[[release-notes-7.7.1]]
== {es} version 7.7.1

Also see <<breaking-changes-7.7,Breaking changes in 7.7>>.

[[enhancement-7.7.1]]
[discrete]
=== Enhancements

Authorization::
* Remove synthetic role names of API keys as they confuse users {es-pull}56005[#56005]

Features/ILM+SLM::
* ILM: Add cluster update timeout on step retry {es-pull}54878[#54878]

SQL::
* Change error message for comparison against fields in filtering {es-pull}57126[#57126] (issue: {es-issue}57005[#57005])

[[bug-7.7.1]]
[discrete]
=== Bug fixes

Authentication::
* Expose idp.metadata.http.refresh for SAML realm {es-pull}56354[#56354]
* Fix concurrent refresh of tokens {es-pull}55114[#55114] (issue: {es-issue}54289[#54289])

CCR::
* Retry follow task when remote connection queue full {es-pull}55314[#55314]

Cluster Coordination::
* Fix the problem of recovering twice when perform a full cluster restart(#55564) {es-pull}55780[#55780] (issue: {es-issue}55564[#55564])

Discovery-Plugins::
* Hide c.a.a.p.i.BasicProfileConfigFileLoader noise {es-pull}56346[#56346] (issues: {es-issue}20313[#20313], {es-issue}56333[#56333])

Engine::
* Ensure no circular reference in translog tragic exception {es-pull}55959[#55959] (issue: {es-issue}55893[#55893])
* Update translog policy before the next safe commit {es-pull}54839[#54839] (issue: {es-issue}52223[#52223])

Features/CAT APIs::
* Handle exceptions when building _cat/indices response {es-pull}56993[#56993] (issue: {es-issue}56816[#56816])

Features/Features::
* 7.x only REST specification fixes {es-pull}56736[#56736] (issue: {es-issue}55984[#55984])

Features/ILM+SLM::
* Fix Missing IgnoredUnavailable Flag in 7.x SLM Retention Task {es-pull}56616[#56616]

Features/Indices APIs::
* Allow removing replicas setting on closed indices {es-pull}56680[#56680] (issues: {es-issue}56656[#56656], {es-issue}56675[#56675])
* Allow removing index.number_of_replicas setting {es-pull}56656[#56656] (issue: {es-issue}56501[#56501])

Features/Ingest::
* Fix enrich coordinator to reject documents instead of deadlocking {es-pull}56247[#56247] (issue: {es-issue}55634[#55634])
* EnrichProcessorFactory should not throw NPE if missing metadata {es-pull}55977[#55977]
* Prevent stack overflow for numerous grok patterns. {es-pull}55899[#55899]
* Fix empty_value handling in CsvProcessor {es-pull}55649[#55649] (issue: {es-issue}55643[#55643])

Features/Java High Level REST Client::
* Honor IndicesOptions in HLRC putMapping request {es-pull}57118[#57118] (issue: {es-issue}57045[#57045])

Features/Monitoring::
* Fix incorrect log warning when exporting monitoring via HTTP without authentication {es-pull}56958[#56958] (issue: {es-issue}56810[#56810])
* Ensure that the monitoring export exceptions are logged. {es-pull}56237[#56237]

Features/Watcher::
* Ensure that .watcher-history-11* template is in installed prior to use {es-pull}56734[#56734] (issue: {es-issue}56732[#56732])
* Fix smtp.ssl.trust setting for watcher email {es-pull}56090[#56090] (issues: {es-issue}45272[#45272], {es-issue}52153[#52153])

Infra/Core::
* Prevent unexpected native controller output hanging the process {es-pull}56491[#56491] (issue: {es-issue}56366[#56366])
* Add method to check if object is generically writeable in stream {es-pull}54936[#54936] (issue: {es-issue}54708[#54708])

Infra/Logging::
* SlowLoggers using single logger {es-pull}56708[#56708] (issue: {es-issue}56171[#56171])

Machine Learning::
* Fix background persistence of categorizer state. {ml-pull}1137[#1137] (issue: {ml-issue}1136[#1136])
* Fix classification job failures when number of classes in configuration differs from the number of classes present in the training data. {ml-pull}1144[#1144]
* Fix underlying cause for "Failed to calculate splitting significance" log errors. {ml-pull}1157[#1157]
* Fix possible root cause for "Bad variance scale nan" log errors. {ml-pull}1225[#1225]
* Change data frame analytics instrumentation timestamp resolution to milliseconds. {ml-pull}1237[#1237]
* Fix "autodetect process stopped unexpectedly: Fatal error: 'terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_function_call'". {ml-pull}1246[#1246] (issue: {ml-issue}1245[#1245])
* Fix monitoring if orphaned anomaly detector persistent tasks exist {es-pull}57235[#57235] (issue: {es-issue}51888[#51888])
* Fix delete_expired_data/nightly maintenance when many model snapshots need deleting {es-pull}57041[#57041] (issue: {es-issue}47103[#47103])
* Ensure class is represented when its cardinality is low {es-pull}56783[#56783]
* Use non-zero timeout when force stopping DF analytics {es-pull}56423[#56423]
* Reduce InferenceProcessor.Factory log spam by not parsing pipelines {es-pull}56020[#56020] (issue: {es-issue}55985[#55985])
* Audit when unassigned datafeeds are stopped {es-pull}55656[#55656] (issue: {es-issue}55521[#55521])

Network::
* Fix use of password protected PKCS#8 keys for SSL {es-pull}55457[#55457] (issue: {es-issue}8[#8])
* Add support for more named curves {es-pull}55179[#55179] (issue: {es-issue}55031[#55031])

Recovery::
* Fix trimUnsafeCommits for indices created before 6.2 {es-pull}57187[#57187] (issue: {es-issue}57091[#57091])

SQL::
* Fix unecessary evaluation for CASE/IIF {es-pull}57159[#57159] (issue: {es-issue}49672[#49672])
* JDBC: fix access to the Manifest for non-entry JAR URLs {es-pull}56797[#56797] (issue: {es-issue}56759[#56759])
* Fix JDBC url pattern in docs and error message {es-pull}56612[#56612] (issue: {es-issue}56476[#56476])
* Fix serialization of JDBC prep statement date/time params {es-pull}56492[#56492] (issue: {es-issue}56084[#56084])
* Fix issue with date range queries and timezone {es-pull}56115[#56115] (issue: {es-issue}56049[#56049])
* SubSelect unresolved bugfix {es-pull}55956[#55956]

