicationFailedException("Segment Replication failed", e), true);
                     }
                 }
             });
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationCollection.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationCollection.java
index 20600856c9444..e918ac0a79691 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationCollection.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationCollection.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchTimeoutException;
 import org.opensearch.common.concurrent.AutoCloseableRefCounted;
 import org.opensearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable;
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ public T reset(final long id, final TimeValue activityTimeout) {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             // fail shard to be safe
             assert oldTarget != null;
-            oldTarget.notifyListener(new OpenSearchException("Unable to reset target", e), true);
+            oldTarget.notifyListener(new ReplicationFailedException("Unable to reset target", e), true);
             return null;
         }
     }
@@ -187,7 +185,7 @@ public boolean cancel(long id, String reason) {
      * @param e                exception with reason for the failure
      * @param sendShardFailure true a shard failed message should be sent to the master
      */
-    public void fail(long id, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+    public void fail(long id, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
         T removed = onGoingTargetEvents.remove(id);
         if (removed != null) {
             logger.trace("failing {}. Send shard failure: [{}]", removed.description(), sendShardFailure);
@@ -299,7 +297,7 @@ protected void doRun() throws Exception {
                 String message = "no activity after [" + checkInterval + "]";
                 fail(
                     id,
-                    new OpenSearchTimeoutException(message),
+                    new ReplicationFailedException(message),
                     true // to be safe, we don't know what go stuck
                 );
                 return;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationFailedException.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationFailedException.java
index afdd0ce466f9b..23ad4d0e096b5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationFailedException.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationFailedException.java
@@ -38,4 +38,16 @@ public ReplicationFailedException(ShardId shardId, @Nullable String extraInfo, T
     public ReplicationFailedException(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
     }
+
+    public ReplicationFailedException(Exception e) {
+        super(e);
+    }
+
+    public ReplicationFailedException(String msg) {
+        super(msg);
+    }
+
+    public ReplicationFailedException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+        super(msg, cause);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationListener.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationListener.java
index 0666f475d496a..1d3c48d084f60 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationListener.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationListener.java
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.indices.replication.common;
 
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
-
 /**
  * Interface for listeners that run when there's a change in {@link ReplicationState}
  *
@@ -19,5 +17,5 @@ public interface ReplicationListener {
 
     void onDone(ReplicationState state);
 
-    void onFailure(ReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure);
+    void onFailure(ReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure);
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationTarget.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationTarget.java
index 42f4572fef3e4..1e2dcbb46256f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationTarget.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/common/ReplicationTarget.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.RateLimiter;
 import org.opensearch.ExceptionsHelper;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.ChannelActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.common.CheckedFunction;
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ public CancellableThreads cancellableThreads() {
         return cancellableThreads;
     }
 
-    public abstract void notifyListener(OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure);
+    public abstract void notifyListener(ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure);
 
     public ReplicationTarget(String name, IndexShard indexShard, ReplicationLuceneIndex stateIndex, ReplicationListener listener) {
         super(name);
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ public void cancel(String reason) {
      * @param e                exception that encapsulates the failure
      * @param sendShardFailure indicates whether to notify the master of the shard failure
      */
-    public void fail(OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+    public void fail(ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
         if (finished.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
             try {
                 notifyListener(e, sendShardFailure);
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ public void fail(OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
 
     protected void ensureRefCount() {
         if (refCount() <= 0) {
-            throw new OpenSearchException(
+            throw new ReplicationFailedException(
                 "ReplicationTarget is used but it's refcount is 0. Probably a mismatch between incRef/decRef calls"
             );
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9742cc373d520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.rest.action.admin.cluster;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest;
+import org.opensearch.client.Requests;
+import org.opensearch.client.node.NodeClient;
+import org.opensearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
+import org.opensearch.rest.RestRequest;
+import org.opensearch.rest.action.RestToXContentListener;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
+import static org.opensearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.DELETE;
+
+/**
+ * Delete Weighted Round Robin based shard routing weights
+ *
+ * @opensearch.api
+ *
+ */
+public class RestClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction extends BaseRestHandler {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(RestClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Route> routes() {
+        return singletonList(new Route(DELETE, "/_cluster/routing/awareness/weights"));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "delete_weighted_routing_action";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest request, NodeClient client) throws IOException {
+        ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest clusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest = Requests.deleteWeightedRoutingRequest();
+        return channel -> client.admin()
+            .cluster()
+            .deleteWeightedRouting(clusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest, new RestToXContentListener<>(channel));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingServiceTests.java
index 557c5c7ac910d..fc5d46ef84c79 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingServiceTests.java
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.opensearch.Version;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.delete.ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.put.ClusterAddWeightedRoutingAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.shards.routing.weighted.put.ClusterPutWeightedRoutingRequestBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.client.node.NodeClient;
@@ -233,6 +235,32 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
         assertTrue(countDownLatch.await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
     }
 
