[[release-notes-7.0.0-alpha1]]
== {es} version 7.0.0-alpha1

The changes listed below have been released for the first time in Elasticsearch 7.0.0-alpha1.

[[breaking-7.0.0-alpha1]]
[discrete]
=== Breaking changes

Aggregations::
* Remove support for deprecated params._agg/_aggs for scripted metric aggregations {es-pull}32979[#32979] (issues: {es-issue}29328[#29328], {es-issue}31597[#31597])
* Percentile/Ranks should return null instead of NaN when empty {es-pull}30460[#30460] (issue: {es-issue}29066[#29066])
* Render sum as zero if count is zero for stats aggregation {es-pull}27193[#27193] (issue: {es-issue}26893[#26893])

Analysis::
* Remove `delimited_payload_filter` {es-pull}27705[#27705] (issues: {es-issue}26625[#26625], {es-issue}27704[#27704])
* Limit the number of tokens produced by _analyze {es-pull}27529[#27529] (issue: {es-issue}27038[#27038])
* Add limits for ngram and shingle settings {es-pull}27211[#27211] (issue: {es-issue}25887[#25887])

Audit::
* Logfile auditing settings remove after deprecation  {es-pull}35205[#35205]

Authentication::
* Security: remove wrapping in put user response {es-pull}33512[#33512] (issue: {es-issue}32332[#32332])

Authorization::
* Remove aliases resolution limitations when security is enabled {es-pull}31952[#31952] (issue: {es-issue}31516[#31516])

CRUD::
* Version conflict exception message enhancement {es-pull}29432[#29432] (issue: {es-issue}21278[#21278])
* Using ObjectParser in UpdateRequest {es-pull}29293[#29293] (issue: {es-issue}28740[#28740])

Distributed::
* Remove undocumented action.master.force_local setting {es-pull}29351[#29351]
* Remove tribe node support {es-pull}28443[#28443]
* Forbid negative values for index.unassigned.node_left.delayed_timeout {es-pull}26828[#26828]

Features/Indices APIs::
* Indices Exists API should return 404 for empty wildcards {es-pull}34499[#34499]
* Default to one shard {es-pull}30539[#30539]
* Limit the number of nested documents {es-pull}27405[#27405] (issue: {es-issue}26962[#26962])

Features/Ingest::
* INGEST: Add Configuration Except. Data to Metdata {es-pull}32322[#32322] (issue: {es-issue}27728[#27728])

Features/Stats::
* Remove the suggest metric from stats APIs {es-pull}29635[#29635] (issue: {es-issue}29589[#29589])
* Align cat thread pool info to thread pool config {es-pull}29195[#29195] (issue: {es-issue}29123[#29123])
* Align thread pool info to thread pool configuration {es-pull}29123[#29123] (issue: {es-issue}29113[#29113])

Geo::
* Use geohash cell instead of just a corner in geo_bounding_box {es-pull}30698[#30698] (issue: {es-issue}25154[#25154])

Infra/Circuit Breakers::
* Introduce durability of circuit breaking exception {es-pull}34460[#34460] (issue: {es-issue}31986[#31986])
* Circuit-break based on real memory usage {es-pull}31767[#31767]

Infra/Core::
* Core: Default node.name to the hostname {es-pull}33677[#33677]
* Remove bulk fallback for write thread pool {es-pull}29609[#29609]
* CCS: Drop http address from remote cluster info {es-pull}29568[#29568] (issue: {es-issue}29207[#29207])
* Remove the index thread pool {es-pull}29556[#29556]
* Main response should not have status 503 when okay {es-pull}29045[#29045] (issue: {es-issue}8902[#8902])
* Automatically prepare indices for splitting {es-pull}27451[#27451]
* Don't refresh on `_flush` `_force_merge` and `_upgrade` {es-pull}27000[#27000] (issue: {es-issue}26972[#26972])

Infra/Packaging::
* Packaging: Remove windows bin files from the tar distribution {es-pull}30596[#30596]

Infra/REST API::
* REST: Remove GET support for clear cache indices {es-pull}29525[#29525]
* REST : Clear Indices Cache API remove deprecated url params {es-pull}29068[#29068]

Infra/Scripting::
* Remove support for deprecated StoredScript contexts {es-pull}31394[#31394] (issues: {es-issue}27612[#27612], {es-issue}28939[#28939])
* Scripting: Remove getDate methods from ScriptDocValues {es-pull}30690[#30690]
* Handle missing and multiple values in script {es-pull}29611[#29611] (issue: {es-issue}29286[#29286])
* Drop `ScriptDocValues#date` and `ScriptDocValues#dates` in 7.0.0 [ISSUE] {es-pull}23008[#23008]

