elasticsearch/docs/reference/release-notes/5.0.0-alpha1.asciidoc

[[release-notes-5.0.0-alpha1]]
== 5.0.0-alpha1 Release Notes

The changes listed below have been released for the first time in
Elasticsearch 5.0.0-alpha1.  Changes in this release which were first released
in the 2.x series are listed in <<release-notes-5.0.0-alpha1-2x>>.

Also see <<breaking-changes-5.0>>.

IMPORTANT: This is an alpha release and is intended for _testing purposes only_. Indices created in this version will *not be compatible with Elasticsearch 5.0.0 GA*. Upgrading 5.0.0-alpha1 to any other version is not supported.

[[breaking-5.0.0-alpha1]]
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=== Breaking changes

Aliases::
* make get alias expand to open and closed indices by default {pull}15954[#15954] (issue: {issue}14982[#14982])
* Remove deprecated indices.get_aliases {pull}13906[#13906]

Allocation::
* Remove DisableAllocationDecider {pull}13313[#13313]

CAT API::
* Add raw recovery progress to cat recovery API {pull}17064[#17064] (issue: {issue}17022[#17022])
* Remove host from cat nodes API {pull}16656[#16656] (issues: {issue}12959[#12959], {issue}16575[#16575])
* Using the accept header in the request instead of content-type in _cat API. {pull}14421[#14421] (issue: {issue}14195[#14195])

CRUD::
* Remove object notation for core types. {pull}15684[#15684] (issue: {issue}15388[#15388])

Cache::
* Remove deprecated query cache settings {pull}15592[#15592]

Cluster::
* Remove memory section {pull}17278[#17278] (issues: {issue}12049[#12049], {issue}16756[#16756])

Core::
* Bootstrap does not set system properties {pull}17088[#17088] (issues: {issue}16579[#16579], {issue}16791[#16791])
* Add max number of processes check {pull}16919[#16919]
* Add mlockall bootstrap check {pull}16909[#16909]
* One log {pull}16703[#16703] (issue: {issue}16585[#16585])

Engine::
* Remove `index.compound_on_flush` setting and default to `true` {pull}15594[#15594] (issue: {issue}10778[#10778])

Fielddata::
* Remove "uninverted" and "binary" fielddata support for numeric and boolean fields. {pull}14082[#14082]

Index APIs::
* Remove `GET` option for /_forcemerge {pull}15223[#15223] (issue: {issue}15165[#15165])
* Remove /_optimize REST API endpoint {pull}14226[#14226] (issue: {issue}13778[#13778])

Internal::
* Remove support for pre 2.0 indices {pull}13799[#13799]

Mapping::
* Change the field mapping index time boost into a query time boost. {pull}16900[#16900]
* Deprecate string in favor of text/keyword. {pull}16877[#16877]
* Term vector APIs should no longer update mappings {pull}16285[#16285]
* Remove the `format` option of the `_source` field. {pull}15398[#15398]
* Remove transform {pull}13657[#13657] (issue: {issue}12674[#12674])

Parent/Child::
* Removed `total` score mode in favour for `sum` score mode. {pull}17174[#17174] (issues: {issue}13470[#13470], {issue}17083[#17083])
* Removed pre 2.x parent child implementation {pull}13376[#13376]

Percolator::
* Change the percolate api to not dynamically add fields to mapping {pull}16077[#16077] (issue: {issue}15751[#15751])

Plugins::
* Rename bin/plugin in bin/elasticsearch-plugin {pull}16454[#16454]
* Remove multicast plugin {pull}16326[#16326] (issue: {issue}16310[#16310])
* Plugins: Remove site plugins {pull}16038[#16038]

Query DSL::
* Function score query: remove deprecated support for boost_factor {pull}13510[#13510]
* Remove support for deprecated queries. {pull}13418[#13418] (issue: {issue}13326[#13326])

REST::
* Limit the accepted length of the _id {pull}16036[#16036] (issue: {issue}16034[#16034])

Search::
* Remove deprecated reverse option from sorting {pull}17282[#17282] (issue: {issue}17047[#17047])
* Remove some deprecations {pull}14331[#14331]
* Remove search exists api {pull}13911[#13911] (issues: {issue}13682[#13682], {issue}13910[#13910])
* Remove the scan and count search types. {pull}13310[#13310]

Search Refactoring::
* Remove "query" query and fix related parsing bugs {pull}14304[#14304] (issue: {issue}13326[#13326])

Settings::
* Remove ability to specify arbitrary node attributes with `node.` prefix {pull}17402[#17402] (issue: {issue}17280[#17280])
* Enforce `discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes` is set when bound to a public ip {pull}17288[#17288]
* Prevent index level setting from being configured on a node level {pull}17144[#17144] (issue: {issue}16799[#16799])
* Remove support for node.client setting {pull}16963[#16963] (issue: {issue}16565[#16565])
* Remove es.max-open-files flag {pull}16757[#16757] (issues: {issue}16506[#16506], {issue}483[#483])
* Enforce node level limits if node is started in production env {pull}16733[#16733] (issue: {issue}16727[#16727])
* Make settings validation strict {pull}16365[#16365]
* Remove the ability to fsync on every operation and only schedule fsync task if really needed {pull}16257[#16257] (issue: {issue}16152[#16152])
* Script settings {pull}16197[#16197]
* Remove index.flush_on_close entirely {pull}15977[#15977]
* Restore chunksize of 512kb on recovery and remove configurability {pull}15235[#15235] (issue: {issue}15161[#15161])
* Remove ancient deprecated and alternative recovery settings {pull}15234[#15234]
* Fix ping timeout settings inconsistencies {pull}13701[#13701] (issue: {issue}6579[#6579])

Similarities::
* Renames `default` similarity into `classic` {pull}15446[#15446] (issue: {issue}15102[#15102])

Snapshot/Restore::
* Fail closing or deleting indices during a full snapshot {pull}17021[#17021] (issue: {issue}16321[#16321])

Stats::
* Modify load average format {pull}15932[#15932] (issue: {issue}15907[#15907])
* Reintroduce five-minute and fifteen-minute load averages on Linux {pull}15907[#15907] (issues: {issue}12049[#12049], {issue}14741[#14741])
* Add system CPU percent to OS stats {pull}14741[#14741]

