+By default, this API call only returns settings that have been explicitly defined, but can also <<cluster-get-settings,include the default settings>>.
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Updates to settings can be persistent, meaning they apply across restarts, or transient, where they don't
Updates to settings can be persistent, meaning they apply across restarts, or transient, where they don't
survive a full cluster restart. Here is an example of a persistent update:
survive a full cluster restart. Here is an example of a persistent update: