From 2f6089c2b9f3ae7c57d0f828285b64c55fad97e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Toby Sutor <55087308+toby-sutor@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 17:38:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Add note about restoring snapshot versions (#55225)

As discussed at https://elastic.slack.com/archives/C0D1XEXEZ/p1586939752242300 is it not possible to restore snapshots taken on newer versions into clusters running lower versions. For example, a snapshot created in a 7.6.0 cluster cannot be restored on a 7.5.0 cluster. This needs to be documented.
---
 docs/reference/snapshot-restore/index.asciidoc | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/index.asciidoc b/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/index.asciidoc
index a428ca4e398..ae0547db640 100644
--- a/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/index.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/index.asciidoc
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ or 6.x, snapshots of indices created in 2.x **cannot** be restored to 6.x
 or 7.x, and snapshots of indices created in 5.x **cannot** be restored to 7.x
 or 8.x.
 
+We do not recommend restoring snapshots from later {es} versions in earlier
+versions. In some cases, the snapshots cannot be restored. For example, a
+snapshot taken in 7.6.0 cannot be restored to 7.5.0.
+
 Each snapshot can contain indices created in various versions of {es},
 and when restoring a snapshot it must be possible to restore all of the indices
 into the target cluster. If any indices in a snapshot were created in an
@@ -90,4 +94,3 @@ include::restore-snapshot.asciidoc[]
 include::monitor-snapshot-restore.asciidoc[]
 include::../slm/index.asciidoc[]
 
-