[[release-notes-8.17.1]]
== {es} version 8.17.1

Also see <<breaking-changes-8.17,Breaking changes in 8.17>>.

[[bug-8.17.1]]
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=== Bug fixes

Aggregations::
* Fix moving function linear weighted avg {es-pull}118435[#118435] (issue: {es-issue}113751[#113751])

CCS::
* Resolve/cluster should mark remotes as not connected when a security exception is thrown {es-pull}119793[#119793]

Data streams::
* Add missing traces ilm policy for OTel traces data streams {es-pull}119449[#119449]

Downsampling::
* Handle `index.mapping.ignore_malformed` in downsampling {es-pull}119134[#119134] (issue: {es-issue}119075[#119075])
* Support flattened field with downsampling {es-pull}118816[#118816] (issue: {es-issue}116319[#116319])

ES|QL::
* Allow DATE_PARSE to read the timezones {es-pull}118603[#118603] (issue: {es-issue}117680[#117680])
* Fix ESQL async get while task is being cancelled {es-pull}119897[#119897]
* Fix RLIKE folding with (unsupported) case insensitive pattern {es-pull}118454[#118454]

ILM+SLM::
* Add missing timeouts to rest-api-spec ILM APIs {es-pull}118837[#118837]
* Add missing timeouts to rest-api-spec SLM APIs {es-pull}118958[#118958]

Infra/Node Lifecycle::
* Add missing timeouts to rest-api-spec shutdown APIs {es-pull}118921[#118921]

Infra/REST API::
* Add missing parameter to `xpack.info` rest-api-spec {es-pull}118954[#118954]

Ingest Node::
* Add missing timeouts to rest-api-spec ingest APIs {es-pull}118844[#118844]
* Expose BwC enrich cache setting in plugin {es-pull}119131[#119131]
* Fixing `GetDatabaseConfigurationAction` response serialization {es-pull}119233[#119233]

License::
* Remove unsupported timeout from rest-api-spec license API {es-pull}118919[#118919]

Machine Learning::
* Fix loss of context in the inference API for streaming APIs {es-pull}118999[#118999] (issue: {es-issue}119000[#119000])
* Fix spike detection for short spikes at the tail of the data {es-pull}119637[#119637]
* Fix timeout ingesting an empty string into a `semantic_text` field {es-pull}117840[#117840]
* [Inference API] Fix bug checking for e5 or reranker default IDs {es-pull}119797[#119797]

Search::
* ESQL: `connect_transport_exception` should be thrown instead of `verification_exception` when ENRICH-ing if remote is disconnected {es-pull}119750[#119750]
* Fix: do not let `_resolve/cluster` hang if remote is unresponsive {es-pull}119516[#119516]
* Handle exceptions in query phase can match {es-pull}117469[#117469] (issue: {es-issue}104994[#104994])

[[enhancement-8.17.1]]
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=== Enhancements

Authorization::
* Improve handling of nested fields in index reader wrappers {es-pull}118757[#118757]

Data streams::
* Add mapping for `event_name` for OTel logs {es-pull}119495[#119495]

Monitoring::
* Addition of `tier_preference`, `creation_date` and `version` fields in Elasticsearch monitoring template {es-pull}117851[#117851]

[[feature-8.17.1]]
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=== New features

Logs::
* Make logsdb general available {es-pull}118559[#118559]