Search::
* Don't run sort optimization on size=0 {es-pull}57044[#57044] (issue: {es-issue}56923[#56923])
* Fix `bool` query behaviour on null value {es-pull}56817[#56817] (issue: {es-issue}56812[#56812])
* Fix validate query listener invocation bug {es-pull}56157[#56157]
* Async Search: correct shards counting {es-pull}55758[#55758]
* For constant_keyword, make sure exists query handles missing values. {es-pull}55757[#55757] (issue: {es-issue}53545[#53545])
* Fix (de)serialization of async search failures {es-pull}55688[#55688]
* Fix expiration time in async search response {es-pull}55435[#55435]
* Return true for can_match on idle search shards {es-pull}55428[#55428] (issues: {es-issue}27500[#27500], {es-issue}50043[#50043])

Snapshot/Restore::
* Fix NPE in Partial Snapshot Without Global State {es-pull}55776[#55776] (issue: {es-issue}50234[#50234])
* Fix Path Style Access Setting Priority {es-pull}55439[#55439] (issue: {es-issue}55407[#55407])

[[upgrade-7.7.1]]
[discrete]
=== Upgrades

Infra/Core::
* Upgrade to Jackson 2.10.4 {es-pull}56188[#56188] (issue: {es-issue}56071[#56071])

Infra/Packaging::
* Upgrade bundled jdk to 14.0.1 {es-pull}57233[#57233]

SQL::
* Update the JLine dependency to 3.14.1 {es-pull}57111[#57111] (issue: {es-issue}57076[#57076])

[[release-notes-7.7.0]]
== {es} version 7.7.0

Also see <<breaking-changes-7.7,Breaking changes in 7.7>>.

[[breaking-7.7.0]]
[discrete]
=== Breaking changes

Highlighting::
* Highlighters skip ignored keyword values {es-pull}53408[#53408] (issue: {es-issue}43800[#43800])

Infra/Core::
* Remove DEBUG-level default logging from actions {es-pull}51459[#51459] (issue: {es-issue}51198[#51198])

Mapping::
* Dynamic mappings in indices created on 8.0 and later have stricter validation at mapping update time and
  results in a deprecation warning for indices created in Elasticsearch 7.7.0 and later.
  (e.g. incorrect analyzer settings or unknown field types). {es-pull}51233[#51233] (issues: {es-issue}17411[#17411], {es-issue}24419[#24419])

Search::
* Make range query rounding consistent {es-pull}50237[#50237] (issue: {es-issue}50009[#50009])
* Pipeline aggregation validation errors that used to return HTTP
  500s/Internal Server Errors now return 400/Bad Request {es-pull}53669[#53669].
  As a bonus we now return a list of validation errors rather than returning
  the first one we encounter.



[[breaking-java-7.7.0]]
[discrete]
=== Breaking Java changes

Infra/Core::
* Fix ActionListener.map exception handling {es-pull}50886[#50886]

Machine Learning::
* Add expected input field type to trained model config {es-pull}53083[#53083]

Transform::
* Enhance the output of preview to return full destination index details {es-pull}53572[#53572]



[[deprecation-7.7.0]]
[discrete]
=== Deprecations

Allocation::
* Deprecated support for delaying state recovery pending master nodes {es-pull}53646[#53646] (issue: {es-issue}51806[#51806])

Authentication::
* Add warnings for invalid realm order config (#51195) {es-pull}51515[#51515]
* Deprecate timeout.tcp_read AD/LDAP realm setting {es-pull}47305[#47305] (issue: {es-issue}46028[#46028])

Engine::
* Deprecate translog retention settings {es-pull}51588[#51588] (issues: {es-issue}45473[#45473], {es-issue}50775[#50775])

Features/Features::
* Add cluster.remote.connect to deprecation info API {es-pull}54142[#54142] (issue: {es-issue}53924[#53924])

Infra/Core::
* Add deprecation check for listener thread pool {es-pull}53438[#53438] (issues: {es-issue}53049[#53049], {es-issue}53317[#53317])
* Deprecate the logstash enabled setting {es-pull}53367[#53367]
* Deprecate the listener thread pool {es-pull}53266[#53266] (issue: {es-issue}53049[#53049])
* Deprecate creation of dot-prefixed index names except for hidden and system indices {es-pull}49959[#49959]

Infra/REST API::
* Deprecate undocumented alternatives to the nodes hot threads API (#52640) {es-pull}52930[#52930] (issue: {es-issue}52640[#52640])

Machine Learning::
* Renaming inference processor field field_mappings to new name field_map {es-pull}53433[#53433]

Search::
* Emit deprecation warning when TermsLookup contains a type {es-pull}53731[#53731] (issue: {es-issue}41059[#41059])
* Deprecate BoolQueryBuilder's mustNot field {es-pull}53125[#53125]



[[feature-7.7.0]]
[discrete]
=== New features

Aggregations::
* Preserve metric types in top_metrics {es-pull}53288[#53288]
* Support multiple metrics in `top_metrics` agg {es-pull}52965[#52965] (issue: {es-issue}51813[#51813])
* Add size support to `top_metrics` {es-pull}52662[#52662] (issue: {es-issue}51813[#51813])
* HLRC support for string_stats {es-pull}52163[#52163]
* Add Boxplot Aggregation {es-pull}51948[#51948] (issue: {es-issue}33112[#33112])

Analysis::
* Add nori_number token filter in analysis-nori {es-pull}53583[#53583]

Authentication::
* Create API Key on behalf of other user {es-pull}52886[#52886] (issue: {es-issue}48716[#48716])

Geo::
* Add support for distance queries on shape queries {es-pull}53468[#53468]
* Add support for distance queries on geo_shape queries {es-pull}53466[#53466] (issues: {es-issue}13351[#13351], {es-issue}39237[#39237])
* Add support for multipoint shape queries {es-pull}52564[#52564] (issue: {es-issue}52133[#52133])
* Add support for multipoint geoshape queries {es-pull}52133[#52133] (issue: {es-issue}37318[#37318])

Infra/Core::
* Implement hidden indices {es-pull}50452[#50452] (issues: {es-issue}50251[#50251], {es-issue}50665[#50665], {es-issue}50762[#50762])

Infra/Packaging::
* Introduce aarch64 packaging {es-pull}53914[#53914]

Machine Learning::
* Implement ILM policy for .ml-state* indices {es-pull}52356[#52356] (issue: {es-issue}29938[#29938])
* Add instrumentation to report statistics related to {dfanalytics-jobs} such as
progress, memory usage, etc. {ml-pull}906[#906]
* Multiclass classification {ml-pull}1037[#1037]

Mapping::
* Introduce a `constant_keyword` field. {es-pull}49713[#49713]

SQL::
* Add `constant_keyword` support {es-pull}53241[#53241] (issue: {es-issue}53016[#53016])
* Add optimisations for not-equalities {es-pull}51088[#51088] (issue: {es-issue}49637[#49637])
* Add support for passing query parameters in REST API calls {es-pull}51029[#51029] (issue: {es-issue}42916[#42916])