Term Vectors::
* Remove DFS support from TermVector API {pull}16452[#16452]

Translog::
* Drop support for simple translog and hard-wire buffer to 8kb {pull}15574[#15574]
* Simplify translog-based flush settings {pull}15573[#15573]

Warmers::
* Remove query warmers and the warmer API. {pull}15614[#15614] (issue: {issue}15607[#15607])

[[breaking-java-5.0.0-alpha1]]
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=== Breaking Java changes

Aggregations::
* getKeyAsString and key_as_string should be the same for terms aggregation on boolean field {pull}15393[#15393]

Allocation::
* Simplify shard balancer interface {pull}17028[#17028] (issue: {issue}8954[#8954])

Analysis::
* Simplify Analysis registration and configuration {pull}14355[#14355]

Cache::
* Refactor IndicesRequestCache to make it testable. {pull}16610[#16610]
* Fold IndexCacheModule into IndexModule {pull}14293[#14293]

Core::
* Remove es.useLinkedTransferQueue {pull}16786[#16786]

Discovery::
* Include pings from client nodes in master election {pull}17329[#17329] (issue: {issue}17325[#17325])

Internal::
* Remove duplicate getters from DiscoveryNode and DiscoveryNodes {pull}17410[#17410] (issue: {issue}16963[#16963])
* Cli: Switch to jopt-simple {pull}17024[#17024] (issue: {issue}11564[#11564])
* Replace ContextAndHeaders with a ThreadPool based ThreadLocal implementation {pull}15776[#15776]
* Remove NodeBuilder {pull}15354[#15354]
* Fix IndexSearcherWrapper interface to not depend on the EngineConfig {pull}14654[#14654]
* Cleanup query parsing and remove IndexQueryParserService {pull}14452[#14452]
* Remove circular dependency between IndicesService and IndicesStore {pull}14285[#14285]
* Remove guice injection from IndexStore and friends {pull}14279[#14279]
* Replace IndicesLifecycle with a per-index IndexEventListener {pull}14217[#14217] (issue: {issue}13259[#13259])
* Simplify similarity module and friends {pull}13942[#13942]
* Refactor SearchRequest to be parsed on the coordinating node {pull}13859[#13859]

Java API::
* Remove the count api {pull}14166[#14166] (issue: {issue}13928[#13928])
* IdsQueryBuilder to accept only non null ids and types {pull}13937[#13937]

Mapping::
* [Mapping] Several MappingService cleanups {pull}16133[#16133] (issue: {issue}15924[#15924])

Network::
* Remove ability to disable Netty gathering writes {pull}16774[#16774] (issue: {issue}7811[#7811])

Parent/Child::
* Cleanup ParentFieldMapper {pull}16045[#16045]
* Several other parent/child cleanups {pull}13470[#13470]

Plugins::
* Enforce isolated mode for all plugins {pull}17276[#17276]
* Change the inner structure of the plugins zip {pull}16453[#16453]
* Don't use guice for QueryParsers {pull}15761[#15761]
* Remove guice from the index level {pull}14518[#14518]
* Remove shard-level injector {pull}13881[#13881]

Query DSL::
* Remove the MissingQueryBuilder which was deprecated in 2.2.0. {pull}15364[#15364] (issue: {issue}14112[#14112])
* Remove NotQueryBuilder {pull}14204[#14204] (issue: {issue}13761[#13761])

Search::
* Query refactoring: split parse phase into fromXContent and toQuery for all queries {pull}13788[#13788] (issue: {issue}10217[#10217])

Search Refactoring::
* Refactored inner hits parsing and intoduced InnerHitBuilder {pull}17291[#17291]
* Remove deprecated parameter from field sort builder. {pull}16573[#16573] (issue: {issue}16127[#16127])
* Remove support for query_binary and filter_binary {pull}14433[#14433] (issue: {issue}14308[#14308])
* Validate query api: move query parsing to the coordinating node {pull}14384[#14384]

Settings::
* Move remaining settings in NettyHttpServerTransport to the new infra {pull}16531[#16531]
* Replace IndexSettings annotation with a full-fledged class {pull}14251[#14251]

Store::
* Standardize state format type for global and index level metadata {pull}17123[#17123]

Suggesters::
* Remove suggest threadpool {pull}17304[#17304] (issue: {issue}17198[#17198])
* Remove suggest transport action {pull}17198[#17198] (issue: {issue}10217[#10217])

[[deprecation-5.0.0-alpha1]]
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=== Deprecations

Plugin Mapper Attachment::
* Deprecate mapper-attachments plugin {pull}16948[#16948] (issue: {issue}16910[#16910])

Search::
* Deprecate fuzzy query {pull}16211[#16211] (issues: {issue}15760[#15760], {issue}16121[#16121])



[[feature-5.0.0-alpha1]]
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=== New features

Allocation::
* Add API to explain why a shard is or isn't assigned {pull}17305[#17305] (issue: {issue}14593[#14593])

Discovery::
* Add two phased commit to Cluster State publishing {pull}13062[#13062]

Ingest::
* Merge feature/ingest branch into master branch {pull}16049[#16049] (issue: {issue}14049[#14049])

Mapping::
* Add a text field. {pull}16637[#16637]
* Add a new `keyword` field. {pull}16589[#16589]

Percolator::
* index the query terms from the percolator query {pull}13646[#13646] (issue: {issue}12664[#12664])

Plugin Ingest Attachment::
* Ingest: Add attachment processor {pull}16490[#16490] (issue: {issue}16303[#16303])

Plugin Mapper Attachment::
* Migrate mapper attachments plugin to main repository {pull}14605[#14605]

Plugin Repository HDFS::
* HDFS Snapshot/Restore plugin {pull}15192[#15192] (issue: {issue}15191[#15191])

Query DSL::
* Adds a rewrite phase to queries on the shard level {pull}16870[#16870] (issue: {issue}9526[#9526])

Reindex API::
* Merge reindex to master {pull}16861[#16861]

Scripting::
* Exceptions and Infinite Loop Checking {pull}15936[#15936]
* Added a new scripting language (PlanA) {pull}15136[#15136] (issue: {issue}13084[#13084])

