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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion release-notes/elastic-cloud-serverless/breaking-changes.md
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# {{serverless-full}} breaking changes [elastic-cloud-serverless-breaking-changes]

## August 25, 2025 [elastic-cloud-serverless-08252025-breaking]

* Allow partial results by default in ES|QL [#125060](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/125060)

## August 11, 2025 [elastic-cloud-serverless-08112025-breaking]

* Improves advanced settings management APIs privilege checks [#230067]({{kib-pull}}230067)

## June 23, 2025 [serverless-changelog-06232025]

* {{esql}}: Disallows mixed quoted/unquoted patterns in `FROM` commands [#127636]({{es-pull}}127636)
* {{esql}}: Disallows mixed quoted/unquoted patterns in `FROM` commands [#127636]({{es-pull}}127636)
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## October 13, 2025 [elastic-cloud-serverless-10132025-deprecations]
* Filters endpoint exceptions from the detection engine's execution logic. For more information, check [#233289]({{kib-pull}}233289).

## August 25, 2025 [elastic-cloud-serverless-08252025-deprecations]
* Change reporting_user role to leverage reserved kibana privileges. For more information, check [#132766](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/132766)

## June 30, 2025 [elastic-cloud-serverless-06302025-deprecations]
* Removes Default Quick Prompts from the Security AI Assistant. For more information, check [#225536]({{kib-pull}}225536).

## June 2, 2025 [elastic-cloud-serverless-06022025-deprecations]
* Removes the `allowByValueEmbeddables` setting from the Dashboard plugin. For more information, check [#221165]({{kib-pull}}221165).

## February 24, 2025 [elastic-cloud-serverless-02242025-deprecations]
* Deprecate Behavioral Analytics CRUD APIs [#122960](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/122960)

## February 3, 2025 [elastic-cloud-serverless-02032025-deprecations]
* Renames the `integration-assistant` plugin to `automatic-import`. For more information, check [#207325]({{kib-pull}}207325).

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* Disables scripted field creation in the Data Views management page. For more information, check [#202250]({{kib-pull}}202250).
* Removes all logic based on the following settings: `xpack.reporting.roles.enabled`, `xpack.reporting.roles.allow`. For more information, check [#200834]({{kib-pull}}200834).
* Removes the legacy table from Discover. For more information, check [#201254]({{kib-pull}}201254).
* Deprecates ephemeral tasks from action and alerting plugins. For more information, check [#197421]({{kib-pull}}197421).
* Deprecates ephemeral tasks from action and alerting plugins. For more information, check [#197421]({{kib-pull}}197421).
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* Adds a link to Agent Builder in the **View Data** dropdown [#234679]({{kib-pull}}234679)
* Adds the AutoOps Search tier page, which provides project-level insights and deeper insights into {{serverless-short}} resources (VCUs) and performances
% Relates to https://github.com/elastic/autoops/issues/20 and https://github.com/elastic/autoops/issues/200
* Add relevant attributes to search took time APM metrics [#134232](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134232)
* [ML] Adding headers support for OpenAI chat completion [#134504](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134504)
* Extend kibana-system permissions to manage security entities [#133968](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/133968)
* Track shardStarted events for simulation in DesiredBalanceComputer [#133630](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/133630)
* Add file extension metadata to cache miss counter from SharedBlobCacheService [#134374](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134374)
* Remove ingest conditionals _type deprecation warning [#134851](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134851)
* Allow including semantic field embeddings in _source [#134717](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134717)
* Integrate weights into simplified RRF retriever syntax [#132680](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/132680)
* DLM: Better `max_age` rollover for tiny retentions [#134941](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134941)
* ES|QL: add support for include_execution_metadata parameter [#134446](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134446)
* ES|QL: Add telemetry support for Lookup Join On Expression [#134942](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134942)
* Improve block loader for source only runtime fields of type keyword [#135026](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/135026)
* Optimize BytesArray::indexOf, which is used heavily in ndjson parsing [#135087](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/135087)
* Make SecureString comparisons constant time [#135053](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/135053)
* ESQL: URL encoding changes [#134503](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134503)
* Add new `/_security/stats` endpoint [#134835](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134835)
* Have last source shard to complete remove reshard metadata
* Add a monitor for estimated heap usage

### Fixes [serverless-changelog-09222025-fixes]

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* Fixes the autocomplete configuration for the `pinned` retriever by removing the `match_criteria` field [#234903]({{kib-pull}}234903)
* Fixes a bug by allowing the use of `cmd + /` for comment toggling in the Monaco editor [#235334]({{kib-pull}}235334)
* Adds a check for all privileges for {{sec-serverless}} when creating lists [#234602]({{kib-pull}}234602)


* Correctly update SLM stats with master shutdown [#134152](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134152)
* Bug fix: Facilitate second retrieval of the same value [#134790](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134790)
* Avoid holding references to SearchExecutionContext in SourceConfirmedTextQuery [#134887](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134887)
* Adds exception for perform embedding inference requests with query provided [#131641](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/131641)
* Fixes match only text block loader not working when a keyword multi field is present [#134582](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134582)
* Fixes conditional processor mutability bugs [#134936](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134936)
* [Transform] Wait for PIT to close [#134955](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134955)
* Bypass MMap arena grouping as this has caused issues with too many regions being mapped [#135012](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/135012)
* Fixes deadlock in ThreadPoolMergeScheduler when a failing merge closes the IndexWriter [#134656](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134656)
* Fixes countDistinctWithConditions in csv-spec tests [#135097](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/135097)
* CentroidCalculator does not return negative summation weights [#135176](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/135176)
* ES|QL: Limit when we push topn to lucene [#134497](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134497)
* Ban Limit + MvExpand before remote Enrich [#135051](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/135051)
* Fix expiration time in ES|QL async [#135209](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/135209)



