diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
index 8fdc53e6b795f..528601f201fee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ public synchronized void verifyIndexMetadata(IndexMetadata metadata, IndexMetada
 
     @Override
     public void createShard(
+        final ProjectId projectId,
         final ShardRouting shardRouting,
         final PeerRecoveryTargetService recoveryTargetService,
         final PeerRecoveryTargetService.RecoveryListener recoveryListener,
@@ -968,26 +969,29 @@ public void createShard(
         RecoveryState recoveryState = indexService.createRecoveryState(shardRouting, targetNode, sourceNode);
         IndexShard indexShard = indexService.createShard(shardRouting, globalCheckpointSyncer, retentionLeaseSyncer);
         indexShard.addShardFailureCallback(onShardFailure);
-        indexShard.startRecovery(
-            recoveryState,
-            recoveryTargetService,
-            postRecoveryMerger.maybeMergeAfterRecovery(indexService.getMetadata(), shardRouting, recoveryListener),
-            repositoriesService,
-            (mapping, listener) -> {
-                assert recoveryState.getRecoverySource().getType() == RecoverySource.Type.LOCAL_SHARDS
-                    : "mapping update consumer only required by local shards recovery";
-                AcknowledgedRequest<PutMappingRequest> putMappingRequestAcknowledgedRequest = new PutMappingRequest()
-                    // concrete index - no name clash, it uses uuid
-                    .setConcreteIndex(shardRouting.index())
-                    .source(mapping.source().string(), XContentType.JSON);
-                client.execute(
-                    TransportAutoPutMappingAction.TYPE,
-                    putMappingRequestAcknowledgedRequest.ackTimeout(TimeValue.MAX_VALUE).masterNodeTimeout(TimeValue.MAX_VALUE),
-                    new RefCountAwareThreadedActionListener<>(threadPool.generic(), listener.map(ignored -> null))
-                );
-            },
-            this,
-            clusterStateVersion
+        projectResolver.executeOnProject(
+            projectId,
+            () -> indexShard.startRecovery(
+                recoveryState,
+                recoveryTargetService,
+                postRecoveryMerger.maybeMergeAfterRecovery(indexService.getMetadata(), shardRouting, recoveryListener),
+                repositoriesService,
+                (mapping, listener) -> {
+                    assert recoveryState.getRecoverySource().getType() == RecoverySource.Type.LOCAL_SHARDS
+                        : "mapping update consumer only required by local shards recovery";
+                    AcknowledgedRequest<PutMappingRequest> putMappingRequestAcknowledgedRequest = new PutMappingRequest()
+                        // concrete index - no name clash, it uses uuid
+                        .setConcreteIndex(shardRouting.index())
+                        .source(mapping.source().string(), XContentType.JSON);
+                    client.execute(
+                        TransportAutoPutMappingAction.TYPE,
+                        putMappingRequestAcknowledgedRequest.ackTimeout(TimeValue.MAX_VALUE).masterNodeTimeout(TimeValue.MAX_VALUE),
+                        new RefCountAwareThreadedActionListener<>(threadPool.generic(), listener.map(ignored -> null))
+                    );
+                },
+                this,
+                clusterStateVersion
+            )
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java
index 9862ff9d30338..95c462072ae5a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateApplier;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.action.shard.ShardStateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.ProjectId;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.ProjectMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
@@ -781,6 +782,7 @@ private void createShardWhenLockAvailable(
         try {
             logger.debug("{} creating shard with primary term [{}], iteration [{}]", shardRouting.shardId(), primaryTerm, iteration);
             indicesService.createShard(
+                originalState.metadata().projectFor(shardRouting.index()).id(),
                 shardRouting,
                 recoveryTargetService,
                 new RecoveryListener(shardRouting, primaryTerm),
@@ -1330,6 +1332,7 @@ void removeIndex(
         /**
          * Creates a shard for the specified shard routing and starts recovery.
          *
+         * @param projectId              the project for the shard
          * @param shardRouting           the shard routing
          * @param recoveryTargetService  recovery service for the target
          * @param recoveryListener       a callback when recovery changes state (finishes or fails)
@@ -1343,6 +1346,7 @@ void removeIndex(
          * @throws IOException if an I/O exception occurs when creating the shard
          */
         void createShard(
+            ProjectId projectId,
             ShardRouting shardRouting,
             PeerRecoveryTargetService recoveryTargetService,
             PeerRecoveryTargetService.RecoveryListener recoveryListener,
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cluster/AbstractIndicesClusterStateServiceTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cluster/AbstractIndicesClusterStateServiceTestCase.java
index 03d6ac6342b42..0c1e381f69c4e 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cluster/AbstractIndicesClusterStateServiceTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cluster/AbstractIndicesClusterStateServiceTestCase.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.ProjectId;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.ProjectMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.IndexShardRoutingTable;
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ public MockIndexService indexService(Index index) {
 
         @Override
         public void createShard(
+            final ProjectId projectId,
             final ShardRouting shardRouting,
             final PeerRecoveryTargetService recoveryTargetService,
             final PeerRecoveryTargetService.RecoveryListener recoveryListener,