Search::
* Add `search_after` parameter in the SearchAPI {pull}16125[#16125] (issue: {issue}8192[#8192])

Settings::
* Add infrastructure to transactionally apply and reset dynamic settings {pull}15278[#15278]

Stats::
* API for listing index file sizes {pull}16661[#16661] (issue: {issue}16131[#16131])

Suggesters::
* Add document-oriented completion suggester {pull}14410[#14410] (issue: {issue}10746[#10746])

Task Manager::
* Add task cancellation mechanism {pull}16320[#16320]
* Make the Task object available to the action caller {pull}16033[#16033]
* Task Management: Add framework for registering and communicating with tasks {pull}15347[#15347] (issue: {issue}15117[#15117])



[[enhancement-5.0.0-alpha1]]
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=== Enhancements

Aggregations::
* Add tests and documentation for using `time_zone` in date range aggregation {pull}16955[#16955] (issue: {issue}10130[#10130])
* Fixes serialisation of Ranges {pull}16674[#16674]

Allocation::
* Write shard state metadata as soon as shard is created / initializing {pull}16625[#16625] (issue: {issue}14739[#14739])
* Reuse existing allocation id for primary shard allocation {pull}16530[#16530] (issue: {issue}14739[#14739])
* Remove version in ShardRouting (now obsolete) {pull}16243[#16243] (issue: {issue}14739[#14739])
* Prefer nodes that previously held primary shard for primary shard allocation {pull}16096[#16096] (issue: {issue}14739[#14739])
* Extend reroute with an option to force assign stale primary shard copies {pull}15708[#15708] (issue: {issue}14739[#14739])
* Allocate primary shards based on allocation IDs {pull}15281[#15281] (issue: {issue}14739[#14739])
* Persist currently started allocation IDs to index metadata {pull}14964[#14964] (issue: {issue}14739[#14739])
* Use ObjectParser to parse AllocationID {pull}14962[#14962] (issue: {issue}14831[#14831])
* Persist allocation ID with shard state metadata on nodes {pull}14831[#14831] (issue: {issue}14739[#14739])

Analysis::
* Improve error message if resource files have illegal encoding {pull}17237[#17237] (issue: {issue}17212[#17212])

CAT API::
* Expose http address in cat/nodes {pull}16770[#16770]
* [cat/recovery] Make recovery time a TimeValue() {pull}16743[#16743] (issue: {issue}9209[#9209])
* :CAT API: remove space at the end of a line {pull}15250[#15250] (issue: {issue}9464[#9464])

CRUD::
* CRUD: Allow to get and set ttl as a time value/string {pull}15047[#15047]

Cache::
* Enable the indices request cache by default {pull}17162[#17162] (issues: {issue}16870[#16870], {issue}17134[#17134])

Cluster::
* Cluster Health should run on applied states, even if waitFor=0 {pull}17440[#17440]
* Resolve index names to Index instances early {pull}17048[#17048]
* Remove DiscoveryNode#shouldConnectTo method {pull}16898[#16898] (issue: {issue}16815[#16815])
* Fail demoted primary shards and retry request {pull}16415[#16415] (issue: {issue}14252[#14252])
* Illegal shard failure requests {pull}16275[#16275]
* Shard failure requests for non-existent shards {pull}16089[#16089] (issue: {issue}14252[#14252])
* Add handling of channel failures when starting a shard {pull}16041[#16041] (issue: {issue}15895[#15895])
* Wait for new master when failing shard {pull}15748[#15748] (issue: {issue}14252[#14252])
* Master should wait on cluster state publication when failing a shard {pull}15468[#15468] (issue: {issue}14252[#14252])
* Split cluster state update tasks into roles {pull}14899[#14899] (issue: {issue}13627[#13627])
* Add timeout mechanism for sending shard failures {pull}14707[#14707] (issue: {issue}14252[#14252])
* Add listener mechanism for failures to send shard failed {pull}14295[#14295] (issue: {issue}14252[#14252])

Core::
* Remove PROTOTYPE from BulkItemResponse.Failure {pull}17433[#17433] (issue: {issue}17086[#17086])
* Throw an exception if Writeable.Reader reads null {pull}17332[#17332]
* Remove PROTOTYPE from RescorerBuilders {pull}17330[#17330]
* Port Primary Terms to master {pull}17044[#17044] (issues: {issue}14062[#14062], {issue}14651[#14651], {issue}17038[#17038])
* Use index UUID to lookup indices on IndicesService {pull}17001[#17001]
* Add -XX+AlwaysPreTouch JVM flag {pull}16937[#16937]
* Add max size virtual memory check {pull}16935[#16935]
* Use and test relative time in TransportBulkAction {pull}16916[#16916]
* Bump Elasticsearch version to 5.0.0-SNAPSHOT {pull}16862[#16862]
* Assert that we can write in all data-path on startup {pull}16745[#16745]
* Add G1GC check on startup {pull}16737[#16737] (issue: {issue}10740[#10740])
* Shards with heavy indexing should get more of the indexing buffer {pull}14121[#14121]
* Remove and ban ImmutableMap {pull}13939[#13939] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Finish banning ImmutableSet {pull}13820[#13820] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Removes and bans ImmutableSet {pull}13754[#13754] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and ban ImmutableMap#entrySet {pull}13724[#13724]
* Forbid ForwardingSet {pull}13720[#13720] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])

Discovery::
* Add a dedicate queue for incoming ClusterStates {pull}13303[#13303] (issue: {issue}13062[#13062])

Engine::
* Remove writeLockTimeout from InternalEngine {pull}16930[#16930]
* Don't guard IndexShard#refresh calls by a check to isRefreshNeeded {pull}16118[#16118]
* Never call a listerner under lock in InternalEngine {pull}15786[#15786]
* Use System.nanoTime() to initialize Engine.lastWriteNanos {pull}14321[#14321]
* Flush big merges automatically if shard is inactive {pull}14275[#14275]
* Remove Engine.Create {pull}13955[#13955]
* Remove the disabled autogenerated id optimization from InternalEngine {pull}13857[#13857]