+    public void testDeleteWeightedRoutingMetadata() throws InterruptedException {
+        Map<String, Double> weights = Map.of("zone_A", 1.0, "zone_B", 1.0, "zone_C", 1.0);
+        ClusterState state = clusterService.state();
+        state = setWeightedRoutingWeights(state, weights);
+        ClusterState.Builder builder = ClusterState.builder(state);
+        ClusterServiceUtils.setState(clusterService, builder);
+
+        ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest clusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest = new ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest();
+        final CountDownLatch countDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        ActionListener<ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse> listener = new ActionListener<ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse>() {
+            @Override
+            public void onResponse(ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse clusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse) {
+                assertTrue(clusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse.isAcknowledged());
+                assertNull(clusterService.state().metadata().weightedRoutingMetadata());
+                countDownLatch.countDown();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onFailure(Exception e) {
+                fail("on failure shouldn't have been called");
+            }
+        };
+        weightedRoutingService.deleteWeightedRoutingMetadata(clusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest, listener);
+        assertTrue(countDownLatch.await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+    }
+
     public void testVerifyAwarenessAttribute_InvalidAttributeName() {
         assertThrows(
             "invalid awareness attribute %s requested for updating weighted routing",
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
index 470eeea771f2b..72b77bb706065 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
@@ -331,12 +331,26 @@ public void testShardStateMetaHashCodeEquals() {
             randomFrom(ShardStateMetadata.IndexDataLocation.values())
         );
 
-        assertEquals(meta, new ShardStateMetadata(meta.primary, meta.indexUUID, meta.allocationId));
-        assertEquals(meta.hashCode(), new ShardStateMetadata(meta.primary, meta.indexUUID, meta.allocationId).hashCode());
+        assertEquals(meta, new ShardStateMetadata(meta.primary, meta.indexUUID, meta.allocationId, meta.indexDataLocation));
+        assertEquals(
+            meta.hashCode(),
+            new ShardStateMetadata(meta.primary, meta.indexUUID, meta.allocationId, meta.indexDataLocation).hashCode()
+        );
 
-        assertFalse(meta.equals(new ShardStateMetadata(!meta.primary, meta.indexUUID, meta.allocationId)));
-        assertFalse(meta.equals(new ShardStateMetadata(!meta.primary, meta.indexUUID + "foo", meta.allocationId)));
-        assertFalse(meta.equals(new ShardStateMetadata(!meta.primary, meta.indexUUID + "foo", randomAllocationId())));
+        assertNotEquals(meta, new ShardStateMetadata(!meta.primary, meta.indexUUID, meta.allocationId, meta.indexDataLocation));
+        assertNotEquals(meta, new ShardStateMetadata(!meta.primary, meta.indexUUID + "foo", meta.allocationId, meta.indexDataLocation));
+        assertNotEquals(meta, new ShardStateMetadata(!meta.primary, meta.indexUUID, randomAllocationId(), meta.indexDataLocation));
+        assertNotEquals(
+            meta,
+            new ShardStateMetadata(
+                !meta.primary,
+                meta.indexUUID,
+                randomAllocationId(),
+                meta.indexDataLocation == ShardStateMetadata.IndexDataLocation.LOCAL
+                    ? ShardStateMetadata.IndexDataLocation.REMOTE
+                    : ShardStateMetadata.IndexDataLocation.LOCAL
+            )
+        );
         Set<Integer> hashCodes = new HashSet<>();
         for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) { // just a sanity check that we impl hashcode
             allocationId = randomBoolean() ? null : randomAllocationId();
@@ -349,7 +363,6 @@ public void testShardStateMetaHashCodeEquals() {
             hashCodes.add(meta.hashCode());
         }
         assertTrue("more than one unique hashcode expected but got: " + hashCodes.size(), hashCodes.size() > 1);
-
     }
 
     public void testClosesPreventsNewOperations() throws Exception {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java
index da04ea1b9914b..b3cbd9b00f0b1 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexCommit;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfos;
 import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.action.delete.DeleteRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.checkpoint.SegmentReplicationCheckpointPublisher;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.checkpoint.ReplicationCheckpoint;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.CopyState;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationType;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService;
@@ -670,8 +670,7 @@ public void onReplicationDone(SegmentReplicationState state) {
                 }
 