Search::
* Add a cluster setting to disallow expensive queries {es-pull}51385[#51385] (issue: {es-issue}29050[#29050])
* Add new x-pack endpoints to track the progress of a search asynchronously {es-pull}49931[#49931] (issue: {es-issue}49091[#49091])



[[enhancement-7.7.0]]
[discrete]
=== Enhancements

Aggregations::
* Fixed rewrite of time zone without DST {es-pull}54398[#54398]
* Try to save memory on aggregations {es-pull}53793[#53793]
* Speed up partial reduce of terms aggregations {es-pull}53216[#53216] (issue: {es-issue}51857[#51857])
* Simplify SiblingPipelineAggregator {es-pull}53144[#53144]
* Add histogram field type support to boxplot aggs {es-pull}52265[#52265] (issues: {es-issue}33112[#33112], {es-issue}52233[#52233])
* Percentiles aggregation validation checks for range {es-pull}51871[#51871] (issue: {es-issue}51808[#51808])
* Begin moving date_histogram to offset rounding (take two) {es-pull}51271[#51271] (issues: {es-issue}50609[#50609], {es-issue}50873[#50873])
* Password-protected Keystore Feature Branch PR {es-pull}51123[#51123] (issues: {es-issue}32691[#32691], {es-issue}49340[#49340])
* Implement top_metrics agg {es-pull}51155[#51155] (issue: {es-issue}48069[#48069])
* Bucket aggregation circuit breaker optimization. {es-pull}46751[#46751]

Analysis::
* Removes old Lucene's experimental flag from analyzer documentations {es-pull}53217[#53217]

Authentication::
* Add exception metadata for disabled features {es-pull}52811[#52811] (issues: {es-issue}47759[#47759], {es-issue}52311[#52311], {es-issue}55255[#55255])
* Validate role templates before saving role mapping {es-pull}52636[#52636] (issue: {es-issue}48773[#48773])
* Add support for secondary authentication {es-pull}52093[#52093]
* Expose API key name to the ingest pipeline {es-pull}51305[#51305] (issues: {es-issue}46847[#46847], {es-issue}49106[#49106])
* Disallow Password Change when authenticated by Token {es-pull}49694[#49694] (issue: {es-issue}48752[#48752])

Authorization::
* Allow kibana_system to create and invalidate API keys on behalf of other users {es-pull}53824[#53824] (issue: {es-issue}48716[#48716])
* Add "grant_api_key" cluster privilege {es-pull}53527[#53527] (issues: {es-issue}48716[#48716], {es-issue}52886[#52886])
* Giving kibana user privileges to create custom link index {es-pull}53221[#53221] (issue: {es-issue}59305[#59305])
* Allow kibana to collect APM telemetry in background task {es-pull}52917[#52917] (issue: {es-issue}50757[#50757])
* Add the new 'maintenance' privilege containing 4 actions (#29998) {es-pull}50643[#50643]

Cluster Coordination::
* Describe STALE_STATE_CONFIG in ClusterFormationFH {es-pull}53878[#53878] (issue: {es-issue}53734[#53734])

Distributed::
* Introduce formal role for remote cluster client {es-pull}53924[#53924]
* Shortcut query phase using the results of other shards {es-pull}51852[#51852] (issues: {es-issue}49601[#49601], {es-issue}51708[#51708])
* Flush instead of synced-flush inactive shards {es-pull}49126[#49126] (issues: {es-issue}31965[#31965], {es-issue}48430[#48430])

Engine::
* Restore off-heap loading for term dictionary in ReadOnlyEngine {es-pull}53713[#53713] (issues: {es-issue}43158[#43158], {es-issue}51247[#51247])
* Separate translog from index deletion conditions {es-pull}52556[#52556]
* Always rewrite search shard request outside of the search thread pool {es-pull}51708[#51708] (issue: {es-issue}49601[#49601])
* Move the terms index of `_id` off-heap. {es-pull}52405[#52405] (issue: {es-issue}42838[#42838])
* Cache completion stats between refreshes {es-pull}51991[#51991] (issue: {es-issue}51915[#51915])
* Use local checkpoint to calculate min translog gen for recovery {es-pull}51905[#51905] (issue: {es-issue}49970[#49970])

Features/CAT APIs::
* /_cat/shards support path stats {es-pull}53461[#53461]
* Allow _cat indices & aliases to use indices options {es-pull}53248[#53248] (issue: {es-issue}52304[#52304])

Features/Features::
* Enable deprecation checks for removed settings {es-pull}53317[#53317]

Features/ILM+SLM::
* Use Priority.IMMEDIATE for stop ILM cluster update {es-pull}54909[#54909]
* Add cluster update timeout on step retry {es-pull}54878[#54878]
* Hide ILM & SLM history aliases {es-pull}53564[#53564]
* Avoid race condition in ILMHistorySotre {es-pull}53039[#53039] (issues: {es-issue}50353[#50353], {es-issue}52853[#52853])
* Make FreezeStep retryable {es-pull}52540[#52540]
* Make DeleteStep retryable {es-pull}52494[#52494]
* Allow forcemerge in the hot phase for ILM policies {es-pull}52073[#52073] (issue: {es-issue}43165[#43165])
* Stop policy on last PhaseCompleteStep instead of TerminalPolicyStep {es-pull}51631[#51631] (issue: {es-issue}48431[#48431])
* Convert ILM and SLM histories into hidden indices {es-pull}51456[#51456]
* Make UpdateSettingsStep retryable {es-pull}51235[#51235] (issues: {es-issue}44135[#44135], {es-issue}48183[#48183])
* Expose master timeout for ILM actions {es-pull}51130[#51130] (issue: {es-issue}44136[#44136])
* Wait for active shards on rolled index in a separate step {es-pull}50718[#50718] (issues: {es-issue}44135[#44135], {es-issue}48183[#48183])
* Adding best_compression {es-pull}49974[#49974]

Features/Indices APIs::
* Add IndexTemplateV2 to MetaData {es-pull}53753[#53753] (issue: {es-issue}53101[#53101])
* Add ComponentTemplate to MetaData {es-pull}53290[#53290] (issue: {es-issue}53101[#53101])

Features/Ingest::
* Reduce log level for pipeline failure {es-pull}54097[#54097] (issue: {es-issue}51459[#51459])
* Support array for all string ingest processors {es-pull}53343[#53343] (issue: {es-issue}51087[#51087])
* Add empty_value parameter to CSV processor {es-pull}51567[#51567]
* Add pipeline name to ingest metadata {es-pull}50467[#50467] (issue: {es-issue}42106[#42106])