Exceptions::
* Fix typos in exception/assert/log messages in core module. {pull}16649[#16649]
* Add field names to several mapping errors {pull}16508[#16508] (issue: {issue}16378[#16378])
* Add serialization support for more important IOExceptions {pull}15766[#15766]
* Adds exception objects to log messages. {pull}14827[#14827] (issue: {issue}10021[#10021])
* Add stack traces to logged exceptions where missing {pull}13825[#13825] (issue: {issue}10021[#10021])
* Remove reflection hacks from ElasticsearchException {pull}13796[#13796]
* Rename QueryParsingException to a more generic ParsingException {pull}13631[#13631]
* Add *Exception(Throwable cause) constructors/ call where appropriate {pull}13544[#13544] (issue: {issue}10021[#10021])

Geo::
* Fix a potential parsing problem in GeoDistanceSortParser {pull}17111[#17111]
* Geo: Add validation of shapes to ShapeBuilders {pull}15551[#15551] (issue: {issue}14416[#14416])
* Make remaining ShapeBuilders implement Writeable {pull}15010[#15010] (issue: {issue}14416[#14416])
* Geo: Remove internal `translated` flag from LineStringBuilder {pull}14969[#14969]
* Make PointBuilder, CircleBuilder & EnvelopeBuilder implement Writable  {pull}14933[#14933] (issue: {issue}14416[#14416])
* Merging BaseLineString and BasePolygonBuilder with subclass {pull}14887[#14887] (issue: {issue}14482[#14482])
* Moving static factory methods to ShapeBuilders {pull}14529[#14529]
* Remove InternalLineStringBuilder and InternalPolygonBuilder {pull}14482[#14482] (issue: {issue}14416[#14416])

Highlighting::
* Switch Highlighting to ObjectParser  {pull}17363[#17363]
* Use HighlightBuilder in SearchSourceBuilder {pull}15376[#15376] (issue: {issue}15044[#15044])
* Joint parsing of common global Hightlighter and subfield parameters {pull}15368[#15368] (issue: {issue}15285[#15285])
* Enable HighlightBuilder to create SearchContextHighlight {pull}15324[#15324]
*  Add fromXContent method to HighlightBuilder {pull}15157[#15157]

Ingest::
* add automatic type conversion support to ConvertProcessor {pull}17263[#17263] (issue: {issue}17139[#17139])
* Give the foreach processor access to the rest of the document {pull}17172[#17172] (issue: {issue}17147[#17147])
* Added ingest statistics to node stats API {pull}16915[#16915]
* Add `ingest_took` to bulk response {pull}16876[#16876]
* Add ingest info to node info API, which contains a list of available processors {pull}16865[#16865]
* Use diffs for ingest metadata in cluster state {pull}16847[#16847]
* hide null-valued metadata fields from WriteableIngestDocument#toXContent {pull}16557[#16557]
* Ingest: use bulk thread pool for bulk request processing (was index before) {pull}16539[#16539] (issue: {issue}16503[#16503])
* Add foreach processor {pull}16432[#16432]
* revert PipelineFactoryError handling with throwing ElasticsearchParseException in ingest pipeline creation {pull}16355[#16355]
* Add processor tags to on_failure metadata in ingest pipeline {pull}16324[#16324] (issue: {issue}16202[#16202])
* catch processor/pipeline factory exceptions and return structured error responses {pull}16276[#16276] (issue: {issue}16010[#16010])
* Ingest: move get/put/delete pipeline methods to ClusterAdminClient {pull}16242[#16242]
* Geoip processor: remove redundant latitude and longitude fields and make location an object with lat and lon subfields {pull}16173[#16173]

