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commit_user_name: dependabot[bot]
commit_user_email: support@github.com
commit_options: '--signoff'

- name: Update the changelog
uses: dangoslen/dependabot-changelog-helper@v4
with:
version: 'Unreleased 3.x'

- name: Commit the changes
uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v7
with:
commit_message: "Update changelog"
branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
commit_user_name: dependabot[bot]
commit_user_email: support@github.com
commit_options: '--signoff'
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- Use `Version.onOrAfter` / `Version.before` checks when changing on-disk formats or encodings.
- Mark public API classes with `@PublicApi` (backwards compatibility guaranteed), `@InternalApi` (no guarantees), `@ExperimentalApi` (may change any time), or `@DeprecatedApi`.
- User-facing API changes require the `>breaking` PR label, a CHANGELOG entry, and deprecation log messages via `DeprecationLogger`.
- User-facing API changes require the `>breaking` PR label and deprecation log messages via `DeprecationLogger`.
- Run `./gradlew japicmp` to check API compatibility against the latest release.

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# CHANGELOG
All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
As of the 3.6 release [the CHANGELOG is no longer used][1] to generate release notes.
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The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). See the [CONTRIBUTING guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md#Changelog) for instructions on how to add changelog entries.
[Use this PR search][2] to browse unreleased changes.

## [Unreleased 3.x]
### Added
- Add bitmap64 query support ([#20606](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20606))
- Add ProfilingWrapper interface for plugin access to delegates in profiling decorators ([#20607](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20607))
- Support expected cluster name with validation in CCS Sniff mode ([#20532](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20532))
- Choose the best performing node when writing with append-only index ([#20065](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20065))
- Add security policy to allow `accessUnixDomainSocket` in `transport-grpc` module ([#20463](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20463), [#20649](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20649))
- Add range validations in query builder and field mapper ([#20497](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/20497))
- Support TLS cert hot-reload for Arrow Flight transport ([#20700](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20700))
- [Workload Management] Enhance Scroll API support for autotagging ([#20151](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20151))
- Add indices to search request slowlog ([#20588](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20588))
- Add mapper_settings support and field_mapping mapper type for pull-based ingestion([#20722](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20722))
- Introduced strategy planner interfaces for indexing and deletion ([#20585](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20585))
- Implement FieldMappingIngestionMessageMapper for pull-based ingestion ([#20729](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20729))
- Added support of WarmerRefreshListener in NRTReplicationEngine to trigger warmer after replication on replica shards ([#20650](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20650))
- WLM group custom search settings - groundwork and timeout ([#20536](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/20536))
- Add ingest pipeline support for pull-based ingestion ([#20873](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/20873))
- Expose JVM runtime metrics via telemetry framework ([#20844](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20844))
- Add intra segment support for single-value metric aggregations ([#20503](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20503))
- Add new setting property 'Sensitive' for tiering dynamic settings ([#20901](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20901))
- Add ref_path support for package-based hunspell dictionary loading ([#20840](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20840))
- Add support for enabling pluggable data formats, starting with phase-1 of decoupling shard from engine, and introducing basic abstractions ([#20675](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20675))
- Add concurrent queue in libs and composite engine sandbox plugin ([#20909](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20909))
- Add interface for the Multi format merge flow ([#20908](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20908))
- Add CatalogSnapshotManager lifecycle management with reference-counted snapshot tracking and serialization support for Segment and WriterFileSet ([#20982](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20982))

- Add warmup phase to wait for lag to catch up in pull-based ingestion before serving ([#20526](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20526))
- Add a new static method to IndicesOptions API to expose `STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_HIDDEN_FORBID_CLOSED` index option ([#20980](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20980))

### Changed
- Make telemetry `Tags` immutable ([#20788](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20788))
- Move Randomness from server to libs/common ([#20570](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20570))
- Use env variable (OPENSEARCH_FIPS_MODE) to enable opensearch to run in FIPS enforced mode instead of checking for existence of bcFIPS jars ([#20625](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20625))
- Update streaming flag to use search request context ([#20530](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20530))
- Move pull-based ingestion classes from experimental to publicAPI ([#20704](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20704))
- Lazy init stored field reader in SourceLookup ([#20827](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20827))
* Improved error message when trying to open an index originally created with Elasticsearch on OpenSearch ([#20512](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20512))
- Updated MMapDirectory to use ReadAdviseByContext rather than default readadvise of Lucene([#21031](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/21031))