Features/Java High Level REST Client::
* SourceExists HLRC uses GetSourceRequest instead of GetRequest {es-pull}51789[#51789] (issue: {es-issue}50885[#50885])
* Add async_search.submit to HLRC {es-pull}53592[#53592] (issue: {es-issue}49091[#49091])
* Add Get Source API to the HLRC {es-pull}50885[#50885] (issue: {es-issue}47678[#47678])

Features/Monitoring::
* Secure password for monitoring HTTP exporter {es-pull}50919[#50919] (issue: {es-issue}50197[#50197])
* Validate SSL settings at parse time {es-pull}49196[#49196] (issue: {es-issue}47711[#47711])

Features/Watcher::
* Make watch history indices hidden {es-pull}52962[#52962] (issue: {es-issue}50251[#50251])
* Upgrade to the latest OWASP HTML sanitizer {es-pull}50765[#50765] (issue: {es-issue}50395[#50395])

Infra/Core::
* Enable helpful null pointer exceptions {es-pull}54853[#54853]
* Allow keystore add to handle multiple settings {es-pull}54229[#54229] (issue: {es-issue}54191[#54191])
* Report parser name and location in XContent deprecation warnings {es-pull}53805[#53805]
* Report parser name and location in XContent deprecation warnings {es-pull}53752[#53752]
* Deprecate all variants of a ParseField with no replacement {es-pull}53722[#53722]
* Allow specifying an exclusive set of fields on ObjectParser {es-pull}52893[#52893]
* Support joda style date patterns in 7.x {es-pull}52555[#52555]
* Implement hidden aliases {es-pull}52547[#52547] (issue: {es-issue}52304[#52304])
* Allow ObjectParsers to specify required sets of fields {es-pull}49661[#49661] (issue: {es-issue}48824[#48824])

Infra/Logging::
* Capture stdout and stderr to log4j log {es-pull}50259[#50259] (issue: {es-issue}50156[#50156])

Infra/Packaging::
* Use AdoptOpenJDK API to Download JDKs {es-pull}55127[#55127] (issue: {es-issue}55125[#55125])
* Introduce aarch64 Docker image {es-pull}53936[#53936] (issue: {es-issue}53914[#53914])
* Introduce jvm.options.d for customizing JVM options {es-pull}51882[#51882] (issue: {es-issue}51626[#51626])

Infra/Plugins::
* Allow sha512 checksum without filename for maven plugins {es-pull}52668[#52668] (issue: {es-issue}52413[#52413])

Infra/Scripting::
* Scripting: Context script cache unlimited compile {es-pull}53769[#53769] (issue: {es-issue}50152[#50152])
* Scripting: Increase ingest script cache defaults {es-pull}53765[#53765] (issue: {es-issue}50152[#50152])
* Scripting: Per-context script cache, default off (#52855) {es-pull}53756[#53756] (issues: {es-issue}50152[#50152], {es-issue}52855[#52855])
* Scripting: Per-context script cache, default off {es-pull}52855[#52855] (issue: {es-issue}50152[#50152])
* Improve Painless compilation performance for nested conditionals {es-pull}52056[#52056]
* Scripting: Add char position of script errors {es-pull}51069[#51069] (issue: {es-issue}50993[#50993])

Infra/Settings::
* Allow keystore add-file to handle multiple settings {es-pull}54240[#54240] (issue: {es-issue}54191[#54191])
* Settings: AffixSettings as validator dependencies {es-pull}52973[#52973] (issue: {es-issue}52933[#52933])

License::
* Simplify ml license checking with XpackLicenseState internals {es-pull}52684[#52684] (issue: {es-issue}52115[#52115])
* License removal leads back to a basic license {es-pull}52407[#52407] (issue: {es-issue}45022[#45022])
* Refactor license checking {es-pull}52118[#52118] (issue: {es-issue}51864[#51864])
* Add enterprise mode and refactor {es-pull}51864[#51864] (issue: {es-issue}51081[#51081])

Machine Learning::
* Stratified cross validation split for classification {es-pull}54087[#54087]
* Data frame analytics data counts {es-pull}53998[#53998]
* Verify that the field is aggregatable before attempting cardinality aggregation {es-pull}53874[#53874] (issue: {es-issue}53876[#53876])
* Adds multi-class feature importance support {es-pull}53803[#53803]
* Data frame analytics analysis stats {es-pull}53788[#53788]
* Add a model memory estimation endpoint for anomaly detection {es-pull}53507[#53507] (issue: {es-issue}53219[#53219])
* Adds new default_field_map field to trained models {es-pull}53294[#53294]
* Improve DF analytics audits and logging {es-pull}53179[#53179]
* Add indices_options to datafeed config and update {es-pull}52793[#52793] (issue: {es-issue}48056[#48056])
* Parse and report memory usage for DF Analytics {es-pull}52778[#52778]
* Adds the class_assignment_objective parameter to classification {es-pull}52763[#52763] (issue: {es-issue}52427[#52427])
* Add reason to DataFrameAnalyticsTask updateState log message {es-pull}52659[#52659] (issue: {es-issue}52654[#52654])
* Add support for multi-value leaves to the tree model {es-pull}52531[#52531]
* Make ml internal indices hidden {es-pull}52423[#52423] (issue: {es-issue}52420[#52420])
* Add _cat/ml/data_frame/analytics API {es-pull}52260[#52260] (issue: {es-issue}51413[#51413])
* Adds feature importance option to inference processor {es-pull}52218[#52218]
* Switch poor categorization audit warning to use status field {es-pull}52195[#52195] (issues: {es-issue}50749[#50749], {es-issue}51146[#51146], {es-issue}51879[#51879])
* Retry persisting DF Analytics results {es-pull}52048[#52048]
* Improve multiline_start_pattern for CSV in find_file_structure {es-pull}51737[#51737]
* Add _cat/ml/trained_models API {es-pull}51529[#51529] (issue: {es-issue}51414[#51414])
* Add GET _cat/ml/datafeeds {es-pull}51500[#51500] (issue: {es-issue}51411[#51411])
* Use CSV ingest processor in find_file_structure ingest pipeline {es-pull}51492[#51492] (issue: {es-issue}56038[#56038])
* Add _cat/ml/anomaly_detectors API {es-pull}51364[#51364]
* Add tags url param to GET {es-pull}51330[#51330]
* Add parsers for inference configuration classes {es-pull}51300[#51300]
* Make datafeeds work with nanosecond time fields {es-pull}51180[#51180] (issue: {es-issue}49889[#49889])
* Adds support for a global calendars {es-pull}50372[#50372] (issue: {es-issue}45013[#45013])
* Speed up computation of feature importance
{ml-pull}1005[1005]
* Improve initialization of learn rate for better and more stable results in
regression and classification {ml-pull}948[#948]
* Add number of processed training samples to the definition of decision tree
nodes {ml-pull}991[#991]
* Add new model_size_stats fields to instrument categorization
{ml-pull}948[#948], {es-pull}51879[#51879] (issue: {es-issue}50794[#50749])
* Improve upfront memory estimation for all data frame analyses, which were
higher than necessary. This will improve the allocation of data frame analyses
to cluster nodes {ml-pull}1003[#1003]
* Upgrade the compiler used on Linux from gcc 7.3 to gcc 7.5, and the binutils
used in the build from version 2.20 to 2.34 {ml-pull}1013[#1013]
* Add instrumentation of the peak memory consumption for {dfanalytics-jobs}
{ml-pull}1022[#1022]
* Remove all memory overheads for computing tree SHAP values {ml-pull}1023[#1023]
* Distinguish between empty and missing categorical fields in classification and
regression model training {ml-pull}1034[#1034]
* Add instrumentation information for supervised learning {dfanalytics-jobs}
{ml-pull}1031[#1031]
* Add instrumentation information for {oldetection} data frame analytics jobs
{ml-pull}1068[#1068]
* Write out feature importance for multi-class models {ml-pull}1071[#1071]
* Enable system call filtering to the native process used with {dfanalytics}
{ml-pull}1098[#1098]