Internal::
* Remove PROTOTYPE from MLT.Item {pull}17481[#17481] (issue: {issue}17085[#17085])
* Remove PROTOTYPE from VersionType {pull}17480[#17480] (issue: {issue}17085[#17085])
* Remove PROTOTYPEs from highlighting {pull}17466[#17466] (issue: {issue}17085[#17085])
* Remove PROTOTYPEs from ingest {pull}17434[#17434] (issue: {issue}17085[#17085])
* Start to rework query registration {pull}17424[#17424]
* Factor out slow logs into Search and IndexingOperationListeners {pull}17398[#17398]
* Remove PROTOTYPE from Suggesters {pull}17370[#17370]
* Remove PROTOTYPE from SortBuilders {pull}17337[#17337] (issue: {issue}17085[#17085])
* Remove PROTOTYPE from ShapeBuilders {pull}17336[#17336] (issue: {issue}17085[#17085])
* Replace FieldStatsProvider with a method on MappedFieldType. {pull}17334[#17334]
* Stop using PROTOTYPE in NamedWriteableRegistry {pull}17284[#17284] (issue: {issue}17085[#17085])
* Support scheduled commands in current context {pull}17077[#17077]
* Thread limits {pull}17003[#17003]
* Remove leniency from segments info integrity checks {pull}16985[#16985] (issue: {issue}16973[#16973])
* Rename SearchServiceTransportAction to SearchTransportService {pull}16880[#16880]
* Decouple the TransportService and ClusterService {pull}16872[#16872] (issue: {issue}16788[#16788])
* Refactor bootstrap checks {pull}16844[#16844] (issues: {issue}16733[#16733], {issue}16835[#16835])
* Add LifecycleRunnable {pull}16752[#16752]
* Hot inlined methods in your area {pull}16725[#16725]
* Move IndicesQueryCache and IndicesRequestCache into IndicesService {pull}16603[#16603]
* Forbid use of java.security.MessageDigest#clone() {pull}16543[#16543] (issue: {issue}16479[#16479])
* Make IndicesWarmer a private class of IndexService {pull}16470[#16470]
* Simplify IndicesFieldDataCache and detach from guice {pull}16469[#16469]
* Uppercase ells ('L') in long literals {pull}16329[#16329] (issue: {issue}16279[#16279])
* ShardId equality and hash code inconsistency {pull}16319[#16319] (issue: {issue}16217[#16217])
* Ensure all resources are closed on Node#close() {pull}16316[#16316] (issue: {issue}13685[#13685])
* Make index uuid available in Index, ShardRouting & ShardId {pull}16217[#16217]
* Move RefreshTask into IndexService and use since task per index {pull}15933[#15933]
* Make IndexingMemoryController private to IndicesService {pull}15877[#15877]
* Cleanup IndexingOperationListeners infrastructure {pull}15875[#15875]
* Remove and forbid use of j.u.c.ThreadLocalRandom {pull}15862[#15862] (issue: {issue}15294[#15294])
* Fix IntelliJ query builder type inference issues {pull}15429[#15429]
* Remove and forbid use of Collections#shuffle(List) and Random#<init>() {pull}15299[#15299] (issue: {issue}15287[#15287])
* Remove and forbid use of the type-unsafe empty Collections fields {pull}15187[#15187]
* Move IndicesService.canDeleteShardContent to use IndexSettings {pull}15150[#15150] (issue: {issue}15059[#15059])
* Simplify MonitorService construction and detach from guice {pull}15035[#15035]
* Use Supplier for StreamInput#readOptionalStreamable {pull}14806[#14806]
* Add variable-length long encoding {pull}14780[#14780]
* Extend usage of IndexSetting class {pull}14731[#14731] (issue: {issue}14251[#14251])
* Fold SimilarityModule into IndexModule {pull}14284[#14284]
* Move to lucene BoostQuery {pull}14264[#14264]
* Use built-in method for computing hash code of longs {pull}14213[#14213]
* Refactor ShardFailure listener infrastructure {pull}14206[#14206]
* Add methods for variable-length encoding integral arrays {pull}14087[#14087]
* Fold IndexAliasesService into IndexService {pull}14044[#14044]
* Remove unneeded Module abstractions {pull}13944[#13944]
* Query refactoring: simplify IndexQueryParserService parse methods {pull}13938[#13938] (issue: {issue}13859[#13859])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.collect.Iterators {pull}13916[#13916] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.collect.ImmutableCollection {pull}13909[#13909] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.io.Resources {pull}13908[#13908] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.hash.* {pull}13907[#13907] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.net.InetAddresses {pull}13905[#13905] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.collect.EvictingQueue {pull}13903[#13903] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Replace Guava cache with simple concurrent LRU cache {pull}13879[#13879]
* Remove ClusterSerivce and IndexSettingsService dependency from IndexShard {pull}13853[#13853]
* Start making RecoverySourceHandler unittestable {pull}13840[#13840]
* Remove IndexService dep. from IndexShard {pull}13797[#13797]
* Remove ES internal deletion policies in favour of Lucenes implementations {pull}13794[#13794]
* Move ShardTermVectorService to be on indices level as TermVectorService {pull}13786[#13786]
* Move ShardPercolateService creation into IndexShard {pull}13777[#13777]
* Remove `ExpressionScriptCompilationException` and `ExpressionScriptExecutionException` {pull}13742[#13742]
* Reduced the number of ClusterStateUpdateTask variants {pull}13735[#13735]
* Add a BaseParser helper for stream parsing {pull}13615[#13615]
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.primitives.Ints {pull}13596[#13596] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.math.LongMath {pull}13575[#13575] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.base.Joiner {pull}13572[#13572] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Replace and ban next batch of Guava classes {pull}13562[#13562] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.collect.Iterables {pull}13559[#13559] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Replace LoadingCache usage with a simple ConcurrentHashMap {pull}13552[#13552] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Use Supplier instead of Reflection {pull}13545[#13545]
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.base.Preconditions {pull}13540[#13540] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of guava Function, Charsets, Collections2 {pull}13533[#13533] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedMap {pull}13525[#13525] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of several com.google.common.util. classes {pull}13524[#13524] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Cleanup SearchRequest & SearchRequestBuilder {pull}13518[#13518]
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.collect.Queues {pull}13498[#13498] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.base.Preconditions#checkNotNull {pull}13493[#13493] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.collect.Sets {pull}13463[#13463] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.collect.Maps {pull}13438[#13438] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove use of underscore as an identifier {pull}13353[#13353]
* Remove and forbid the use of com.google.common.base.Predicate(s)? {pull}13349[#13349] (issues: {issue}13224[#13224], {issue}13314[#13314])
* This commit removes com.google.common.io {pull}13302[#13302] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])

Java API::
* Remove copy constructors from request classes and TransportMessage type {pull}16640[#16640] (issue: {issue}15776[#15776])

Mapping::
* Add a soft limit on the mapping depth. {pull}17400[#17400]
* Disable fielddata on text fields by defaults. {pull}17386[#17386]
* Add limit to total number of fields in mapping {pull}17357[#17357]
* Make `parseMultiField` part of `parseField`. {pull}17313[#17313]
* Automatically add a sub keyword field to string dynamic mappings. {pull}17188[#17188]
* Remove friction from the mapping changes in 5.0. {pull}16991[#16991]
* Rework norms parameters for 5.0. {pull}16987[#16987]
* Moved dynamic field handling in doc parsing to end of parsing {pull}16798[#16798]
* Remove the MapperBuilders utility class. {pull}16609[#16609]
* Make the `index` property a boolean. {pull}16161[#16161]
* Remove the ability to enable doc values with the `fielddata.format` setting. {pull}16147[#16147]
* Be stricter about parsing boolean values in mappings. {pull}16146[#16146]
* Fix default doc values to be enabled when a field is not indexed. {pull}16141[#16141]
* Dynamically map floating-point numbers as floats instead of doubles. {pull}15319[#15319] (issue: {issue}13851[#13851])
* Simplify MetaDataMappingService. {pull}15217[#15217]
* Remove MergeMappingException. {pull}15177[#15177]

Packaging::
* Added RPM metadata {pull}17477[#17477]
* Elasticsearch ownership for data, logs, and configs {pull}17197[#17197] (issue: {issue}12688[#12688])
* Fail early on JDK with compiler bug {pull}16418[#16418] (issues: {issue}16097[#16097], {issue}16362[#16362])
* Make security non-optional {pull}16176[#16176]
* Remove RuntimePermission("accessDeclaredMembers") {pull}15378[#15378]
* Remove Guava as a dependency {pull}14055[#14055] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])
* Remove Guava as a dependency {pull}14054[#14054] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])