Infra/Settings::
* Remove config prompting for secrets and text {es-pull}27216[#27216]

Mapping::
* Match phrase queries against non-indexed fields should throw an exception {es-pull}31060[#31060]
* Remove legacy mapping code. {es-pull}29224[#29224]
* Reject updates to the `_default_` mapping. {es-pull}29165[#29165] (issues: {es-issue}15613[#15613], {es-issue}28248[#28248])
* Remove the `update_all_types` option. {es-pull}28288[#28288]
* Remove the `_default_` mapping. {es-pull}28248[#28248]
* Reject the `index_options` parameter for numeric fields {es-pull}26668[#26668] (issue: {es-issue}21475[#21475])

Network::
* Network: Remove http.enabled setting {es-pull}29601[#29601] (issue: {es-issue}12792[#12792])
* Remove HTTP max content length leniency {es-pull}29337[#29337]

Percolator::
* remove deprecated percolator map_unmapped_fields_as_string setting {es-pull}28060[#28060]

Ranking::
* Add minimal sanity checks to custom/scripted similarities. {es-pull}33564[#33564] (issue: {es-issue}33309[#33309])
* Scroll queries asking for rescore are considered invalid {es-pull}32918[#32918] (issue: {es-issue}31775[#31775])

Search::
* Remove deprecated url parameters `_source_include` and `_source_exclude` {es-pull}35097[#35097] (issues: {es-issue}22792[#22792], {es-issue}33475[#33475])
* Disallow negative query boost {es-pull}34486[#34486] (issue: {es-issue}33309[#33309])
* Forbid negative `weight` in Function Score Query {es-pull}33390[#33390] (issue: {es-issue}31927[#31927])
* In the field capabilities API, remove support for providing fields in the request body. {es-pull}30185[#30185]
* Remove deprecated options for query_string {es-pull}29203[#29203] (issue: {es-issue}25551[#25551])
* Fix Laplace scorer to multiply by alpha (and not add) {es-pull}27125[#27125]
* Remove _primary and _replica shard preferences {es-pull}26791[#26791] (issue: {es-issue}26335[#26335])
* Limit the number of expanded fields it query_string and simple_query_string {es-pull}26541[#26541] (issue: {es-issue}25105[#25105])
* Make purely negative queries return scores of 0. {es-pull}26015[#26015] (issue: {es-issue}23449[#23449])

Snapshot/Restore::
* Include size of snapshot in snapshot metadata  {es-pull}30890[#30890] (issue: {es-issue}18543[#18543])
* Remove azure deprecated settings {es-pull}26099[#26099] (issue: {es-issue}23405[#23405])

Store::
* drop elasticsearch-translog for 7.0 {es-pull}33373[#33373] (issues: {es-issue}31389[#31389], {es-issue}32281[#32281])
* completely drop `index.shard.check_on_startup: fix` for 7.0 {es-pull}33194[#33194]

Suggesters::
* Fix threshold frequency computation in Suggesters {es-pull}34312[#34312] (issue: {es-issue}34282[#34282])
* Make Geo Context Mapping Parsing More Strict {es-pull}32821[#32821] (issues: {es-issue}32202[#32202], {es-issue}32412[#32412])
*  Make Geo Context Parsing More Strict {es-pull}32412[#32412] (issue: {es-issue}32202[#32202])
* Remove the ability to index or query context suggestions without context {es-pull}31007[#31007] (issue: {es-issue}30712[#30712])



[[breaking-java-7.0.0-alpha1]]
[discrete]
=== Breaking Java changes

Aggregations::
* Change GeoHashGrid.Bucket#getKey() to return String {es-pull}31748[#31748] (issue: {es-issue}30320[#30320])

Analysis::
* Remove deprecated AnalysisPlugin#requriesAnalysisSettings method {es-pull}32037[#32037] (issue: {es-issue}32025[#32025])

Features/Java High Level REST Client::
* API: Drop deprecated methods from Retry {es-pull}33925[#33925]
* REST hl client: cluster health to default to cluster level {es-pull}31268[#31268] (issue: {es-issue}29331[#29331])
* REST high-level Client: remove deprecated API methods {es-pull}31200[#31200] (issue: {es-issue}31069[#31069])