Mapping::
* Wildcard field - add normalizer support {es-pull}53851[#53851]
* Append index name for the source of the cluster put-mapping task {es-pull}52690[#52690]

Network::
* Give helpful message on remote connections disabled {es-pull}53690[#53690]
* Add server name to remote info API {es-pull}53634[#53634]
* Log when probe succeeds but full connection fails {es-pull}51304[#51304]
* Encrypt generated key with AES {es-pull}51019[#51019] (issue: {es-issue}50843[#50843])

Ranking::
* Adds recall@k metric to rank eval API {es-pull}52577[#52577] (issue: {es-issue}51676[#51676])

SQL::
* JDBC debugging enhancement {es-pull}53880[#53880]
* Transfer version compatibility decision to the server {es-pull}53082[#53082] (issue: {es-issue}52766[#52766])
* Use a proper error message for queries directed at empty mapping indices {es-pull}52967[#52967] (issue: {es-issue}52865[#52865])
* Use calendar_interval of 1d for HISTOGRAMs with 1 DAY intervals {es-pull}52749[#52749] (issue: {es-issue}52713[#52713])
* Use a calendar interval for histograms over 1 month intervals {es-pull}52586[#52586] (issue: {es-issue}51538[#51538])
* Make parsing of date more lenient {es-pull}52137[#52137] (issue: {es-issue}49379[#49379])
* Enhance timestamp escaped literal parsing {es-pull}52097[#52097] (issue: {es-issue}46069[#46069])
* Handle uberjar scenario where the ES jdbc driver file is bundled in another jar {es-pull}51856[#51856] (issue: {es-issue}50201[#50201])
* Verify Full-Text Search functions not allowed in SELECT {es-pull}51568[#51568] (issue: {es-issue}47446[#47446])
* Extend the optimisations for equalities {es-pull}50792[#50792] (issue: {es-issue}49637[#49637])
* Add trace logging for search responses coming from server {es-pull}50530[#50530]
* Extend DATE_TRUNC to also operate on intervals(elastic - #46632 ) {es-pull}47720[#47720] (issue: {es-issue}46632[#46632])

Search::
* HLRC: Don't send defaults for SubmitAsyncSearchRequest {es-pull}54200[#54200]
* Reduce performance impact of ExitableDirectoryReader {es-pull}53978[#53978] (issues: {es-issue}52822[#52822], {es-issue}53166[#53166], {es-issue}53496[#53496])
* Add heuristics to compute pre_filter_shard_size when unspecified {es-pull}53873[#53873] (issue: {es-issue}39835[#39835])
* Add async_search get and delete APIs to HLRC {es-pull}53828[#53828] (issue: {es-issue}49091[#49091])
* Increase step between checks for cancellation {es-pull}53712[#53712] (issues: {es-issue}52822[#52822], {es-issue}53496[#53496])
* Refine SearchProgressListener internal API {es-pull}53373[#53373]
* Check for query cancellation during rewrite {es-pull}53166[#53166] (issue: {es-issue}52822[#52822])
* Implement Cancellable DirectoryReader {es-pull}52822[#52822]
* Address MinAndMax generics warnings {es-pull}52642[#52642] (issue: {es-issue}49092[#49092])
* Clarify when shard iterators get sorted {es-pull}52633[#52633]
* Generalize how queries on `_index` are handled at rewrite time {es-pull}52486[#52486] (issues: {es-issue}49254[#49254], {es-issue}49713[#49713])
* Remove the query builder serialization from QueryShardException message {es-pull}51885[#51885] (issues: {es-issue}48910[#48910], {es-issue}51843[#51843])
* Short circuited to MatchNone for non-participating  slice {es-pull}51207[#51207]
* Add "did you mean" to unknown queries {es-pull}51177[#51177]
* Exclude unmapped fields during max clause limit checking for querying {es-pull}49523[#49523] (issue: {es-issue}49002[#49002])

Security::
* Add error message in JSON response {es-pull}54389[#54389]

Snapshot/Restore::
* Use Azure Bulk Deletes in Azure Repository {es-pull}53919[#53919] (issue: {es-issue}53865[#53865])
* Only link fd* files during source-only snapshot {es-pull}53463[#53463] (issue: {es-issue}50231[#50231])
* Add Blob Download Retries to GCS Repository {es-pull}52479[#52479] (issues: {es-issue}46589[#46589], {es-issue}52319[#52319])
* Better Incrementality for Snapshots of Unchanged Shards {es-pull}52182[#52182]
* Add Region and Signer Algorithm Overrides to S3 Repos {es-pull}52112[#52112] (issue: {es-issue}51861[#51861])
* Allow Parallel Snapshot Restore And Delete {es-pull}51608[#51608] (issue: {es-issue}41463[#41463])

Store::
* HybridDirectory should mmap postings. {es-pull}52641[#52641]

