A newer version is available. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
7.9
edit7.9
edit7.9.1
editPost upgrade requirements
editAfter upgrading the Elastic Stack to version 7.9.0 and 7.9.1 from a previous minor release (7.8.x, 7.7.x, and so on), you need to:
- Enable access to the Detections page. Previously activated detection rules continue to run after upgrading, and this is only required to enable the UI.
- Enable the process analyzer. This is only required if you want to view graphical representations of process relationships.
Bug fixes and enhancements
edit- Fixes closing alerts via exceptions (#76145).
- Fixes selecting all alerts issue (#75945).
- Fixes issues when exceptions are no longer associated with a rule (#76012).
- Prevents adding exceptions to unsupported rule types (#75802).
- Corrects error messages for insufficient machine learning permissions (#74582).
-
Increases permissions granularity for the
.lists
system index (#75378).
7.9.0
editBreaking changes
editActions API
When you create a ServiceNow connector via the Actions API:
-
The
casesConfiguration
object is obsolete. Instead, useincidentConfiguration
. -
To see ServiceNow connectors in the UI, you must use the
isCaseOwned
field.
These changes only apply to ServiceNow connectors.
Known issues
edit-
After changing the
xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey
setting value and restarting Kibana, you must restart all detection rules (#74393). - When selecting all alerts on the Detections page, some alerts are not marked as selected in the UI (#75194).
- When creating rules, if you have more than one Timeline template the template drop-down list is truncated (#75196).
- Exceptions cannot be added to or viewed in imported rules when the exception list has been deleted or does not exist in the Kibana space (#75182).
- Updates to a Timeline may not be saved when you immediately close the Timeline or navigate to a different page (#75292).
Bug fixes and enhancements
edit-
Fixes rule tags to accept special characters and keywords:
AND
,OR
,(
,)
,"
, and*
(#74003). - Fixes broken link from the Network map to Kibana index management (#73757).
-
Fixes unresponsive Timeline issues when dragging the
process.hash.sha256
field to Timeline (#72142). - Fixes Timeline page scrolling with saved queries issue (#69433).
- Fixes a UI issue with opening and closing alerts (#69217).
- Fixes display of long rule reference URLs (#68640).