### Fixed
- Relax index template pattern overlap check to use minimum-string heuristic, allowing distinguishable multi-wildcard patterns at the same priority ([#20702](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20702))
- Fix `AutoForceMergeMetrics` silently dropping tags due to unreassigned `addTag()` return value ([#20788](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20788))
- Fix flaky test failures in ShardsLimitAllocationDeciderIT ([#20375](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20375))
- Prevent criteria update for context aware indices ([#20250](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20250))
- Update EncryptedBlobContainer to adhere limits while listing blobs in specific sort order if wrapped blob container supports ([#20514](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20514))
- [segment replication] Fix segment replication infinite retry due to stale metadata checkpoint ([#20551](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20551))
- Changing opensearch.cgroups.hierarchy.override causes java.lang.SecurityException exception ([#20565](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20565))
- Fix CriteriaBasedCodec to work with delegate codec. ([#20442](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20442))
- Fix WLM workload group creation failing due to updated_at clock skew ([#20486](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20486))
- Fix copy_to functionality for geo_point fields with object/array values ([#20542](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20542))
- Fix SLF4J component error ([#20587](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20587))
- Service does not start on Windows with OpenJDK ([#20615](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20615))
- Update RemoteClusterStateCleanupManager to performed batched deletions of stale ClusterMetadataManifests and address deletion timeout issues ([#20566](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20566))
- Fix the regression of terms agg optimization at high cardinality ([#20623](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20623))
- Leveraging segment-global ordinal mapping for efficient terms aggregation ([#20624](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20624))
- Support Docker distribution builds for ppc64le, arm64 and s390x ([#20678](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20678))
- Harden detection of HTTP/3 support by ensuring Quic native libraries are available for the target platform ([#20680](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20680))
- Fallback to netty client if AWS Crt client is not available on the target platform / architecture ([#20698](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20698))
- Fix ShardSearchFailure in transport-grpc ([#20641](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20641))
- Fix TLS cert hot-reload for Arrow Flight transport ([#20732](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20732))
- Fix misleading heap usage cancellation message in SearchBackpressureService ([#20779](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20779))
- Fix task details JSON logs with nested JSON in metadata are not properly escaped ([#20802](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20802))
- Delegate getMin/getMax methods for ExitableTerms ([#20775](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20775))
- Fix terms lookup subquery fetch limit reading from non-existent index setting instead of cluster `max_clause_count` ([#20823](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20823))
- Fix array_index_out_of_bounds_exception with wildcard and aggregations ([#20842](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20842))
- Fix stale segment cleanup logic for remote store ([#20976](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20976))
- Ensure that transient ThreadContext headers with propagators survive restore ([#169373](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20854))
- Handle dependencies between analyzers ([#19248](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19248))
- Restore default `shard_path_type` to FIXED for snapshot repositories ([#20643](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/20643))
- Fix `_field_caps` returning empty results and corrupted field names for `disable_objects: true` mappings ([#20800](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20800))
- Fix race condition in PeerFinder where concurrent connection attempts could fail ([#21055](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/21055))