Transform::
* Transition Transforms to using hidden indices for notifcations index {es-pull}53773[#53773] (issue: {es-issue}53762[#53762])
* Add processing stats to record the time spent for processing results {es-pull}53770[#53770]
* Create GET _cat/transforms API Issue {es-pull}53643[#53643] (issue: {es-issue}51412[#51412])
* Add support for script in group_by {es-pull}53167[#53167] (issue: {es-issue}43152[#43152])
* Implement node.transform to control where to run a transform {es-pull}52712[#52712] (issues: {es-issue}48734[#48734], {es-issue}50033[#50033], {es-issue}52200[#52200])
* Add support for filter aggregation {es-pull}52483[#52483] (issue: {es-issue}52151[#52151])
* Provide exponential_avg* stats for batch transforms {es-pull}52041[#52041] (issue: {es-issue}52037[#52037])
* Improve irrecoverable error detection - part 2 {es-pull}52003[#52003] (issue: {es-issue}51820[#51820])
* Mark transform API's stable {es-pull}51862[#51862]
* Improve irrecoverable error detection {es-pull}51820[#51820] (issue: {es-issue}50135[#50135])
* Add support for percentile aggs {es-pull}51808[#51808] (issue: {es-issue}51663[#51663])
* Disallow fieldnames with a dot at start and/or end {es-pull}51369[#51369]
* Avoid mapping problems with index templates {es-pull}51368[#51368] (issue: {es-issue}51321[#51321])
* Handle permanent bulk indexing errors {es-pull}51307[#51307] (issue: {es-issue}50122[#50122])
* Improve force stop robustness in case of an error {es-pull}51072[#51072]



[[bug-7.7.0]]
[discrete]
=== Bug fixes

Aggregations::
* Fix date_nanos in composite aggs {es-pull}53315[#53315] (issue: {es-issue}53168[#53168])
* Fix composite agg sort bug {es-pull}53296[#53296] (issue: {es-issue}52480[#52480])
* Decode max and min optimization more carefully {es-pull}52336[#52336] (issue: {es-issue}52220[#52220])
* Fix a DST error in date_histogram {es-pull}52016[#52016] (issue: {es-issue}50265[#50265])
* Use #name() instead of #simpleName() when generating doc values {es-pull}51920[#51920] (issues: {es-issue}50307[#50307], {es-issue}51847[#51847])
* Fix a sneaky bug in rare_terms {es-pull}51868[#51868] (issue: {es-issue}51020[#51020])
* Support time_zone on composite's date_histogram {es-pull}51172[#51172] (issues: {es-issue}45199[#45199], {es-issue}45200[#45200])

Allocation::
* Improve performance of shards limits decider {es-pull}53577[#53577] (issue: {es-issue}53559[#53559])

Analysis::
* Mask wildcard query special characters on keyword queries {es-pull}53127[#53127] (issue: {es-issue}46300[#46300])
* Fix caching for PreConfiguredTokenFilter {es-pull}50912[#50912] (issue: {es-issue}50734[#50734])

Audit::
* Logfile audit settings validation {es-pull}52537[#52537] (issues: {es-issue}47038[#47038], {es-issue}47711[#47711], {es-issue}52357[#52357])

Authentication::
* Fix responses for the token APIs {es-pull}54532[#54532] (issue: {es-issue}53323[#53323])
* Fix potential bug in concurrent token refresh support {es-pull}53668[#53668]
* Respect runas realm for ApiKey security operations {es-pull}52178[#52178] (issue: {es-issue}51975[#51975])
* Preserve ApiKey credentials for async verification {es-pull}51244[#51244]
* Don't fallback to anonymous for tokens/apikeys {es-pull}51042[#51042] (issue: {es-issue}50171[#50171])
* Fail gracefully on invalid token strings {es-pull}51014[#51014]

Authorization::
* Explicitly require that delegate API keys have no privileges {es-pull}53647[#53647]
* Allow _rollup_search with read privilege {es-pull}52043[#52043] (issue: {es-issue}50245[#50245])

CCR::
* Clear recent errors when auto-follow successfully {es-pull}54997[#54997]
* Put CCR tasks on (data && remote cluster clients) {es-pull}54146[#54146] (issue: {es-issue}53924[#53924])
* Handle no such remote cluster exception in ccr {es-pull}53415[#53415] (issue: {es-issue}53225[#53225])
* Fix shard follow task cleaner under security {es-pull}52347[#52347] (issues: {es-issue}44702[#44702], {es-issue}51971[#51971])

CRUD::
* Force execution of finish shard bulk request {es-pull}51957[#51957] (issue: {es-issue}51904[#51904])
* Block too many concurrent mapping updates {es-pull}51038[#51038] (issue: {es-issue}50670[#50670])
* Return 429 status code when there's a read_only cluster block {es-pull}50166[#50166] (issue: {es-issue}49393[#49393])

Cluster Coordination::
* Use special XContent registry for node tool {es-pull}54050[#54050] (issue: {es-issue}53549[#53549])
* Allow static cluster.max_voting_config_exclusions {es-pull}53717[#53717] (issue: {es-issue}53455[#53455])
* Allow joining node to trigger term bump {es-pull}53338[#53338] (issue: {es-issue}53271[#53271])
* Ignore timeouts with single-node discovery {es-pull}52159[#52159]

Distributed::
* Execute retention lease syncs under system context {es-pull}53838[#53838] (issues: {es-issue}48430[#48430], {es-issue}53751[#53751])
* Exclude nested documents in LuceneChangesSnapshot {es-pull}51279[#51279]

Engine::
* Update translog policy before the next safe commit {es-pull}54839[#54839] (issue: {es-issue}52223[#52223])
* Fix doc_stats and segment_stats of ReadOnlyEngine {es-pull}53345[#53345] (issues: {es-issue}51303[#51303], {es-issue}51331[#51331])
* Do not wrap soft-deletes reader for segment stats {es-pull}51331[#51331] (issues: {es-issue}51192[#51192], {es-issue}51303[#51303])
* Account soft-deletes in FrozenEngine {es-pull}51192[#51192] (issue: {es-issue}50775[#50775])
* Fixed an index corruption bug that would occur when applying deletes or updates on an index after it has been shrunk. More details can be found on the https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-9300[corresponding issue].