## September 19, 2025 [serverless-changelog-09192025]

### Features and enhancements [serverless-changelog-09192025-features-enhancements]
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* Restricts access to the Value report page to `admin` and `soc_manager` roles in complete tier [#234377]({{kib-pull}}234377)
* Ensures the **Tech Preview** badge is shown for the default inference endpoint for e5 on the inference endpoints UI [#234811]({{kib-pull}}234811)
* Ensures mapped fields are remembered across simulations [#233799]({{kib-pull}}233799)
* [Downsampling++] Adds time series telemetry in xpack usage [#134214](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/134214)

### Fixes [serverless-changelog-09152025-fixes]

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* Adds a check to confirm that uploaded files are indexed and searchable in {{ml-cap}} [#231614]({{kib-pull}}231614)
* Updates sections and improves field handling in {{ml-cap}} [#231037]({{kib-pull}}231037)
* Improves the layout of the custom URLs list in {{ml-cap}} [#231751]({{kib-pull}}231751)
* Return 429 instead of 500 for timeout handlers [#133111](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/133111)
* Allow configuring SAML private attributes [#133154](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/133154)

### Fixes [serverless-changelog-08252025-fixes]
* Fixes a rendering issue that affected progress elements in Canvas [#232432]({{kib-pull}}232432)
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* Fixes a broken link in the **Build** breadcrumb that incorrectly pointed to the search indices page in {{es-serverless}} [#232504]({{kib-pull}}232504)
* Fixes inconsistencies in case activity statistics [#231948]({{kib-pull}}231948)
* Adds support for a `reporting_user` role with a reserved set of privileges [#231533]({{kib-pull}}231533)

* Don't fail search if bottom doc can't be formatted [#133188](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/133188)


## August 18, 2025 [serverless-changelog-08182025]
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* Adds inline markdown visualization [#229191]({{kib-pull}}229191)
* Adds an `AI` section to the `Stack Management` menu [#227289]({{kib-pull}}227289)
* Sets the default retention period for Logs anomaly detection to 120 days [#231080]({{kib-pull}}231080)

* Restrict Indexing To Child Streams When Streams Is Enabled [#132011](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/132011)
* [ML] Adds support for dimensions in google vertex ai request [#132689](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/132689)

### Fixes [serverless-changelog-08182025-fixes]

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* Improves rate limiter UX [#227678]({{kib-pull}}227678)
* Adds table list view to the space selector screen [#229046]({{kib-pull}}229046)
* Adds `kibana.alert.grouping` field to infra alerts [#229054]({{kib-pull}}229054)
* Skip search shards with INDEX_REFRESH_BLOCK
* Pipelines: Adds `created_date` and `modified_date` #130847](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/130847)
* Component Templates: Adds `{created,modified}_date` [#131536](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/131536)
* [Security] Adds entity store and asset criticality index privileges to built in roles [#129662](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/129662)
* Organization IdP routes are now public in the OpenAPI specifications.

### Fixes [serverless-changelog-08042025-fixes]
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* Ensures the Gemini Vertex AI documentation link is available in the AI Connector [#228348]({{kib-pull}}228348)
* Fixes a skipped autocomplete test in the console [#229274]({{kib-pull}}229274)
* Ignores missing filters in rule parameters instead of causing errors [#229422]({{kib-pull}}229422)

* Fix memory usage estimation for ELSER models [#131630](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/131630)

## July 22, 2025 [serverless-changelog-07222025]

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* Allows submitting case comments by pressing **⌘+Enter** (or **Ctrl+Enter**) [#228473]({{kib-pull}}228473)
* Increases the number of supported **Group by** fields in threshold rules from 3 to 5 [#227465]({{kib-pull}}227465)
* Adds the **Search AI Lake** view to AutoOps for {{serverless-full}} to provide storage usage insights
* Fix semantic highlighting bug on flat quantized fields [#131525](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/131525)

### Fixes [serverless-changelog-07222025-fixes]

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* Implements navigation UI for the **Overview Page** in **Entity Analytics** [#221748]({{kib-pull}}221748)
* Adds support for partial result handling in **ES|QL** [#223198]({{kib-pull}}223198)
* Adds an **Executable Name** tab to the TopN view [#224291]({{kib-pull}}224291)

* Upgrade to Lucene 10.2.2 [#129546](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/129546)
* Simplified Linear Retriever [#129200](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/129200)

### Fixes [serverless-changelog-06232025-fixes]

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* Updates the risk severity colors to the Borealis theme in {{sec-serverless}} [#222061]({{kib-pull}}222061).
* Enables **Content Connectors** in the **Stack Management** menu in {{sec-serverless}} [#221856]({{kib-pull}}221856).
* Implements PKI authentication support for the `.gen-ai` connector’s `OpenAI Other` provider [#219984]({{kib-pull}}219984).
* Implement SAML custom attributes support for Identity Provider [#128176](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/128176)
* Fix unsupported privileges error message during role and API key crea… [#128858](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/128858)

### Fixes [serverless-changelog-06092025-fixes]

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* Removes metrics and logs from the `get_service_stats` API [#218346](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/218346)
* Allows you to customize the table tab [#218686](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/218686)
* Enables keyboard navigation for the create annotations form [#217918](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/217918)

* Updating tika to 2.9.3 [#127353](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/127353)

### Fixes [serverless-changelog-04282025-fixes]

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