Percolator::
* Add scoring support to the percolator query {pull}17385[#17385] (issue: {issue}13827[#13827])
* Add query extract support for the blended term query and the common terms query {pull}17347[#17347]
* Add support for several span queries in ExtractQueryTermsService {pull}17323[#17323]
* Add support for TermsQuery in ExtractQueryTermsService {pull}17316[#17316]
* Replace percolate APIs with a percolator query {pull}16349[#16349] (issues: {issue}10741[#10741], {issue}11264[#11264], {issue}13176[#13176], {issue}13978[#13978], {issue}4317[#4317], {issue}7297[#7297])

Plugin Analysis Kuromoji::
* Add nbest options and NumberFilter {pull}17173[#17173]

Plugin Discovery EC2::
* Add support for proxy authentication for s3 and ec2 {pull}15293[#15293] (issue: {issue}15268[#15268])

Plugin Ingest Attachment::
* Minor attachment processor improvements {pull}16574[#16574]

Plugin Lang Painless::
* Painless Clean Up {pull}17428[#17428]
* Make Painless a Module {pull}16755[#16755]
* Minor Clean up {pull}16457[#16457]
* Remove Extra String Concat Token {pull}16382[#16382]

Plugin Mapper Attachment::
* minor attachments cleanups: IDE test support and EPUB format {pull}14626[#14626]

Plugin Repository Azure::
* Support global `repositories.azure.` settings {pull}15141[#15141] (issue: {issue}13776[#13776])
* Add timeout settings (default to 5 minutes) {pull}15080[#15080] (issue: {issue}14277[#14277])
* Remove AbstractLegacyBlobContainer {pull}14650[#14650] (issue: {issue}13434[#13434])

Plugin Repository HDFS::
* merge current hdfs improvements to master {pull}15588[#15588]

Plugin Repository S3::
* Check that S3 setting `buffer_size` is always lower than `chunk_size` {pull}17274[#17274] (issue: {issue}17244[#17244])

Plugins::
* PluginManager: Add xpack as official plugin {pull}17227[#17227]
* CliTool: Cleanup and document Terminal {pull}16443[#16443]
* Plugin cli: Improve maven coordinates detection {pull}16384[#16384] (issue: {issue}16376[#16376])
* Enforce plugin zip does not contain zip entries outside of the plugin dir {pull}16361[#16361]
* CliTool: Allow unexpected exceptions to propagate {pull}16359[#16359]
* Reduce complexity of plugin cli {pull}16336[#16336]
* Remove Plugin.onIndexService. {pull}15029[#15029] (issue: {issue}14896[#14896])
* Open up QueryCache and SearcherWrapper extension points {pull}14303[#14303]

Query DSL::
* An `exists` query on an object should query a single term. {pull}17186[#17186] (issue: {issue}17131[#17131])
* Function Score Query: make parsing stricter {pull}16617[#16617] (issue: {issue}16583[#16583])
* Parsers should throw exception on unknown objects {pull}14255[#14255] (issue: {issue}10974[#10974])
* UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS fix {pull}11598[#11598] (issue: {issue}10146[#10146])

Query Refactoring::
* Add infrastructure to rewrite query builders {pull}16599[#16599]
* Switch geo validation to enum {pull}13672[#13672] (issue: {issue}13608[#13608])

REST::
* More robust handling of CORS HTTP Access Control {pull}16092[#16092]
* Add option to exclude based on paths in XContent {pull}16017[#16017]

Recovery::
* Recover broken IndexMetaData as closed {pull}17187[#17187]
* Relocation source should be marked as relocating before starting recovery to primary relocation target {pull}16500[#16500]
* Operation counter for IndexShard {pull}15956[#15956] (issue: {issue}15900[#15900])
* Primary relocation handoff {pull}15900[#15900] (issue: {issue}15532[#15532])
* Remove recovery threadpools and throttle outgoing recoveries on the master {pull}15372[#15372]
* Refactor StoreRecoveryService to be a simple package private util class {pull}13766[#13766]

Reindex API::
* Make reindex throttling dynamic {pull}17262[#17262]
* Throttling support for reindex {pull}17039[#17039]
* Add ingest pipeline support to reindex {pull}16932[#16932]

Scripting::
* Skipping hidden files compilation for script service {pull}16286[#16286] (issue: {issue}15269[#15269])
* Rename Plan A to Painless {pull}16245[#16245]
* Add plumbing for script compile-time parameters {pull}15464[#15464]
* Factor mustache -> modules/lang-mustache {pull}15328[#15328]

Search::
* Add a soft limit on the number of shards that can be queried in a single search request. {pull}17396[#17396]
* Type filters should not have a performance impact when there is a single type. {pull}17350[#17350]
* Store _all payloads on 1 byte instead of 4. {pull}16899[#16899]
* Refuse to load fields from _source when using the `fields` option and support wildcards.  {pull}15017[#15017] (issues: {issue}10783[#10783], {issue}14489[#14489])
* Add response into ClearScrollResponse {pull}13835[#13835] (issue: {issue}13817[#13817])
* Shuffle shards for _only_nodes + support multiple specifications like cluster API  {pull}12575[#12575] (issues: {issue}12546[#12546], {issue}12700[#12700])

