IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
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current release documentation.
7.8 Release notes
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IMPORTANT: This documentation is no longer updated. Refer to Elastic's version policy and the latest documentation.
7.8 Release notes
edit7.8.1 Release notes
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Support for Elasticsearch version
7.8.1. - Bug fix: Fixed a bug on the API endpoints documentation for RubyDocs: there was an unnecessary empty new line in the documentation for parameters that have options. So the parameters before that empty newline were not being documented in RubyDocs.
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Update to
infoendpoint. New parameteraccept_enterprise(boolean): If an enterprise license is installed, return the type and mode as enterprise (default: false).
7.8.0 Release notes
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7.8. -
Surface deprecation headers from Elasticsearch. When there’s a
warningresponse header in Elasticsearch’s response, the client will emit a warning withwarn. - Typhoeus is supported again, version 1.4+ and has been added back to the docs.
- Adds documentation and example for integrating with Elastic APM.
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abort_benchmark -
benchmark -
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delete_by_rethrottle -
nodes.shutdown -
remote.info
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cluster.get_component_template -
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indices.delete_index_template -
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indices.get_data_streams:nameis now a string instead of list, the name or wildcard expression of the requested data streams. -
indices.put_index_template: new parameter:cause(string), user defined reason for creating/updating the index template. -
indices.simulate_index_template: Two new parameters:create, whether the index template we optionally defined in the body should only be dry-run added if new or can also replace an existing one.causeUser defined reason for dry-run creating the new template for simulation purposes. -
snapshot.delete_repository: New parameterrepository, name of the snapshot repository, wildcard (*) patterns are now supported. -
task.cancel: new parameterwait_for_completion(boolean) Should the request block until the cancellation of the task and its descendant tasks is completed. Defaults to false.
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repository_stats -
stats
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machine_learning.delete_data_frame_analyticsnew paramtimeout: controls the time to wait until a job is deleted. Defaults to 1 minute.