Elasticsearch version 6.8.0edit

Also see Breaking changes in 6.8.

Enhancementsedit

Security
Authentication
  • Log warning when unlicensed realms are skipped #41778
Infra/Settings
  • Drop distinction in entries for keystore #41701

Bug fixesedit

Features/Watcher
  • Fix Watcher deadlock that can cause in-abilty to index documents. #41418 (issue: #41390)
Network
  • Enforce transport TLS on Basic with Security #42150
Reindex
SQL
  • SQL: Fix issue regarding INTERVAL * number #42014 (issue: #41239)
  • SQL: Remove CircuitBreaker from parser #41835 (issue: #41471)
Security
  • Remove dynamic objects from security index #40499 (issue: #35460)
  • Add granular API key privileges #41488 (issue: #40031)