Elasticsearch Python Client release notes

Review the changes, fixes, and more in each version of Elasticsearch Python Client.

To check for security updates, go to Security announcements for the Elastic stack.

• Remove deprecated Elasticsearch() options (#2840)
• Remove deprecated url_prefix and use_ssl options (#2797)
• Merge Elasticsearch-DSL <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-dsl-py/>_ package (#2736)
• Add Python DSL documentation (#2761)
• Autogenerate DSL field classes from schema (#2780)
• Improve DSL documentation examples with class-based queries and type hints (#2857)
• Document the use of param() in Python DSL methods (#2861)
• Migrate documentation from AsciiDoc to Markdown format (#2806)
• Document use of sub-clients (#2798)
• Document how to making API calls (#2843)
• Fix simulate sub-client documentation (#2749)
• Update APIs
  • Remove deprecated /_knn_search API
  • Remove Unfreeze an index API
  • Remove min_compatible_shard_node from Search and Async Search Submit APIs
  • Remove local parameter from cat alias, Alias exists, and Get alias APIs
  • Remove verbose from Index segments API
  • Remove include_model_definition from Get trained model configuration info API
  • Remove wait_for_active_shards from experimental Get field usage stats API
  • Support soft-deletes in connectors:
    • Add hard to Delete connector API
    • Add include_deleted to Get and List Connector APIs
  • Add master_timeout to Migrate to data tiers routing APIs
  • Add master_timeout to the Alias exists and Get alias APIs.
  • Add expand_wildcards to Create snapshot API
  • Rename incorrect access_token to token in Logout of OpenID Connect API
  • Add inference APIs: Alibaba Cloud AI Search, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure AI Studio, Azure OpenAI, Cohere, Elastic Inference Service (EIS), Elasticsearch, ELSER, Google AI Studio, Google Vertex AI, Hugging Face, Jina AI, Mistral, OpenAI, and Voyage AI
  • Add Elastic Inference Service (EIS) chat completion API
  • Add Reindex legacy backing indices APIs
  • Add Create an index from a source index API
  • Add include_source_on_error to Create, Index, Update and Bulk APIs
  • Add Stop async ES|QL query API
  • Add timeout to Resolve Cluster API
  • Add adaptive_allocations body field to Start and Update a trained model deployment API
  • Rename index_template_subtitutions to index_template_substitutions in Simulate data ingestion API* Add if_primary_term, if_seq_no, op_type, require_alias and require_data_stream to Create API
  • Add max_concurrent_shard_requests to Open point in time API
  • Add local and flat_settings to Check index templates API
  • Add reopen to Update index settings API
  • Add resource to Reload search analyzer API
  • Add lazy to Roll over to a new index API
  • Add cause and create to Simulate index template APIs
  • Add Elastic Inference Service (EIS) chat completion
  • Add inference APIs: Alibaba Cloud AI Search, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure AI Studio, Azure OpenAI, Cohere, Elastic Inference Service (EIS), Elasticsearch, ELSER, Google AI Studio, Google Vertex AI, Hugging Face, Jina AI, Mistral, OpenAI, and Voyage AI
• Update DSL
  • Add ignore_malformed, script, on_script_error and time_series_dimension to Boolean field
  • Add index to GeoShape field
  • Add search_inference_id to SemanticText field