Features/Java Low Level REST Client::
* LLREST: Drop deprecated methods {es-pull}33223[#33223] (issues: {es-issue}29623[#29623], {es-issue}30315[#30315])

Geo::
* [Geo] Decouple geojson parse logic from ShapeBuilders {es-pull}27212[#27212]

Infra/Core::
* Core: Remove RequestBuilder from Action {es-pull}30966[#30966]

Infra/Transport API::
* Java api clean up: remove deprecated `isShardsAcked` {es-pull}28311[#28311] (issues: {es-issue}27784[#27784], {es-issue}27819[#27819])

[[deprecation-7.0.0-alpha1]]
[discrete]
=== Deprecations

Analysis::
* Replace parameter unicodeSetFilter with unicode_set_filter  {es-pull}29215[#29215] (issue: {es-issue}22823[#22823])
* Replace delimited_payload_filter by delimited_payload {es-pull}26625[#26625] (issue: {es-issue}21978[#21978])

Features/Indices APIs::
* Default copy settings to true and deprecate on the REST layer {es-pull}30598[#30598]

Infra/Transport API::
* Deprecate the transport client in favour of the high-level REST client {es-pull}27085[#27085]

Mapping::
* Deprecate type exists requests. {es-pull}34663[#34663]

Search::
* Deprecate filtering on `_type`. {es-pull}29468[#29468] (issue: {es-issue}15613[#15613])



[[feature-7.0.0-alpha1]]
[discrete]
=== New features

Analysis::
* Relax TermVectors API to work with textual fields other than TextFieldType {es-pull}31915[#31915] (issue: {es-issue}31902[#31902])

CCR::
* Generalize search.remote settings to cluster.remote {es-pull}33413[#33413]

Distributed::
* log messages from allocation commands {es-pull}25955[#25955] (issues: {es-issue}22821[#22821], {es-issue}25325[#25325])

Features/Ingest::
* Revert "Introduce a Hashing Processor (#31087)" {es-pull}32178[#32178]
* Add ingest-attachment support for per document `indexed_chars` limit {es-pull}28977[#28977] (issue: {es-issue}28942[#28942])

Features/Java High Level REST Client::
* GraphClient for the high level REST client and associated tests {es-pull}32366[#32366]

Features/Monitoring::
* [Elasticsearch Monitoring] Collect only display_name (for now) {es-pull}35265[#35265] (issue: {es-issue}8445[#8445])

Infra/Core::
* Skip shard refreshes if shard is `search idle` {es-pull}27500[#27500]

Infra/Logging::
* Logging: Unify log rotation for index/search slow log {es-pull}27298[#27298]

Infra/Plugins::
* Reload secure settings for plugins {es-pull}31383[#31383] (issue: {es-issue}29135[#29135])

Infra/REST API::
* Add an `include_type_name` option. {es-pull}29453[#29453] (issue: {es-issue}15613[#15613])

Machine Learning::
* [ML] Filter undefined job groups from update job calendar actions {es-pull}30757[#30757]

Mapping::
* Add a `feature_vector` field. {es-pull}31102[#31102] (issue: {es-issue}27552[#27552])
* Expose Lucene's FeatureField. {es-pull}30618[#30618]

Ranking::
* Add ranking evaluation API {es-pull}27478[#27478] (issue: {es-issue}19195[#19195])

Recovery::
* Allow to trim all ops above a certain seq# with a term lower than X, … {es-pull}31211[#31211] (issue: {es-issue}10708[#10708])

SQL::
* SQL: Add basic support for ST_AsWKT geo function {es-pull}34205[#34205]
* SQL: Add support for SYS GEOMETRY_COLUMNS {es-pull}30496[#30496] (issue: {es-issue}29872[#29872])

Search::
* Add “took” timing info to response for _msearch/template API {es-pull}30961[#30961] (issue: {es-issue}30957[#30957])
* Expose the lucene Matches API to searches [ISSUE] {es-pull}29631[#29631]
* Add allow_partial_search_results flag to search requests with default setting true {es-pull}28440[#28440] (issue: {es-issue}27435[#27435])
* Enable adaptive replica selection by default {es-pull}26522[#26522] (issue: {es-issue}24915[#24915])

Suggesters::
* serialize suggestion responses as named writeables {es-pull}30284[#30284] (issue: {es-issue}26585[#26585])



[[enhancement-7.0.0-alpha1]]
[discrete]
=== Enhancements

Aggregations::
* Uses MergingDigest instead of AVLDigest in percentiles agg {es-pull}28702[#28702] (issue: {es-issue}19528[#19528])

