July 15, 2026
98.9% faster queries, 4x more indexing throughput: a systematic Elasticsearch performance diagnosis
Use AutoOps, the Profile API and ES Rally together to find cluster hotspots, slow queries and index bottlenecks, with real benchmarks showing a 98.9% latency cut and 4x indexing gain.
July 7, 2026
Your compliance posture just got an upgrade: Elasticsearch now supports FIPS 140-3
Elastic 9.4 brings FIPS 140-3 support for Elasticsearch and Kibana to GA. Here's what changes for federal, defense and regulated deployments, and how to migrate from 140-2.
June 19, 2026
Why your Elasticsearch cluster is hitting disk watermarks: 14 real-world causes explained
Learn how Elasticsearch disk watermarks work, why they trigger, and how to diagnose 14 of the most common scenarios Support encounters, from index bloat to ILM stalls.
May 29, 2026
One API call per operation: how Elastic Cloud Hosted makes fleet-scale deployment management practical
Elastic Cloud Hosted adds five targeted APIs for upgrade, tier scaling, user settings, tags and snapshot repository linking, each replacing a multi-step deployment plan edit with a single focused call.
May 18, 2026
Agentic AI search with deterministic guardrails in Elasticsearch for safe query execution
Agentic AI search systems often fail when LLMs generate queries directly. Learn how deterministic guardrails and a control plane architecture enable safe, reliable, and governed query execution with Elasticsearch.
May 13, 2026
Ecommerce search optimization using margin and popularity boosting in Elasticsearch
Learn how to optimize ecommerce search using margin and popularity boosting. This blog explains how a governed control plane treats economic optimization in Elasticsearch.
May 11, 2026
Personalizing ecommerce search: Integrating purchase history and user cohorts
Learn how to create a personalized ecommerce search experience in Elasticsearch without breaking governance. This post explains how to boost products a shopper has purchased before and how to activate cohort-specific policies based on user profiles.
May 6, 2026
Multi-tier search with Elastic for ecommerce search governance: Fixing poor recall
Learn how to build a multi-tier retrieval strategy used to execute ecommerce governed search plans and improve recall management. We'll cover how to orchestrate semantic matching while maintaining stable results, facets, and pagination.
May 4, 2026
Elasticsearch percolator for ecommerce search governance: translating ambiguous queries into controlled retrieval strategies
Learn how to use the Elasticsearch percolator to implement search governance. In this blog, we outline the patterns needed to create a governed policy engine in production and create a controlled retrieval strategy.