8.18.0 release notes

No notable changes in this release.

Upgrading to Enterprise Search 8.18.0? See Upgrading and migrating.

Elastic 9.0.0 and 8.18.0 are released at the same time. Please note that Enterprise Search is not available in Elastic 9.0+, including App Search, Workplace Search, the Elastic Web Crawler, and Elastic managed connectors. If you are an Enterprise Search user and want to upgrade to Elastic 9.0, refer to the Migrating to Elastic 9.x guide. It includes detailed steps, tooling, and resources to help you transition to supported alternatives in 9.x, such as Elasticsearch, the Open Web Crawler, and self-managed connectors.