Fixing _list/shards API for closed indices (#16606) (#16838)

* Fixing _list/shards API for closed indices
(cherry picked from commit 2b402ec)

Signed-off-by: Harsh Garg <[email protected]>
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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Bound the size of cache in deprecation logger ([16702](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/16702))
 - Ensure consistency of system flag on IndexMetadata after diff is applied ([#16644](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16644))
 - Skip remote-repositories validations for node-joins when RepositoriesService is not in sync with cluster-state ([#16763](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16763))
+- Fix _list/shards API failing when closed indices are present ([#16606](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16606))
 
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