elasticsearch/docs/reference/release-notes/8.19.2.asciidoc

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== {es} version 8.19.2

coming[8.19.2]

Also see <<breaking-changes-8.19,Breaking changes in 8.19>>.

[[bug-8.19.2]]
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=== Bug fixes

Aggregations::
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.Validate parent aggregation type in `bucket_script`
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The `bucket_script` pipeline aggregation didn’t validate that its parent aggregation was a multi-bucket aggregation.
This caused a `ClassCastException` at runtime when the parent was not multi-bucket. 
{es-pull}132320[#132320] adds a validation step so the aggregation fails early, preventing the runtime error. (issue: {es-issue}132272[#132272])
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Codec::
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.Use local segment `fieldInfos` for TSDB merge stats
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Merging shrink TSDB or LogsDB indices in versions 8.19 or 9.1+ could fail when using addIndexes to combine Lucene segments directly.
In these cases, fieldInfos could differ between shards and the merged segment, causing incorrect merge statistics.
PR {es-pull}132597[#132597] updates the process to use `fieldInfos` from each segment instead of the merged segment, ensuring accurate stats and preventing merge failures.
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.Remove unused `tsdb_doc_values_optimized_merge` feature flag in 8.19
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In 8.19, the `tsdb_doc_values_optimized_merge` optimization was unintentionally disabled because its feature flag was not removed as planned.
This happened when the original change failed to merge due to CI issues. 
{es-pull}128459[#128459] removes the leftover flag, enabling the optimization as intended.
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Mapping::
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.Calculate text string length correctly for code points outside BMP
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Strings parsed with the optimized UTF-8 parsing path had incorrect length calculations for characters outside the basic multilingual plane (BMP).
These characters require two UTF-16 code units, but the optimized path did not account for this, causing mismatches with the non-optimized path.
{es-pull}132593[#132593] fixes the calculation to ensure consistent and correct string lengths.
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[[enhancement-8.19.2]]
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=== Enhancements

Authorization::
* Adds `manage`, `create_index`, `read`, `index`, `write`, and `delete` privileges for the `kibana_system` role on third-party agent indices used by ExtraHop (logs-extrahop.investigation-*) and Qualys GAV (logs-qualys_gav.asset-*). This ensures ILM policies can delete these indices without permission errors. {es-pull}132387[#132387] (issue: {es-issue}131825[#131825])