Discovery-Plugins::
* Rename discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes [ISSUE] {es-pull}14058[#14058]

Engine::
* Remove versionType from translog {es-pull}31945[#31945]
*  do retry if primary fails on AsyncAfterWriteAction {es-pull}31857[#31857] (issues: {es-issue}31716[#31716], {es-issue}31755[#31755])
* handle AsyncAfterWriteAction exception before listener is registered {es-pull}31755[#31755] (issue: {es-issue}31716[#31716])
* Use IndexWriter#flushNextBuffer to free memory {es-pull}27753[#27753]
* Remove pre 6.0.0 support from InternalEngine {es-pull}27720[#27720]

Features/Indices APIs::
*  Add cluster-wide shard limit {es-pull}32856[#32856] (issue: {es-issue}20705[#20705])
* Remove RestGetAllAliasesAction {es-pull}31308[#31308] (issue: {es-issue}31129[#31129])
* Add rollover-creation-date setting to rolled over index {es-pull}31144[#31144] (issue: {es-issue}30887[#30887])
* add is-write-index flag to aliases {es-pull}30942[#30942]
* Make index and bulk APIs work without types. {es-pull}29479[#29479]

Features/Ingest::
* ingest: Add ignore_missing property to foreach filter (#22147) {es-pull}31578[#31578] (issue: {es-issue}22147[#22147])

Features/Java High Level REST Client::
* HLRC API for _termvectors {es-pull}32610[#32610] (issue: {es-issue}27205[#27205])

Features/Stats::
* Stats to record how often the ClusterState diff mechanism is used successfully {es-pull}26973[#26973]

Features/Watcher::
* Watcher: Validate email adresses when storing a watch {es-pull}34042[#34042] (issue: {es-issue}33980[#33980])

Infra/Circuit Breakers::
* Have circuit breaker succeed on unknown mem usage {es-pull}33125[#33125] (issue: {es-issue}31767[#31767])
* Account for XContent overhead in in-flight breaker {es-pull}31613[#31613]
* Script Stats: Add compilation limit counter to stats {es-pull}26387[#26387]

Infra/Core::
* Add RunOnce utility class that executes a Runnable exactly once {es-pull}35484[#35484]
* Improved IndexNotFoundException's default error message {es-pull}34649[#34649] (issue: {es-issue}34628[#34628])
* Set a bounded default for http.max_warning_header_count [ISSUE] {es-pull}33479[#33479]

Infra/Packaging::
* Choose JVM options ergonomically {es-pull}30684[#30684]

Infra/REST API::
* Remove hand-coded XContent duplicate checks {es-pull}34588[#34588] (issues: {es-issue}22073[#22073], {es-issue}22225[#22225], {es-issue}22253[#22253])
* Add the `include_type_name` option to the search and document APIs. {es-pull}29506[#29506] (issue: {es-issue}15613[#15613])
* Validate `op_type` for `_create` {es-pull}27483[#27483]

Infra/Scripting::
* Tests: Add support for custom contexts to mock scripts {es-pull}34100[#34100]
* Scripting: Reflect factory signatures in painless classloader {es-pull}34088[#34088]
* Handle missing values in painless {es-pull}32207[#32207] (issue: {es-issue}29286[#29286])

Infra/Settings::
* Settings: Add keystore creation to add commands {es-pull}26126[#26126]

Infra/Transport API::
* Change BWC version for VerifyRepositoryResponse {es-pull}30796[#30796] (issue: {es-issue}30762[#30762])

Network::
* Add cors support to NioHttpServerTransport {es-pull}30827[#30827] (issue: {es-issue}28898[#28898])
* Reintroduce mandatory http pipelining support {es-pull}30820[#30820]
* Make http pipelining support mandatory {es-pull}30695[#30695] (issues: {es-issue}28898[#28898], {es-issue}29500[#29500])
* Add nio http server transport {es-pull}29587[#29587] (issue: {es-issue}28898[#28898])
* Add class for serializing message to bytes {es-pull}29384[#29384] (issue: {es-issue}28898[#28898])
* Selectors operate on channel contexts {es-pull}28468[#28468] (issue: {es-issue}27260[#27260])
* Unify nio read / write channel contexts {es-pull}28160[#28160] (issue: {es-issue}27260[#27260])
* Create nio-transport plugin for NioTransport {es-pull}27949[#27949] (issue: {es-issue}27260[#27260])
* Add elasticsearch-nio jar for base nio classes {es-pull}27801[#27801] (issue: {es-issue}27802[#27802])