Search Refactoring::
* Remove RescoreParseElement {pull}17441[#17441]
* Remove HighlighterParseElement {pull}17303[#17303]
* Move top level parsing of sort element to SortBuilder {pull}17248[#17248]
* Switch to using refactored SortBuilder instead of using BytesReference in serialization {pull}17205[#17205] (issues: {issue}17146[#17146], {issue}17257[#17257])
* Add build() method to SortBuilder implementations {pull}17146[#17146] (issue: {issue}10217[#10217])
* Refactoring of Suggestions {pull}17096[#17096] (issue: {issue}10217[#10217])
* Move sort `order` field up into SortBuilder {pull}17035[#17035]
* Moves SortParser:parse(...) to only require QueryShardContext {pull}16999[#16999] (issue: {issue}15178[#15178])
* Change internal representation of suggesters  {pull}16873[#16873]
* Make GeoDistanceSortBuilder serializable, 2nd try {pull}16572[#16572] (issues: {issue}15178[#15178], {issue}16151[#16151])
* Move missing() from SortBuilder interface to class {pull}16225[#16225] (issues: {issue}15178[#15178], {issue}16151[#16151])
* Remove deprecated parameters from ScriptSortBuilder {pull}16153[#16153] (issue: {issue}15178[#15178])
* Refactor GeoSortBuilder {pull}16151[#16151] (issue: {issue}15178[#15178])
* Refactor FieldSortBuilder {pull}16127[#16127] (issue: {issue}15178[#15178])
* Make sort order enum writable. {pull}16124[#16124] (issue: {issue}15178[#15178])
* Make DistanceUnit writable. {pull}16122[#16122] (issue: {issue}15178[#15178])
* RescoreBuilder: Add parsing and creating of RescoreSearchContext {pull}16014[#16014] (issue: {issue}15559[#15559])
* Make RescoreBuilder and nested QueryRescorer Writable {pull}15953[#15953] (issue: {issue}15559[#15559])
* Explain api: move query parsing to the coordinating node {pull}14270[#14270]
* Switch query parsers to use ParseField  {pull}14249[#14249] (issue: {issue}8964[#8964])
* Refactoring of Aggregations {pull}14136[#14136]

Settings::
* Add guard against null-valued settings {pull}17310[#17310] (issue: {issue}17292[#17292])
* Useful error message for null property placeholder {pull}17293[#17293] (issue: {issue}17292[#17292])
* Archive cluster level settings if unknown or broken {pull}17246[#17246]
* Improve error message if setting is not found {pull}17230[#17230]
* Improve upgrade experience of node level index settings {pull}17223[#17223] (issue: {issue}17187[#17187])
* Settings with complex matchers should not overlap {pull}16754[#16754]
* Moves GCE settings to the new infra {pull}16722[#16722] (issue: {issue}16720[#16720])
* Add filtering support within Setting class {pull}16629[#16629] (issue: {issue}16598[#16598])
* Migrate AWS settings to new settings infrastructure {pull}16602[#16602] (issue: {issue}16293[#16293])
* Remove `gateway.initial_meta` and always rely on min master nodes {pull}16446[#16446]
* Rewrite SettingsFilter to be immutable {pull}16425[#16425]
* Simplify azure settings {pull}16363[#16363]
* Convert PageCacheRecycler settings {pull}16341[#16341]
* Monitor settings {pull}16313[#16313]
* Cut over tribe node settings to new settings infra {pull}16311[#16311]
* Convert multcast plugin settings to the new infra {pull}16295[#16295]
* Convert `request.headers.*` to the new settings infra {pull}16292[#16292]
* Migrate Azure settings to new settings infrastructure {pull}16291[#16291]
* Validate logger settings and allow them to be reset via API {pull}16289[#16289]
* Switch NodeEnvironment's settings to new settings {pull}16273[#16273]
* Simplify AutoCreateIndex and add more tests {pull}16270[#16270]
* Convert several pending settings {pull}16269[#16269]
* Migrate query caching settings to the new settings infra. {pull}16267[#16267]
* Convert `action.auto_create_index` and `action.master.force_local` to the new settings infra {pull}16263[#16263]
* Convert `cluster.routing.allocation.type` and `processors` to the new settings infra. {pull}16238[#16238]
* Validate tribe node settings on startup {pull}16237[#16237]
* Move node.client, node.data, node.master, node.local and node.mode to new settings infra {pull}16230[#16230]
* Moved http settings to the new settings infrastructure {pull}16188[#16188]
* Migrate network service to the new infra {pull}16187[#16187]
* Convert client.transport settings to new infra {pull}16183[#16183]
* Move discovery.* settings to new Setting infrastructure {pull}16182[#16182]
* Change over to o.e.common.settings.Setting for http settings {pull}16181[#16181]
* Convert "path.*" and "pidfile" to new settings infra {pull}16180[#16180]
* Migrate repository settings to the new settings API {pull}16178[#16178]
* Convert "indices.*" settings to new infra. {pull}16177[#16177]
* Migrate gateway settings to the new settings API. {pull}16175[#16175]
* Convert several node and test level settings {pull}16172[#16172]
* Run Metadata upgrade tool on every version {pull}16168[#16168]
* Check for invalid index settings on metadata upgrade {pull}16156[#16156]
* Validate the settings key if it's simple chars separated by `.` {pull}16120[#16120]
* Validate known global settings on startup {pull}16091[#16091]
* Cut over all index scope settings to the new setting infrastrucuture {pull}16054[#16054] (issues: {issue}12790[#12790], {issue}12854[#12854], {issue}16032[#16032], {issue}6732[#6732])
* Remove updatability of `index.flush_on_close` {pull}15964[#15964] (issue: {issue}15955[#15955])
* Move all dynamic settings and their config classes to the index level {pull}15955[#15955] (issue: {issue}6732[#6732])
* Always require units for bytes and time settings {pull}15948[#15948] (issue: {issue}11437[#11437])
* Make MetaData parsing less lenient. {pull}15828[#15828]
* Move async translog sync logic into IndexService {pull}15584[#15584]
* Remove `index.merge.scheduler.notify_on_failure` and default to `true` {pull}15572[#15572] (issue: {issue}15570[#15570])
* Remove cache concurrency level settings that no longer apply {pull}14210[#14210] (issues: {issue}13224[#13224], {issue}13717[#13717], {issue}7836[#7836])

Similarities::
* Defining a global default similarity {pull}16682[#16682] (issue: {issue}16594[#16594])

Stats::
* Normalize unavailable load average {pull}16061[#16061] (issues: {issue}12049[#12049], {issue}14741[#14741], {issue}15907[#15907], {issue}15932[#15932], {issue}15934[#15934])
* Add load averages to OS stats on FreeBSD {pull}15934[#15934] (issue: {issue}15917[#15917])
* Expose pending cluster state queue size in node stats {pull}14040[#14040] (issue: {issue}13610[#13610])

Store::
* Remove support for legacy checksums {pull}16931[#16931]
* Rename index folder to index_uuid {pull}16442[#16442] (issues: {issue}13264[#13264], {issue}13265[#13265], {issue}14512[#14512], {issue}14932[#14932], {issue}15853[#15853])

