Kibana 8.4.0
editKibana 8.4.0
editReview the following information about the Kibana 8.4.0 release.
Known issues
editIf you have alerting rules that have been snoozed, do not upgrade Kibana to 8.4.0. Upgrade to 8.4.1 instead.
To determine if you have snoozed alerting rules, open the main menu, then click Stack Management → Rules and Connectors. Filter the rule list by selecting View → Snoozed. If you must upgrade to 8.4.0, for each space, cancel the snooze for all affected rules before you upgrade.
To identify snoozed rules in all Spaces using Dev Tools, run the following query:
GET /.kibana/_search { "query": { "exists": { "field": "alert.isSnoozedUntil" } } }
If you upgraded Kibana to 8.4.0 and you have alerting rules configured to snooze notifications, you will receive the following error message:
FATAL Error: Unable to complete saved object migrations for the [.kibana] index.
To fix that problem, restore your previous version, then upgrade to 8.4.1 instead.
Breaking changes
editBreaking changes can prevent your application from optimal operation and performance. Before you upgrade to 8.4.0, review the breaking changes, then mitigate the impact to your application.
xpack.agents.* are uneditable in UI when defined in kibana.yml
Details
When you configure setxpack.fleet.agents.fleet_server.hosts
and xpack.fleet.agents.elasticsearch.hosts
in kibana.yml, you are unable to update the fields on the Fleet UI.
For more information, refer to #135669.
Impact
To configure setxpack.fleet.agents.fleet_server.hosts
and xpack.fleet.agents.elasticsearch.hosts
on the Fleet UI, avoid configuring the settings in kibana.yml.
Removes the legacy charts library
Details
The legacy implementation of the Timelion visualization charts library has been removed. All Timelion visualizations now use the elastic-charts library, which was introduced in 7.15.0.
For more information, refer to #134336.
Impact
In 8.4.0 and later, you are unable to configure the Timelion legacy charts library advanced setting. For information about visualization Advanced Settings, check Visualization.
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Deprecations
editThe following functionality is deprecated in 8.4.0, and will be removed in 9.0.0. Deprecated functionality does not have an immediate impact on your application, but we strongly recommend you make the necessary updates after you upgrade to 8.4.0.
Deprecates ApiKey authentication for interactive users
Details
The ability to authenticate interactive users with ApiKey via a web browser has been deprecated, and will be removed in a future version.
For more information, refer to #136422.
Impact
To authenticate interactive users via a web browser, use another authentication method. Use API keys only for programmatic access to Kibana and Elasticsearch.
Features
editKibana 8.4.0 adds the following new and notable features.
- Alerting
- Cases
- Adds the ability to customize permissions to prevent users from deleting Cases entities, such as Cases themselves, attachments, and comments #135487
- Connectors
- The Webhook - Case Management connector allows users to build a custom connector for any third-party case/ticket management system #131762
- Discover
- Adds the ability to add a custom number of rows in the results and save the specified number with a Saved Search #135726
- Elastic Security
- For the Elastic Security 8.4.0 release information, refer to Elastic Security Solution Release Notes.
- Fleet
-
- Enables package signature verification feature #137239
- Modal to allow user to force install an unverified package #136108
- Display package verification status #135928
- Tag rename and delete feature #135712
- Bulk update agent tags ui #135646
- Adds API to bulk update tags #135520
- Adds and remove agent tags #135320
- Support sorting agent list #135218
- Promote Logstash output support to GA #135028
- Create new API to manage download_source setting #134889
- Machine Learning
- Management
- Monitoring
- Adds stale status reporting for Kibana #132613
- Observability
-
- Adds Beta label to Infrastructure tab #136710
- Creates and adds Rule Alerts Summary as a sharable component to the O11y Rule Details #135805
- Rule Details Page - Use RuleStatusPanel from triggersActionsUI #135643
- Adds Top erroneous transactions to errors details page #134929
- Introduces Alerts tab on service overview page #134350
- Adds single metric report type #132446
- Platform
- Adds new bulkUpdatesSchedules method to Task Manager #132637
- Security
- Adds the ability to create personal avatars #132522
- Sharing
- Adds the new metric visualization #136567
For more information about the features introduced in 8.4.0, refer to What’s new in 8.4.