Ranking::
* Add k parameter to PrecisionAtK metric {es-pull}27569[#27569]

SQL::
* SQL: Introduce support for NULL values {es-pull}34573[#34573] (issue: {es-issue}32079[#32079])

Search::
* Make limit on number of expanded fields configurable {es-pull}35284[#35284] (issues: {es-issue}26541[#26541], {es-issue}34778[#34778])
* Search: Simply SingleFieldsVisitor {es-pull}34052[#34052]
* Don't count hits via the collector if the hit count can be computed from index stats. {es-pull}33701[#33701]
* Limit the number of concurrent requests per node {es-pull}31206[#31206] (issue: {es-issue}31192[#31192])
* Default max concurrent search req. numNodes * 5 {es-pull}31171[#31171] (issues: {es-issue}30783[#30783], {es-issue}30994[#30994])
* Change ScriptException status to 400 (bad request) {es-pull}30861[#30861] (issue: {es-issue}12315[#12315])
* Change default value to true for transpositions parameter of fuzzy query {es-pull}26901[#26901]
* Introducing "took" time (in ms) for `_msearch` {es-pull}23767[#23767] (issue: {es-issue}23131[#23131])

Snapshot/Restore::
* #31608 Add S3 Setting to Force Path Type Access {es-pull}34721[#34721] (issue: {es-issue}31608[#31608])

Store::
* add RemoveCorruptedShardDataCommand {es-pull}32281[#32281] (issues: {es-issue}31389[#31389], {es-issue}32279[#32279])

ZenDiscovery::
* [Zen2] Introduce vote withdrawal {es-pull}35446[#35446]
* Zen2: Add basic Zen1 transport-level BWC {es-pull}35443[#35443]
* Zen2: Add diff-based publishing {es-pull}35290[#35290]
* [Zen2] Introduce auto_shrink_voting_configuration setting {es-pull}35217[#35217]
* Introduce transport API for cluster bootstrapping {es-pull}34961[#34961]
* [Zen2] Reconfigure cluster as its membership changes {es-pull}34592[#34592] (issue: {es-issue}33924[#33924])
* Zen2: Fail fast on disconnects {es-pull}34503[#34503]
* [Zen2] Add storage-layer disruptions to CoordinatorTests {es-pull}34347[#34347]
* [Zen2] Add low-level bootstrap implementation {es-pull}34345[#34345]
* [Zen2] Gather votes from all nodes {es-pull}34335[#34335]
* Zen2: Add Cluster State Applier {es-pull}34257[#34257]
* [Zen2] Add safety phase to CoordinatorTests {es-pull}34241[#34241]
* [Zen2] Integrate FollowerChecker with Coordinator {es-pull}34075[#34075]
* Integrate LeaderChecker with Coordinator {es-pull}34049[#34049]
* Zen2: Trigger join when active master detected {es-pull}34008[#34008]
* Zen2: Update PeerFinder term on term bump {es-pull}33992[#33992]
* [Zen2] Calculate optimal cluster configuration {es-pull}33924[#33924]
* [Zen2] Introduce FollowersChecker {es-pull}33917[#33917]
* Zen2: Integrate publication pipeline into Coordinator {es-pull}33771[#33771]
* Zen2: Add DisruptableMockTransport {es-pull}33713[#33713]
* [Zen2] Implement basic cluster formation {es-pull}33668[#33668]
* [Zen2] Introduce LeaderChecker {es-pull}33024[#33024]
* Zen2: Add leader-side join handling logic {es-pull}33013[#33013]
* [Zen2] Add PeerFinder#onFoundPeersUpdated {es-pull}32939[#32939]
* [Zen2] Introduce PreVoteCollector {es-pull}32847[#32847]
* [Zen2] Introduce ElectionScheduler {es-pull}32846[#32846]
* [Zen2] Introduce ElectionScheduler {es-pull}32709[#32709]
* [Zen2] Add HandshakingTransportAddressConnector {es-pull}32643[#32643] (issue: {es-issue}32246[#32246])
* [Zen2] Add UnicastConfiguredHostsResolver {es-pull}32642[#32642] (issue: {es-issue}32246[#32246])
* Zen2: Cluster state publication pipeline {es-pull}32584[#32584] (issue: {es-issue}32006[#32006])
* [Zen2] Introduce gossip-like discovery of master nodes {es-pull}32246[#32246]
* Add core coordination algorithm for cluster state publishing  {es-pull}32171[#32171] (issue: {es-issue}32006[#32006])
* Add term and config to cluster state {es-pull}32100[#32100] (issue: {es-issue}32006[#32006])



