elasticsearch/docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.7.asciidoc

[[release-notes-8.18.7]]
== {es} version 8.18.7

Also see <<breaking-changes-8.18,Breaking changes in 8.18>>.

[[bug-8.18.7]]
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=== Bug fixes

Authorization::
* Remove `DocumentSubsetBitsetCache` locking {es-pull}133681[#133681] (issue: {es-issue}132842[#132842])

ES|QL::
* Reserve memory for Lucene's TopN {es-pull}134235[#134235]

Infra/Scripting::
* Update `DefBootstrap` to handle Error from `ClassValue` {es-pull}133604[#133604]

Infra/Settings::
* Use latest setting value when initializing setting watch {es-pull}134091[#134091] (issue: {es-issue}133701[#133701])

Ingest Node::
* Fix `allow_duplicates` edge case bug in append processor {es-pull}134319[#134319]
* Fix enrich caches outdated value after policy run {es-pull}133680[#133680]

Machine Learning::
* Ensuring only a single request executor object is created {es-pull}133424[#133424]
* Fix double-counting of inference memory in the assignment rebalancer {es-pull}133919[#133919]

Mapping::
* Allow trailing empty string field names in paths of flattened field {es-pull}133611[#133611] (issue: {es-issue}130139[#130139])

Relevance::
* Disallow creating `semantic_text` fields in indices created prior to 8.11.0 {es-pull}133080[#133080]

[[enhancement-8.18.7]]
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=== Enhancements

Authorization::
* [Sentinel One] Add `manage`, `create_index`, `read`, `index`, `write`, `delete`, permission for third party agent indices `kibana_system` {es-pull}133793[#133793] (issue: {es-issue}133703[#133703])

[[upgrade-8.18.7]]
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=== Upgrades

FIPS::
* Bump bc-fips to 1.0.2.6 {es-pull}133198[#133198]

Network::
* Upgrade Netty to 4.1.126.Final {es-pull}134182[#134182]

Security::
* Bump bcpkix version {es-pull}132853[#132853]