diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotStatusApisIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotStatusApisIT.java
index 5a043e69e9735..f88e8449154f5 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotStatusApisIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotStatusApisIT.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public void testStatusApiConsistency() {
         assertEquals(snapshotStatus.getStats().getTime(), snapshotInfo.endTime() - snapshotInfo.startTime());
     }
 
-    public void testStatusAPICallForShallowCopySnapshot() {
+    public void testStatusAPICallForShallowCopySnapshot() throws Exception {
         disableRepoConsistencyCheck("Remote store repository is being used for the test");
         internalCluster().startClusterManagerOnlyNode();
         internalCluster().startDataOnlyNode();
@@ -135,15 +135,24 @@ public void testStatusAPICallForShallowCopySnapshot() {
         final String snapshot = "snapshot";
         createFullSnapshot(snapshotRepoName, snapshot);
 
-        final SnapshotStatus snapshotStatus = getSnapshotStatus(snapshotRepoName, snapshot);
-        assertThat(snapshotStatus.getState(), is(SnapshotsInProgress.State.SUCCESS));
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            final SnapshotStatus snapshotStatus = client().admin()
+                .cluster()
+                .prepareSnapshotStatus(snapshotRepoName)
+                .setSnapshots(snapshot)
+                .execute()
+                .actionGet()
+                .getSnapshots()
+                .get(0);
+            assertThat(snapshotStatus.getState(), is(SnapshotsInProgress.State.SUCCESS));
 
-        final SnapshotIndexShardStatus snapshotShardState = stateFirstShard(snapshotStatus, indexName);
-        assertThat(snapshotShardState.getStage(), is(SnapshotIndexShardStage.DONE));
-        assertThat(snapshotShardState.getStats().getTotalFileCount(), greaterThan(0));
-        assertThat(snapshotShardState.getStats().getTotalSize(), greaterThan(0L));
-        assertThat(snapshotShardState.getStats().getIncrementalFileCount(), greaterThan(0));
-        assertThat(snapshotShardState.getStats().getIncrementalSize(), greaterThan(0L));
+            final SnapshotIndexShardStatus snapshotShardState = stateFirstShard(snapshotStatus, indexName);
+            assertThat(snapshotShardState.getStage(), is(SnapshotIndexShardStage.DONE));
+            assertThat(snapshotShardState.getStats().getTotalFileCount(), greaterThan(0));
+            assertThat(snapshotShardState.getStats().getTotalSize(), greaterThan(0L));
+            assertThat(snapshotShardState.getStats().getIncrementalFileCount(), greaterThan(0));
+            assertThat(snapshotShardState.getStats().getIncrementalSize(), greaterThan(0L));
+        }, 1, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
     }
 
     public void testStatusAPICallInProgressSnapshot() throws Exception {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotStatus.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotStatus.java
index e27c404c6e6bc..dbd7cc244c37b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotStatus.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotStatus.java
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ public SnapshotStats getStats() {
     private static final String STATE = "state";
     private static final String INDICES = "indices";
     private static final String INCLUDE_GLOBAL_STATE = "include_global_state";
-    private static final String INITIAL_TOTAL_SIZE_IN_BYTES = "initial_total_size_in_bytes";
 
     @Override
     public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
@@ -252,9 +251,6 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
         if (includeGlobalState != null) {
             builder.field(INCLUDE_GLOBAL_STATE, includeGlobalState);
         }
-        if (initialTotalSizeInBytes != 0) {
-            builder.field(INITIAL_TOTAL_SIZE_IN_BYTES, initialTotalSizeInBytes);
-        }
         builder.field(SnapshotShardsStats.Fields.SHARDS_STATS, shardsStats, params);
         builder.field(SnapshotStats.Fields.STATS, stats, params);
         builder.startObject(INDICES);
@@ -276,7 +272,6 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
             String uuid = (String) parsedObjects[i++];
             String rawState = (String) parsedObjects[i++];
             Boolean includeGlobalState = (Boolean) parsedObjects[i++];
-            Long initialTotalSizeInBytes = (Long) parsedObjects[i++];
             SnapshotStats stats = ((SnapshotStats) parsedObjects[i++]);
             SnapshotShardsStats shardsStats = ((SnapshotShardsStats) parsedObjects[i++]);
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -297,16 +292,7 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
                     shards.addAll(index.getShards().values());
                 }
             }
-            return new SnapshotStatus(
-                snapshot,
-                state,
-                shards,
-                indicesStatus,
-                shardsStats,
-                stats,
-                includeGlobalState,
-                initialTotalSizeInBytes
-            );
+            return new SnapshotStatus(snapshot, state, shards, indicesStatus, shardsStats, stats, includeGlobalState, 0L);
         }
     );
     static {
@@ -315,7 +301,6 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
         PARSER.declareString(constructorArg(), new ParseField(UUID));
         PARSER.declareString(constructorArg(), new ParseField(STATE));
         PARSER.declareBoolean(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField(INCLUDE_GLOBAL_STATE));
-        PARSER.declareLong(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField(INITIAL_TOTAL_SIZE_IN_BYTES));
         PARSER.declareField(
             constructorArg(),
             SnapshotStats::fromXContent,