Features/CAT APIs::
* Cat tasks output should respect time display settings {es-pull}54536[#54536]
* Fix NPE in RestPluginsAction {es-pull}52620[#52620] (issue: {es-issue}45321[#45321])

Features/ILM+SLM::
* Ensure error handler is called during SLM retention callback failure {es-pull}55252[#55252] (issue: {es-issue}55217[#55217])
* Ignore ILM indices in the TerminalPolicyStep {es-pull}55184[#55184] (issue: {es-issue}51631[#51631])
* Disallow negative TimeValues {es-pull}53913[#53913] (issue: {es-issue}54041[#54041])
* Fix null config in SnapshotLifecyclePolicy.toRequest {es-pull}53328[#53328] (issues: {es-issue}44465[#44465], {es-issue}53171[#53171])
* Freeze step retry when not acknowledged {es-pull}53287[#53287]
* Make the set-single-node-allocation retryable {es-pull}52077[#52077] (issue: {es-issue}43401[#43401])
* Fix the init step to actually be retryable {es-pull}52076[#52076]

Features/Indices APIs::
* Read the index.number_of_replicas from template so that wait_for_active_shards is interpreted correctly {es-pull}54231[#54231]

Features/Ingest::
* Fix ingest pipeline _simulate api with empty docs never returns a response {es-pull}52937[#52937] (issue: {es-issue}52833[#52833])
* Handle errors when evaluating if conditions in processors {es-pull}52543[#52543] (issue: {es-issue}52339[#52339])
* Fix delete enrich policy bug {es-pull}52179[#52179] (issue: {es-issue}51228[#51228])
* Fix ignore_missing in CsvProcessor {es-pull}51600[#51600]
* Missing suffix for German Month "Juli" in Grok Pattern MONTH  {es-pull}51591[#51591] (issue: {es-issue}51579[#51579])
* Don't overwrite target field with SetSecurityUserProcessor {es-pull}51454[#51454] (issue: {es-issue}51428[#51428])

Features/Java High Level REST Client::
* Add unsupported parameters to HLRC search request {es-pull}53745[#53745]
* Fix AbstractBulkByScrollRequest slices parameter via Rest {es-pull}53068[#53068] (issue: {es-issue}53044[#53044])
* Send the fields param via body instead of URL params (elastic#42232) {es-pull}48840[#48840] (issues: {es-issue}42232[#42232], {es-issue}42877[#42877])

Features/Java Low Level REST Client::
* Fix roles parsing in client nodes sniffer {es-pull}52888[#52888] (issue: {es-issue}52864[#52864])

Features/Monitoring::
* Fix NPE in cluster state collector for monitoring {es-pull}52371[#52371] (issue: {es-issue}52317[#52317])

Features/Stats::
* Switch to AtomicLong for "IngestCurrent" metric to prevent negative values {es-pull}52581[#52581] (issues: {es-issue}52406[#52406], {es-issue}52411[#52411])

Features/Watcher::
* Disable Watcher script optimization for stored scripts {es-pull}53497[#53497] (issue: {es-issue}40212[#40212])
* The watcher indexing listener didn't handle document level exceptions. {es-pull}51466[#51466] (issue: {es-issue}32299[#32299])

Geo::
* Handle properly indexing rectangles that crosses the dateline {es-pull}53810[#53810]

Highlighting::
* Fix highlighter support in PinnedQuery and added test {es-pull}53716[#53716] (issue: {es-issue}53699[#53699])

Infra/Core::
* Make feature usage version aware {es-pull}55246[#55246] (issues: {es-issue}44589[#44589], {es-issue}55248[#55248])
* Avoid StackOverflowError if write circular reference exception {es-pull}54147[#54147] (issue: {es-issue}53589[#53589])
* Fix Joda compatibility in stream protocol {es-pull}53823[#53823] (issue: {es-issue}53586[#53586])
* Avoid self-suppression on grouped action listener {es-pull}53262[#53262] (issue: {es-issue}53174[#53174])
* Ignore virtual ethernet devices that disappear {es-pull}51581[#51581] (issue: {es-issue}49914[#49914])
* Fix ingest timezone logic {es-pull}51215[#51215] (issue: {es-issue}51108[#51108])

Infra/Logging::
* Fix LoggingOutputStream to work on windows {es-pull}51779[#51779] (issue: {es-issue}51532[#51532])

Infra/Packaging::
* Handle special characters and spaces in JAVA_HOME path in elasticsearch-service.bat {es-pull}52676[#52676]
* Limit _FILE env var support to specific vars {es-pull}52525[#52525] (issue: {es-issue}52503[#52503])
* Always set default ES_PATH_CONF for package scriptlets {es-pull}51827[#51827] (issues: {es-issue}50246[#50246], {es-issue}50631[#50631])

Infra/Plugins::
* Ensure only plugin REST tests are run for plugins {es-pull}53184[#53184] (issues: {es-issue}52114[#52114], {es-issue}53183[#53183])

Machine Learning::
* Fix node serialization on GET df-nalytics stats without id {es-pull}54808[#54808] (issue: {es-issue}54807[#54807])
* Allow force stopping failed and stopping DF analytics {es-pull}54650[#54650]
* Take more care that normalize processes use unique named pipes {es-pull}54636[#54636] (issue: {es-issue}43830[#43830])
* Do not fail Evaluate API when the actual and predicted fields' types differ {es-pull}54255[#54255] (issue: {es-issue}54079[#54079])
* Get ML filters size should default to 100 {es-pull}54207[#54207] (issues: {es-issue}39976[#39976], {es-issue}54206[#54206])
* Introduce a "starting" datafeed state for lazy jobs {es-pull}53918[#53918] (issue: {es-issue}53763[#53763])
* Only retry persistence failures when the failure is intermittent and stop retrying when analytics job is stopping {es-pull}53725[#53725] (issue: {es-issue}53687[#53687])
* Fix number inference models returned in x-pack info API {es-pull}53540[#53540]
* Make classification evaluation metrics work when there is field mapping type mismatch {es-pull}53458[#53458] (issue: {es-issue}53485[#53485])
* Perform evaluation in multiple steps when necessary {es-pull}53295[#53295]
* Specifying missing_field_value value and using it instead of empty_string {es-pull}53108[#53108] (issue: {es-issue}1034[#1034])
* Use event.timezone in ingest pipeline from find_file_structure {es-pull}52720[#52720] (issue: {es-issue}9458[#9458])
* Better error when persistent task assignment disabled {es-pull}52014[#52014] (issue: {es-issue}51956[#51956])
* Fix possible race condition starting datafeed {es-pull}51646[#51646] (issues: {es-issue}50886[#50886], {es-issue}51302[#51302])
* Fix possible race condition when starting datafeed {es-pull}51302[#51302] (issue: {es-issue}51285[#51285])
* Address two edge cases for categorization.GrokPatternCreator#findBestGrokMatchFromExamples {es-pull}51168[#51168]
* Calculate results and snapshot retention using latest bucket timestamps {es-pull}51061[#51061]
* Use largest ordered subset of categorization tokens for category reverse
search regex {ml-pull}970[#970] (issue: {ml-issue}949[#949])
* Account for the data frame's memory when estimating the peak memory used by
classification and regression model training {ml-pull}996[#996]
* Rename classification and regression parameter maximum_number_trees to
max_trees {ml-pull}1047[#1047]

Mapping::
* Throw better exception on wrong `dynamic_templates` syntax {es-pull}51783[#51783] (issue: {es-issue}51486[#51486])