Task Manager::
* Add ability to group tasks by common parent {pull}17341[#17341]
* Add start time and duration to tasks {pull}16829[#16829]
* Combine node name and task id into single string task id {pull}16744[#16744]
* Add task status {pull}16356[#16356] (issue: {issue}16344[#16344])
* Extend tracking of parent tasks to master node, replication and broadcast actions {pull}15931[#15931]

Translog::
* Remove ChannelReference and simplify Views {pull}15898[#15898]
* Simplify TranslogWriter to always write to a stream {pull}15771[#15771]
* Remove TranslogService and fold it into synchronous IndexShard API {pull}13707[#13707]



[[bug-5.0.0-alpha1]]
[float]
=== Bug fixes

Aggregations::
* Fixes the defaults for `keyed` in the percentiles aggregations {pull}17217[#17217]
* Correct typo in class name of StatsAggregator {pull}15264[#15264] (issue: {issue}14730[#14730])

Allocation::
* Replica shards must be failed before primary shards {pull}15686[#15686]

CRUD::
* Prevent TransportReplicationAction to route request based on stale local routing table {pull}16274[#16274] (issues: {issue}12573[#12573], {issue}12574[#12574])
* Resolves the conflict between alias routing and parent routing by applying the alias routing and ignoring the parent routing. {pull}15371[#15371] (issue: {issue}3068[#3068])

Cluster::
* Shard state action channel exceptions {pull}16057[#16057] (issue: {issue}15748[#15748])

Core::
* Handle RejectedExecution gracefully in TransportService during shutdown {pull}16965[#16965]

Geo::
* Fix multi-field support for GeoPoint types {pull}15702[#15702] (issue: {issue}15701[#15701])
* Enforce distance in distance query is > 0 [ISSUE] {pull}15135[#15135]

Ingest::
* Handle regex parsing errors in Gsub and Grok Processors {pull}17260[#17260]
* add on_failure exception metadata to ingest document for verbose simulate {pull}16562[#16562]
* The IngestDocument copy constructor should make a deep copy {pull}16248[#16248] (issue: {issue}16246[#16246])

Internal::
* Enable unmap hack for java 9 {pull}16986[#16986] (issue: {issue}1[#1])
* Fix issues with failed cache loads {pull}14315[#14315]
* Allow parser to move on the START_OBJECT token when parsing search source {pull}14145[#14145]
* Ensure searcher is release if wrapping fails {pull}14107[#14107]
* Avoid deadlocks in Cache#computeIfAbsent {pull}14091[#14091] (issue: {issue}14090[#14090])

Java API::
* Fix potential NPE in SearchSourceBuilder {pull}16905[#16905] (issue: {issue}16902[#16902])

Mapping::
* Make dynamic template parsing less lenient. {pull}17249[#17249]
* Fix dynamic mapper when its parent already has an update {pull}17065[#17065]
* Fix copy_to when the target is a dynamic object field. {pull}15216[#15216] (issues: {issue}111237[#111237], {issue}11237[#11237])
* Preserve existing mappings on batch mapping updates {pull}15130[#15130] (issues: {issue}14899[#14899], {issue}15129[#15129])

Packaging::
* Set MAX_OPEN_FILES to 65536 {pull}17431[#17431] (issue: {issue}17430[#17430])
* [windows] Service command still had positional start command {pull}17391[#17391]
* Do not pass double-dash arguments on startup {pull}17087[#17087] (issue: {issue}17084[#17084])

Percolator::
* Let PercolatorQuery's explain use the two phase iterator {pull}17315[#17315] (issue: {issue}17314[#17314])

Plugin Store SMB::
* Fix calling ensureOpen() on the wrong directory (master forwardport) {pull}16395[#16395] (issue: {issue}16383[#16383])

Plugins::
* CliTool: Messages printed in Terminal should have percent char escaped {pull}16367[#16367]

Query DSL::
* Resolve string dates and date math to millis before evaluating for rewrite in range query {pull}17239[#17239]
* `constant_score` query should throw error on more than one filter {pull}17135[#17135] (issue: {issue}17126[#17126])
* Single IPv4 addresses in IP field term queries {pull}16068[#16068] (issue: {issue}16058[#16058])
* Make strategy optional in GeoShapeQueryBuilder readFrom and writeTo {pull}13963[#13963]

Query Refactoring::
* Query refactoring: set has_parent & has_child types context properly {pull}13863[#13863]
* Make sure equivalent geohashCellQueries are equal after toQuery called {pull}13792[#13792]

Recovery::
* Invoke `IndexingOperationListeners` also when recovering from store or remote {pull}17406[#17406]
* Prevent interruption while store checks lucene files for consistency {pull}16308[#16308]
* Mark shard as recovering on the cluster state thread {pull}14276[#14276] (issues: {issue}13766[#13766], {issue}14115[#14115])

Search::
* Fix for search after {pull}16271[#16271]
* Do not be lenient when parsing CIDRs {pull}14874[#14874] (issue: {issue}14862[#14862])

Settings::
* Register bootstrap settings {pull}16513[#16513]
* Add settings filtering to node info requests {pull}16445[#16445]
* Ban write access to system properties {pull}14914[#14914]

Task Manager::
* Take filterNodeIds into consideration while sending task requests to nodes {pull}17081[#17081]

Translog::
* Move translog recover outside of the engine {pull}17422[#17422]
* Mark shard active during recovery; push settings after engine finally inits {pull}16250[#16250] (issues: {issue}14121[#14121], {issue}16209[#16209])



[[upgrade-5.0.0-alpha1]]
[float]
=== Upgrades

Core::
* Upgrade to lucene-6.0.0-f0aa4fc. {pull}17075[#17075]
* upgrade to lucene 6.0.0-snapshot-bea235f {pull}16964[#16964]
* Upgrade to Jackson 2.7.1 {pull}16801[#16801] (issue: {issue}16294[#16294])

Ingest::
* Update MaxMind geoip2 version to 2.6 {pull}16837[#16837] (issue: {issue}16801[#16801])

Internal::
* Bump master (3.0-snapshot) to java 8 {pull}13314[#13314]

Search Templates::
* Update mustache.java to version 0.9.1 {pull}14053[#14053] (issue: {issue}13224[#13224])