What’s new in 8.6edit

Here are the highlights of what’s new and improved in Elasticsearch 8.6!

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Make categorize_text aggregation GAedit

The categorize_text aggregation has been moved from technical preview to general availability.

#88600

Support cartesian_centroid aggregation over points and shapesedit

Similar to the existing geo_centroid aggregation, this new metric aggregation, cartesian_centroid, calculates the centroid over cartesian point and shape fields.

#89216

Stack Monitoring: Logstash load average type fixed for metricbeat collectionedit

Previously, the templates for ingesting logstash load average using metricbeat were set to long. This provides only an integer graph.

The type has been corrected to half_float. You can force a rollover to see the change immediately or wait for the next ILM rollover.

POST .monitoring-logstash-8-mb/_rollover

#90494

Support cartesian_bounds aggregation over points and shapesedit

Similar to the existing geo_bounds aggregation, this new metric aggregation, cartesian_bounds, calculates the bounds of cartesian point and shape fields.

#91298