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 Also see <<breaking-changes-7.11,Breaking changes in 7.11>>.
 
+[[known-issues-7.11.0]]
+[discrete]
+=== Known issues
+
+* Integration with <<active-directory-realm, Active Directory realms>> and
+  <<ldap-realm, LDAP realms>> is impacted by an issue that prevents
+  Elasticsearch from starting. If you have configured an Active Directory or
+  LDAP realm, then Elasticseach will fail to start with an error message
+  indicating that `Could not initialize class com.unboundid.util.Debug`. This
+  exception is fatal. If you encounter this during an upgrade, because
+  Elasticsearch failed during node construction, you can safely downgrade to
+  your previous version of Elasticsearch. We are actively working on a fix for
+  this issue. For more details, see {es-issue}68838[#68838].
+
 [discrete]
 [[fips-140-2-compliance-7.11.0]]
 === FIPS 140-2 compliance