[[bug-7.0.0-alpha1]]
[discrete]
=== Bug fixes

Aggregations::
* Fix InternalAutoDateHistogram reproducible failure {es-pull}32723[#32723] (issue: {es-issue}32215[#32215])

Analysis::
* Close #26771: beider_morse phonetic encoder failure when languageset unspecified  {es-pull}26848[#26848] (issue: {es-issue}26771[#26771])

Authorization::
* Empty GetAliases authorization fix {es-pull}34444[#34444] (issue: {es-issue}31952[#31952])

Docs Infrastructure::
* Docs build fails due to missing nexus.png [ISSUE] {es-pull}33101[#33101]

Features/Indices APIs::
* Validate top-level keys for create index request (#23755) {es-pull}23869[#23869] (issue: {es-issue}23755[#23755])

Features/Ingest::
* INGEST: Fix Deprecation Warning in Script Proc. {es-pull}32407[#32407]

Features/Java High Level REST Client::
* HLRC: Drop extra level from user parser {es-pull}34932[#34932]

Features/Java Low Level REST Client::
* Remove I/O pool blocking sniffing call from onFailure callback, add some logic around host exclusion {es-pull}27985[#27985] (issue: {es-issue}27984[#27984])

Features/Watcher::
* Watcher: Ignore system locale/timezone in croneval CLI tool {es-pull}33215[#33215]

Geo::
* [build] Test `GeoShapeQueryTests#testPointsOnly` fails  [ISSUE] {es-pull}27454[#27454]

Infra/Core::
* Ensure shard is refreshed once it's inactive {es-pull}27559[#27559] (issue: {es-issue}27500[#27500])

Infra/Settings::
* Change format how settings represent lists / array {es-pull}26723[#26723]

Infra/Transport API::
* Remove version read/write logic in Verify Response {es-pull}30879[#30879] (issue: {es-issue}30807[#30807])
* Enable muted Repository test {es-pull}30875[#30875] (issue: {es-issue}30807[#30807])
* Bad regex in CORS settings should throw a nicer error {es-pull}29108[#29108]

License::
* Update versions for start_trial after backport {es-pull}30218[#30218] (issue: {es-issue}30135[#30135])

Mapping::
* Ensure that field aliases cannot be used in multi-fields. {es-pull}32219[#32219]

Network::
* Adjust SSLDriver behavior for JDK11 changes {es-pull}32145[#32145] (issues: {es-issue}32122[#32122], {es-issue}32144[#32144])
* Netty4SizeHeaderFrameDecoder error {es-pull}31057[#31057]
* Fix memory leak in http pipelining {es-pull}30815[#30815] (issue: {es-issue}30801[#30801])
* Fix issue with finishing handshake in ssl driver {es-pull}30580[#30580]

Search::
* Ensure realtime `_get` and `_termvectors` don't run on the network thread {es-pull}33814[#33814] (issue: {es-issue}27500[#27500])
* [bug] fuzziness custom auto {es-pull}33462[#33462] (issue: {es-issue}33454[#33454])
* Fix inner hits retrieval when stored fields are disabled (_none_) {es-pull}33018[#33018] (issue: {es-issue}32941[#32941])
* Set maxScore for empty TopDocs to Nan rather than 0 {es-pull}32938[#32938]
* Handle leniency for cross_fields type in multi_match query {es-pull}27045[#27045] (issue: {es-issue}23210[#23210])
* Raise IllegalArgumentException instead if query validation failed {es-pull}26811[#26811] (issue: {es-issue}26799[#26799])

Security::
* Handle 6.4.0+ BWC for Application Privileges {es-pull}32929[#32929]

ZenDiscovery::
* [Zen2] Remove duplicate discovered peers {es-pull}35505[#35505]


[[upgrade-7.0.0-alpha1]]
[discrete]
=== Upgrades

Geo::
* Upgrade JTS to 1.14.0 {es-pull}29141[#29141] (issue: {es-issue}29122[#29122])

Infra/Core::
* Upgrade to a Lucene 8 snapshot {es-pull}33310[#33310] (issues: {es-issue}32899[#32899], {es-issue}33028[#33028], {es-issue}33309[#33309])

Network::
* NETWORKING: Fix Netty Leaks by upgrading to 4.1.28 {es-pull}32511[#32511] (issue: {es-issue}32487[#32487])