### Dependencies
- Bump shadow-gradle-plugin from 8.3.9 to 9.3.1 ([#20569](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20569))
- Bump `ch.qos.logback:logback-core` and `ch.qos.logback:logback-classic` from 1.5.24 to 1.5.27 ([#20525](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20525))
- Bump `org.apache.commons:commons-text` from 1.14.0 to 1.15.0 ([#20576](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20576))
- Bump `aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials` from 5 to 6 ([#20577](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20577))
- Bump `netty` from 4.2.9.Final to 4.2.12.Final ([#20586](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20586), [#20997](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20997), [#20998](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20998))
- Bump Apache Lucene from 10.3.2 to 10.4.0 ([#20735](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20735))
- Bump `reactor-netty` from 1.3.2 to 1.3.4 ([#20589](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20589), [#20834](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20834))
- Bump `reactor` from 3.8.2 to 3.8.4 ([#20589](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20589), [#20834](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20834))
- Bump `org.jruby.jcodings:jcodings` from 1.0.63 to 1.0.64 ([#20713](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20713))
- Bump `org.jruby.joni:joni` from 2.2.3 to 2.2.7 ([#20714](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20714), [#20759](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20759))
- Bump `tj-actions/changed-files` from 47.0.1 to 47.0.5 ([#20638](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20638), [#20716](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20716), [#20801](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20801))
- Bump `com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt` from 10.7 to 10.8 ([#20715](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20715))
- Bump OpenTelemetry to 1.60.1 and OpenTelemetry Semconv to 1.40.0 ([#20737](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20737), [#20797](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20797))
- Bump `ch.qos.logback:logback-classic` from 1.5.27 to 1.5.32 ([#20761](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20761))
- Bump `actions/upload-artifact` from 6 to 7 ([#20762](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20762))
- Bump `org.tukaani:xz` from 1.11 to 1.12 ([#20760](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20760))
- Bump `org.jline:jline` from 3.30.6 to 4.0.0 ([#20800](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20800))
- Bump `com.netflix.nebula.ospackage-base` from 12.2.0 to 12.3.0 ([#20799](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20799))
- Bump `com.netflix.nebula:gradle-info-plugin` to 16.2.1 ([#20825](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20825))
- Bump `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` from 2.25.3 to 2.25.4 ([#21040](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/21040))
- Bump `com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl` from 4.0.6 to 4.0.7 ([#20886](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20886))
- Bump `lycheeverse/lychee-action` from 2.7.0 to 2.8.0 ([#20888](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20888))
- Update Jackson to 2.21.2 ([#20989](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20989))
- Bump `org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper` from 3.9.4 to 3.9.5 ([#20887](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20887))
- Bump `actions/github-script` from 7 to 8 ([#21042](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/21042))

### Removed

[Unreleased 3.x]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/compare/3.7...main
[1]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/21071
[2]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pulls?q=sort%3Amerged-desc+is%3Apr+-label%3Askip-changelog+is%3Amerged+base%3Amain+
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- [Documentation Changes](#documentation-changes)
- [Contributing Code](#contributing-code)
- [Developer Certificate of Origin](#developer-certificate-of-origin)
- [Changelog](#changelog)
- [Review Process](#review-process)
- [Tips for Success](#tips)
- [Troubleshooting Failing Builds](#troubleshooting-failing-builds)
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```
You may type this line on your own when writing your commit messages. However, if your user.name and user.email are set in your git configs, you can use `-s` or `--signoff` to add the `Signed-off-by` line to the end of the commit message.

## Changelog

OpenSearch maintains version specific changelog by enforcing a change to the ongoing [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) file adhering to the [Keep A Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format. The purpose of the changelog is for the contributors and maintainers to incrementally build the release notes throughout the development process to avoid a painful and error-prone process of attempting to compile the release notes at release time. On each release the "unreleased" entries of the changelog are moved to the appropriate release notes document in the `./release-notes` folder. Also, incrementally building the changelog provides a concise, human-readable list of significant features that have been added to the unreleased version under development.

### Which changes require a CHANGELOG entry?
Changelogs are intended for operators/administrators, developers integrating with libraries and APIs, and end-users interacting with OpenSearch Dashboards and/or the REST API (collectively referred to as "user"). In short, any change that a user of OpenSearch might want to be aware of should be included in the changelog. The changelog is _not_ intended to replace the git commit log that developers of OpenSearch itself rely upon. The following are some examples of changes that should be in the changelog:

- A newly added feature
- A fix for a user-facing bug
- Dependency updates
- Fixes for security issues

The following are some examples where a changelog entry is not necessary:

- Adding, modifying, or fixing tests
- An incremental PR for a larger feature (such features should include _one_ changelog entry for the feature)
- Documentation changes or code refactoring
- Build-related changes

Any PR that does not include a changelog entry will result in a failure of the validation workflow in GitHub. If the contributor and maintainers agree that no changelog entry is required, then the `skip-changelog` label can be applied to the PR which will result in the workflow passing.

### How to add my changes to [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md)?

Adding in the change is two step process:
1. Add your changes to the corresponding section within the CHANGELOG file with dummy pull request information, publish the PR
2. Update the entry for your change in [`CHANGELOG.md`](CHANGELOG.md) and make sure that you reference the pull request there.

## Review Process

We deeply appreciate everyone who takes the time to make a contribution. We will review all contributions as quickly as possible. As a reminder, [opening an issue](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/new/choose) discussing your change before you make it is the best way to smooth the PR process. This will prevent a rejection because someone else is already working on the problem, or because the solution is incompatible with the architectural direction.
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