Network::
* Add support for more named curves {es-pull}55179[#55179] (issue: {es-issue}55031[#55031])
* Allow proxy mode server name to be updated {es-pull}54107[#54107]
* Invoke response handler on failure to send {es-pull}53631[#53631]
* Do not log no-op reconnections at DEBUG {es-pull}53469[#53469]
* Fix RemoteConnectionManager size() method {es-pull}52823[#52823] (issue: {es-issue}52029[#52029])
* Remove seeds dependency for remote cluster settings {es-pull}52796[#52796]
* Add host address to BindTransportException message {es-pull}51269[#51269] (issue: {es-issue}48001[#48001])

Percolator::
* Test percolate queries using `NOW` and sorting {es-pull}52758[#52758] (issues: {es-issue}52618[#52618], {es-issue}52748[#52748])
* Don't index ranges including `NOW` in percolator {es-pull}52748[#52748] (issue: {es-issue}52617[#52617])

Reindex::
* Negative TimeValue fix {es-pull}54057[#54057] (issue: {es-issue}53913[#53913])
* Allow comma separated source indices {es-pull}52044[#52044] (issue: {es-issue}51949[#51949])

SQL::
* Fix ODBC metadata for DATE & TIME data types {es-pull}55316[#55316] (issue: {es-issue}41086[#41086])
* Fix NPE for parameterized LIKE/RLIKE {es-pull}53573[#53573] (issue: {es-issue}53557[#53557])
* Add support for index aliases for SYS COLUMNS command {es-pull}53525[#53525] (issue: {es-issue}31609[#31609])
* Fix issue with LIKE/RLIKE as painless script {es-pull}53495[#53495] (issue: {es-issue}53486[#53486])
* Fix column size for IP data type {es-pull}53056[#53056] (issue: {es-issue}52762[#52762])
* Fix sql cli sourcing of x-pack-env {es-pull}52613[#52613] (issue: {es-issue}47803[#47803])
* Supplement input checks on received request parameters {es-pull}52229[#52229]
* Fix issue with timezone when paginating {es-pull}52101[#52101] (issue: {es-issue}51258[#51258])
* Fix ORDER BY on aggregates and GROUPed BY fields {es-pull}51894[#51894] (issue: {es-issue}50355[#50355])
* Fix milliseconds handling in intervals {es-pull}51675[#51675] (issue: {es-issue}41635[#41635])
* Fix ORDER BY YEAR() function {es-pull}51562[#51562] (issue: {es-issue}51224[#51224])
* Change the way unsupported data types fields are handled {es-pull}50823[#50823]
* Selecting a literal from grouped by query generates error {es-pull}41964[#41964] (issues: {es-issue}41413[#41413], {es-issue}41951[#41951])

Search::
* Improve robustness of Query Result serializations {es-pull}54692[#54692] (issue: {es-issue}54665[#54665])
* Fix Term Vectors with artificial docs and keyword fields {es-pull}53504[#53504] (issue: {es-issue}53494[#53494])
* Fix concurrent requests race over scroll context limit {es-pull}53449[#53449]
* Fix pre-sorting of shards in the can_match phase {es-pull}53397[#53397]
* Fix potential NPE in FuzzyTermsEnum {es-pull}53231[#53231] (issue: {es-issue}52894[#52894])
* Fix inaccurate total hit count in _search/template api {es-pull}53155[#53155] (issue: {es-issue}52801[#52801])
* Harden search context id {es-pull}53143[#53143]
* Correct boost in `script_score` query and error on negative scores {es-pull}52478[#52478] (issue: {es-issue}48465[#48465])

Snapshot/Restore::
* Exclude Snapshot Shard Status Update Requests from Circuit Breaker {es-pull}55376[#55376] (issue: {es-issue}54714[#54714])
* Fix Snapshot Completion Listener Lost on Master Failover {es-pull}54286[#54286]
* Fix Non-Verbose Snapshot List Missing Empty Snapshots {es-pull}52433[#52433]
* Fix Inconsistent Shard Failure Count in Failed Snapshots {es-pull}51416[#51416] (issue: {es-issue}47550[#47550])
* Fix Overly Aggressive Request DeDuplication {es-pull}51270[#51270] (issue: {es-issue}51253[#51253])

Store::
* Fix synchronization in ByteSizeCachingDirectory {es-pull}52512[#52512]

Transform::
* Fixing naming in HLRC and _cat to match API content {es-pull}54300[#54300] (issue: {es-issue}53946[#53946])
* Transform optmize date histogram {es-pull}54068[#54068] (issue: {es-issue}54254[#54254])
* Add version guards around Transform hidden index settings {es-pull}54036[#54036] (issue: {es-issue}53931[#53931])
* Fix NPE in derive stats if shouldStopAtNextCheckpoint is set {es-pull}52940[#52940]
* Fix mapping deduction for scaled_float {es-pull}51990[#51990] (issue: {es-issue}51780[#51780])
* Fix stats can return old state information if security is enabled {es-pull}51732[#51732] (issue: {es-issue}51728[#51728])



[[upgrade-7.7.0]]
[discrete]
=== Upgrades

Authentication::
* Update oauth2-oidc-sdk to 7.0 {es-pull}52489[#52489] (issue: {es-issue}48409[#48409])

Engine::
* Upgrade to lucene 8.5.0 release {es-pull}54077[#54077]
* Upgrade to final lucene 8.5.0 snapshot {es-pull}53293[#53293]
* Upgrade to Lucene 8.5.0-snapshot-c4475920b08 {es-pull}52950[#52950]

Features/Ingest::
* Upgrade Tika to 1.24 {es-pull}54130[#54130] (issue: {es-issue}52402[#52402])

Infra/Core::
* Upgrade the bundled JDK to JDK 14 {es-pull}53748[#53748] (issue: {es-issue}53575[#53575])
* Upgrade to Jackson 2.10.3 {es-pull}53523[#53523] (issues: {es-issue}27032[#27032], {es-issue}45225[#45225])
* Update jackson-databind to 2.8.11.6 {es-pull}53522[#53522] (issue: {es-issue}45225[#45225])

Infra/Packaging::
* Upgrade the bundled JDK to JDK 13.0.2 {es-pull}51511[#51511]

Security::
* Update BouncyCastle to 1.64 {es-pull}52185[#52185]

Snapshot/Restore::
* Upgrade GCS Dependency to 1.106.0 {es-pull}54092[#54092]
* Upgrade to AWS SDK 1.11.749 {es-pull}53962[#53962] (issue: {es-issue}53191[#53191])
* Upgrade to Azure SDK 8.6.2 {es-pull}53865[#53865]
* Upgrade GCS SDK to 1.104.0 {es-pull}52839[#52839]
