Elasticsearch operator status unknown and reporting error previously used GenUUID is no longer found in Spec.Nodes

oc get csv
NAME                              DISPLAY                            VERSION    REPLACES   PHASE
cluster-logging.5.4.0-11          Red Hat OpenShift Logging          5.4.0-11              Succeeded
elasticsearch-operator.5.4.0-25   OpenShift Elasticsearch Operator   5.4.0-25              Succeeded 

apiVersion: "logging.openshift.io/v1"
kind: "ClusterLogging"
metadata:
  name: "instance" 
  namespace: "openshift-logging"
spec:
  managementState: "Managed"  
  logStore:
    type: "elasticsearch"  
    retentionPolicy: 
      application:
        maxAge: 7d
      infra:
        maxAge: 7d
      audit:
        maxAge: 7d
    elasticsearch:
      nodeCount: 3 
      storage: {} 
      resources: 
          limits:
            memory: "4Gi"
          requests:
            memory: "1Gi"
      proxy: 
        resources:
          limits:
            memory: 256Mi
          requests:
            memory: 256Mi
      redundancyPolicy: "SingleRedundancy"
  visualization:
    type: "kibana"  
    kibana:
      replicas: 1
  collection:
    logs:
      type: "fluentd"  
      fluentd: {} 

oc get clusterloggings.logging.openshift.io instance -o yaml
apiVersion: logging.openshift.io/v1
kind: ClusterLogging
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "2021-12-31T06:02:38Z"
  generation: 1
  name: instance
  namespace: openshift-logging
  resourceVersion: "90749"
  uid: 1c2e5d6a-cf93-4b6a-843b-29caf6f26666
spec:
  collection:
    logs:
      fluentd: {}
      type: fluentd
  logStore:
    elasticsearch:
      nodeCount: 3
      proxy:
        resources:
          limits:
            memory: 256Mi
          requests:
            memory: 256Mi
      redundancyPolicy: SingleRedundancy
      resources:
        limits:
          memory: 4Gi
        requests:
          memory: 1Gi
      storage: {}
    retentionPolicy:
      application:
        maxAge: 7d
      audit:
        maxAge: 7d
      infra:
        maxAge: 7d
    type: elasticsearch
  managementState: Managed
  visualization:
    kibana:
      replicas: 1
    type: kibana
status:
  clusterConditions:
  - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:51Z"
    status: "False"
    type: CollectorDeadEnd
  - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:38Z"
    message: curator is deprecated in favor of defining retention policy
    reason: ResourceDeprecated
    status: "True"
    type: CuratorRemoved
  collection:
    logs:
      fluentdStatus:
        daemonSet: collector
        nodes:
          collector-25xx4: ip-10-0-218-19.us-east-2.compute.internal
          collector-cq9nv: ip-10-0-172-196.us-east-2.compute.internal
          collector-hj8q9: ip-10-0-133-30.us-east-2.compute.internal
          collector-q6674: ip-10-0-149-128.us-east-2.compute.internal
          collector-s8576: ip-10-0-176-112.us-east-2.compute.internal
          collector-wt6fm: ip-10-0-204-125.us-east-2.compute.internal
        pods:
          failed: []
          notReady: []
          ready:
          - collector-25xx4
          - collector-cq9nv
          - collector-hj8q9
          - collector-q6674
          - collector-s8576
          - collector-wt6fm
  curation: {}
  logStore:
    elasticsearchStatus:
    - cluster:
        activePrimaryShards: 0
        activeShards: 0
        initializingShards: 0
        numDataNodes: 0
        numNodes: 0
        pendingTasks: 0
        relocatingShards: 0
        status: cluster health unknown
        unassignedShards: 0
      clusterConditions:
      - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
        message: previously used GenUUID is no longer found in Spec.Nodes
        reason: Invalid Spec
        status: "True"
        type: InvalidUUID
      clusterName: elasticsearch
      nodeConditions:
        elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-1:
        - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
          reason: ContainerCreating
          status: "True"
          type: ElasticsearchContainerWaiting
        - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
          reason: ContainerCreating
          status: "True"
          type: ProxyContainerWaiting
        elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-2:
        - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
          reason: ContainerCreating
          status: "True"
          type: ElasticsearchContainerWaiting
        - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
          reason: ContainerCreating
          status: "True"
          type: ProxyContainerWaiting
        elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-3:
        - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
          reason: ContainerCreating
          status: "True"
          type: ElasticsearchContainerWaiting
        - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
          reason: ContainerCreating
          status: "True"
          type: ProxyContainerWaiting
      nodeCount: 0
      pods:
        client:
          failed: []
          notReady:
          - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-1-569cd6cbd4-nghdl
          - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-2-5f7f875d7d-h22wn
          - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-3-5f689d98d-bwwcx
          ready: []
        data:
          failed: []
          notReady:
          - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-1-569cd6cbd4-nghdl
          - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-2-5f7f875d7d-h22wn
          - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-3-5f689d98d-bwwcx
          ready: []
        master:
          failed: []
          notReady:
          - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-1-569cd6cbd4-nghdl
          - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-2-5f7f875d7d-h22wn
          - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-3-5f689d98d-bwwcx
          ready: []
      shardAllocationEnabled: shard allocation unknown
  visualization:
    kibanaStatus:
    - deployment: kibana
      pods:
        failed: []
        notReady: []
        ready:
        - kibana-55c9bb6984-hk2pc
      replicaSets:
      - kibana-55c9bb6984
      replicas: 1

