Elasticsearch 6.8 is deprecated in GitLab 14.8 and scheduled for removal in GitLab 15.0.
Customers using Elasticsearch 6.8 need to upgrade their Elasticsearch version to 7.x prior to upgrading to GitLab 15.0.
We recommend using the latest version of Elasticsearch 7 to benefit from all Elasticsearch improvements.
Elasticsearch 6.8 is also incompatible with Amazon OpenSearch, which we [plan to support in GitLab 15.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327560).
@@ -809,6 +809,22 @@ The following `geo:db:*` tasks will be replaced with their corresponding `db:*:g
**Planned removal milestone: 15.0 (2022-05-22)**
### Elasticsearch 6.8
WARNING:
This feature will be changed or removed in 15.0
as a [breaking change](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/#breaking-changes).
Before updating GitLab, review the details carefully to determine if you need to make any
changes to your code, settings, or workflow.
Elasticsearch 6.8 is deprecated in GitLab 14.8 and scheduled for removal in GitLab 15.0.
Customers using Elasticsearch 6.8 need to upgrade their Elasticsearch version to 7.x prior to upgrading to GitLab 15.0.
We recommend using the latest version of Elasticsearch 7 to benefit from all Elasticsearch improvements.
Elasticsearch 6.8 is also incompatible with Amazon OpenSearch, which we [plan to support in GitLab 15.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327560).