elasticsearch/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.8.asciidoc

[[release-notes-8.17.8]]
== {es} version 8.17.8

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

[[bug-8.17.8]]
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=== Bug fixes

Aggregations::
* Aggs: Fix significant terms not finding background docuemnts for nested fields {es-pull}128472[#128472] (issue: {es-issue}101163[#101163])

Authorization::
* Prevent invalid privileges in manage roles privilege {es-pull}128532[#128532] (issue: {es-issue}127496[#127496])

Codec::
* Use new source loader when lower `docId` is accessed {es-pull}128320[#128320]

Data streams::
* Bump APM data resource version {es-pull}129539[#129539]

Infra/Core::
* Update AbstractXContentParser to support parsers that don't provide text characters {es-pull}129005[#129005]

Infra/Scripting::
* Register mustache size limit setting {es-pull}119291[#119291]

Machine Learning::
* Account for Java direct memory on machine learning nodes to prevent out-of-memory crashes. {es-pull}128742[#128742]
* Ensure that anomaly detection job state update retries if master node is temoporarily unavailable {es-pull}129391[#129391] (issue: {es-issue}126148[#126148])

Searchable Snapshots::
* Adjust unpromotable shard refresh request validation to allow `RefreshResult.NO_REFRESH` {es-pull}129176[#129176] (issue: {es-issue}129036[#129036])

Security::
* Fix error message when changing the password for a user in the file realm {es-pull}127621[#127621]

[[enhancement-8.17.8]]
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=== Enhancements

Authorization::
* Fix unsupported privileges error message during role and API key creation {es-pull}129158[#129158] (issue: {es-issue}128132[#128132])