                 @Override
-                public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
-                    assertTrue(e instanceof CancellableThreads.ExecutionCancelledException);
+                public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
                     assertFalse(sendShardFailure);
                     assertEquals(SegmentReplicationState.Stage.CANCELLED, state.getStage());
                     latch.countDown();
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTests.java
index cc5100fba9010..3d04f808bc30c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTests.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.index.NoMergePolicy;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.AlreadyClosedException;
 import org.opensearch.ExceptionsHelper;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.flush.FlushRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.bulk.BulkShardRequest;
@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.store.Store;
 import org.opensearch.index.translog.SnapshotMatchers;
 import org.opensearch.index.translog.Translog;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationListener;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationState;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationType;
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ public void onDone(ReplicationState state) {
                     }
 
                     @Override
-                    public void onFailure(ReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+                    public void onFailure(ReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
                         assertThat(ExceptionsHelper.unwrap(e, IOException.class).getMessage(), equalTo("simulated"));
                     }
                 }))
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetServiceTests.java
index 7437cb22e44d1..9a9c5b989dea9 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetServiceTests.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.store.Store;
 import org.opensearch.index.store.StoreFileMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.checkpoint.ReplicationCheckpoint;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationType;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ public void onReplicationDone(SegmentReplicationState state) {
             }
 
             @Override
-            public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+            public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
                 logger.error("Unexpected error", e);
                 Assert.fail("Test should succeed");
             }
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ public void onReplicationDone(SegmentReplicationState state) {
                 }
 
                 @Override
-                public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+                public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
                     // failures leave state object in last entered stage.
                     assertEquals(SegmentReplicationState.Stage.GET_CHECKPOINT_INFO, state.getStage());
                     assertEquals(expectedError, e.getCause());
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetTests.java
index 34ca94bba02f3..ffea4aaf6b7c4 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetTests.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.opensearch.ExceptionsHelper;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.store.StoreFileMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.index.store.StoreTests;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.checkpoint.ReplicationCheckpoint;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationType;
 import org.opensearch.test.DummyShardLock;
 import org.opensearch.test.IndexSettingsModule;
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public void onResponse(Void replicationResponse) {
             @Override
             public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                 assertEquals(exception, e.getCause().getCause());
-                segrepTarget.fail(new OpenSearchException(e), false);
+                segrepTarget.fail(new ReplicationFailedException(e), false);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public void onResponse(Void replicationResponse) {
             @Override
             public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                 assertEquals(exception, e.getCause().getCause());
-                segrepTarget.fail(new OpenSearchException(e), false);
+                segrepTarget.fail(new ReplicationFailedException(e), false);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public void onResponse(Void replicationResponse) {
             @Override
             public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                 assertEquals(exception, e.getCause());
-                segrepTarget.fail(new OpenSearchException(e), false);
+                segrepTarget.fail(new ReplicationFailedException(e), false);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ public void onResponse(Void replicationResponse) {
             @Override
             public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                 assertEquals(exception, e.getCause());
-                segrepTarget.fail(new OpenSearchException(e), false);
+                segrepTarget.fail(new ReplicationFailedException(e), false);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public void onResponse(Void replicationResponse) {
             @Override
             public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                 assert (e instanceof IllegalStateException);
-                segrepTarget.fail(new OpenSearchException(e), false);
+                segrepTarget.fail(new ReplicationFailedException(e), false);
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/recovery/ReplicationCollectionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/recovery/ReplicationCollectionTests.java
index 1789dd3b2a288..75ac1075e8ee0 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/recovery/ReplicationCollectionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/recovery/ReplicationCollectionTests.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import org.opensearch.index.store.Store;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationCollection;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationListener;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationState;
 import org.opensearch.indices.recovery.RecoveryState;
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ public void onDone(ReplicationState state) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onFailure(ReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+        public void onFailure(ReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
 
         }
     };
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ public void onDone(ReplicationState state) {
                 }
 
                 @Override
-                public void onFailure(ReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+                public void onFailure(ReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
                     failed.set(true);
                     latch.countDown();
                 }
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTestCase.java
index 1fcdfd79c544e..f520206e0f866 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTestCase.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.opensearch.ExceptionsHelper;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.Version;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.flush.FlushRequest;
@@ -119,6 +118,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.checkpoint.SegmentReplicationCheckpointPublisher;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.CopyState;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationCollection;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationListener;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationState;
 import org.opensearch.repositories.IndexId;
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public void onDone(ReplicationState state) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onFailure(ReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+        public void onFailure(ReplicationState state, ReplicationFailedException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
             throw new AssertionError(e);
         }
     };
@@ -1282,7 +1282,11 @@ public void onReplicationDone(SegmentReplicationState state) {
                     }
 
                     @Override
-                    public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+                    public void onReplicationFailure(
+                        SegmentReplicationState state,
+                        ReplicationFailedException e,
+                        boolean sendShardFailure
+                    ) {
                         logger.error("Unexpected replication failure in test", e);
                         Assert.fail("test replication should not fail: " + e);
                     }