oc get elasticsearches.logging.openshift.io elasticsearch -o yaml 
apiVersion: logging.openshift.io/v1
kind: Elasticsearch
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "2021-12-31T06:02:38Z"
  generation: 1
  name: elasticsearch
  namespace: openshift-logging
  ownerReferences:
  - apiVersion: logging.openshift.io/v1
    controller: true
    kind: ClusterLogging
    name: instance
    uid: 1c2e5d6a-cf93-4b6a-843b-29caf6f26666
  resourceVersion: "89997"
  uid: 7e1fb36b-21b9-47c2-92ed-565fdb5bb24a
spec:
  indexManagement:
    mappings:
    - aliases:
      - app
      - logs.app
      name: app
      policyRef: app-policy
    - aliases:
      - infra
      - logs.infra
      name: infra
      policyRef: infra-policy
    - aliases:
      - audit
      - logs.audit
      name: audit
      policyRef: audit-policy
    policies:
    - name: app-policy
      phases:
        delete:
          minAge: 7d
        hot:
          actions:
            rollover:
              maxAge: 8h
      pollInterval: 15m
    - name: infra-policy
      phases:
        delete:
          minAge: 7d
        hot:
          actions:
            rollover:
              maxAge: 8h
      pollInterval: 15m
    - name: audit-policy
      phases:
        delete:
          minAge: 7d
        hot:
          actions:
            rollover:
              maxAge: 8h
      pollInterval: 15m
  managementState: Managed
  nodeSpec:
    proxyResources:
      limits:
        memory: 256Mi
      requests:
        memory: 256Mi
    resources:
      limits:
        memory: 4Gi
      requests:
        memory: 1Gi
  nodes:
  - nodeCount: 3
    proxyResources: {}
    resources: {}
    roles:
    - client
    - data
    - master
    storage: {}
  redundancyPolicy: SingleRedundancy
status:
  cluster:
    activePrimaryShards: 0
    activeShards: 0
    initializingShards: 0
    numDataNodes: 0
    numNodes: 0
    pendingTasks: 0
    relocatingShards: 0
    status: cluster health unknown
    unassignedShards: 0
  conditions:
  - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
    message: previously used GenUUID is no longer found in Spec.Nodes
    reason: Invalid Spec
    status: "True"
    type: InvalidUUID
  nodes:
  - conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
      reason: ContainerCreating
      status: "True"
      type: ElasticsearchContainerWaiting
    - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
      reason: ContainerCreating
      status: "True"
      type: ProxyContainerWaiting
    deploymentName: elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-1
    upgradeStatus: {}
  - conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
      reason: ContainerCreating
      status: "True"
      type: ElasticsearchContainerWaiting
    - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
      reason: ContainerCreating
      status: "True"
      type: ProxyContainerWaiting
    deploymentName: elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-2
    upgradeStatus: {}
  - conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
      reason: ContainerCreating
      status: "True"
      type: ElasticsearchContainerWaiting
    - lastTransitionTime: "2021-12-31T06:02:42Z"
      reason: ContainerCreating
      status: "True"
      type: ProxyContainerWaiting
    deploymentName: elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-3
    upgradeStatus: {}
  pods:
    client:
      failed: []
      notReady:
      - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-1-569cd6cbd4-nghdl
      - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-2-5f7f875d7d-h22wn
      - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-3-5f689d98d-bwwcx
      ready: []
    data:
      failed: []
      notReady:
      - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-1-569cd6cbd4-nghdl
      - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-2-5f7f875d7d-h22wn
      - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-3-5f689d98d-bwwcx
      ready: []
    master:
      failed: []
      notReady:
      - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-1-569cd6cbd4-nghdl
      - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-2-5f7f875d7d-h22wn
      - elasticsearch-cdm-45xnj4t6-3-5f689d98d-bwwcx
      ready: []
  shardAllocationEnabled: shard allocation unknown