Skip to content

[Security] 8.18.4 release notes #6912

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Open
wants to merge 9 commits into
base: 8.19
Choose a base branch
from
Open

[Security] 8.18.4 release notes #6912

Show file tree
Hide file tree
Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
9 commits
Select commit Hold shift + click to select a range
1544043
[Security] 8.18.4 release notes
natasha-moore-elastic Jul 9, 2025
97f9276
Tweaks
natasha-moore-elastic Jul 9, 2025
3cd1a99
adds missing RN
natasha-moore-elastic Jul 10, 2025
af2897b
address feedback
natasha-moore-elastic Jul 11, 2025
c4b1c95
Adds another note
natasha-moore-elastic Jul 11, 2025
0b5fcd0
and another one
natasha-moore-elastic Jul 11, 2025
480ef49
Merge branch '8.19' into rn-8.18.4
natasha-moore-elastic Jul 14, 2025
ae67532
Add more RM notes
natasha-moore-elastic Jul 17, 2025
3531595
full stop
natasha-moore-elastic Jul 17, 2025
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions docs/release-notes.asciidoc
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@

This section summarizes the changes in each release.

* <<release-notes-8.18.4, {elastic-sec} version 8.18.4>>
* <<release-notes-8.18.3, {elastic-sec} version 8.18.3>>
* <<release-notes-8.18.2, {elastic-sec} version 8.18.2>>
* <<release-notes-8.18.1, {elastic-sec} version 8.18.1>>
Expand Down
25 changes: 25 additions & 0 deletions docs/release-notes/8.18.asciidoc
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
[[release-notes-header-8.18.0]]
== 8.18

[discrete]
[[release-notes-8.18.4]]
=== 8.18.4

[discrete]
[[enhancements-8.18.4]]
==== Enhancements
* Improves logging of fatal exceptions in {elastic-defend}.
* Allows {elastic-defend} users to control the maximum file size for malware protection using the `advanced.malware.max_file_size_bytes` advanced policy setting.

[discrete]
[[bug-fixes-8.18.4]]
==== Fixes
* Fixes differences between risk scoring preview and persisted risk scores ({kibana-pull}226456[#226456]).
* Fixes domain validation in case observables ({kibana-pull}225901[#225901]).
* Updates a placeholder and validation message in the **Related Integrations** section of the rule upgrade flyout ({kibana-pull}225775[#225775]).
* Excludes {ml} rules from installation and upgrade checks for users with Basic or Essentials licenses ({kibana-pull}224676[#224676]).
* Allows using days as a time unit in rule schedules, fixing an issue where durations normalized to days were incorrectly displayed as 0 seconds ({kibana-pull}224083[#224083]).
* Strips `originId` from connectors before rule import to ensure correct ID regeneration and prevent errors when migrating connector references on rules ({kibana-pull}223454[#223454]).
* Refactors Timeline styling for improved consistency with design updates ({kibana-pull}222438[#222438]).
* Fixes a bug where the **Rules**, **Alerts**, and **Fleet** pages would stall in air-gapped environments ({kibana-pull}220510[#220510]).
* Fixes a bug where unmodified prebuilt rules installed before v8.18 didn't appear in the **Upgrade** table when the **Unmodified** filter was selected ({kibana-pull}227859[#227859]).
* Improves UI copy for the "bulk update with conflicts" modal ({kibana-pull}227803[#227803]).
* Fixes an issue in {elastic-defend} that may result in bugchecks (BSODs) on Windows systems with a very high volume of network connections. This issue has only been observed on Windows Server.
Copy link
Contributor

@maximpn maximpn Jul 17, 2025 •
edited
Loading

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Hey @natasha-moore-elastic,

We just got merged elastic/kibana#227859 and elastic/kibana#227803. I see these two aren't in the list.

@nikitaindik and @dplumlee are there any other missing bug fixes you backported to 8.18.4?

Copy link
Contributor Author

@natasha-moore-elastic natasha-moore-elastic Jul 17, 2025 •
edited
Loading

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Hi @maximpn – elastic/kibana#227355 doesn't have an v8.18.4 label and I also don't see an 8.18 backport in the PR, so just double-checking it will indeed go into 8.18.4?

I'll add elastic/kibana#227803 to the list of fixes 👍

Copy link
Contributor

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

@natasha-moore-elastic, sorry I accidentally copied a wrong link. I meant elastic/kibana#227859.

Copy link
Contributor

@banderror banderror Jul 17, 2025 •
edited
Loading

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

so just double-checking it will indeed go into 8.18.4?

@natasha-moore-elastic No, elastic/kibana#227355 a fix for the feature that's not released yet. Hence the release_note:skip label. No need to mention it here.

Feel free to add a note for the elastic/kibana#227803 one.

Copy link
Contributor Author

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Added elastic/kibana#227859 and elastic/kibana#227803 in ae67532


[discrete]
[[release-notes-8.18.3]]
=== 8.18.3
Expand Down