Elasticsearch version 6.8.13edit

Also see Breaking changes in 6.8.

Enhancementsedit

Features/Java Low Level REST Client
  • Add simple support for gzip compression #63230 (issue: #62044)

Bug fixesedit

Audit
  • Move RestRequestFilter to core #63507
Authorization
  • Ensure authz operation overrides transient authz headers #61621
  • Relax the index access control check for scroll searches #61446
CCR
  • CCR should retry on CircuitBreakingException #62013 (issue: #55633)
  • Retry CCR shard follow task when no seed node left #63225
  • Set timeout of auto put-follow request to unbounded #61679 (issue: #56891)
Features/Java High Level REST Client
  • Add hlrc_rest_total_hits_as_int parameter in scroll request #61685 (issue: #61677)

Upgradesedit

Infra/Packaging
  • Upgrade the bundled JDK to JDK 15 #62580