Elasticsearch version 7.16.3edit

Also see Breaking changes in 7.16.

Enhancementsedit

Security
  • Add "maintenance" permission to the fleet-server service account #82125

Bug fixesedit

Authorization
  • Fix docs and error message for role field_security #81283
Infra/Scripting
  • Track this pointer capture from blocks within lambdas #82228 (issue: #82224)

Upgradesedit

Infra/Logging
  • Upgrade to log4j 2.17.1 #82111