generated: '2026-08-29'
method: searched
source: https://www.elastic.co/docs/release-notes/observability
provider: Elastic Observability
providerId: elastic-observability
scheme: semver
current_version: 9.5.2
cadence: >-
  Continuous — Elastic publishes a single rolling documentation set from Stack 9.0.0 onward, with
  release notes per minor and patch release.
note: >-
  Elastic's Observability release-notes page groups entries by version but does not print a
  release date next to each heading, so no `date:` is recorded below. Omitting the field is the
  honest record; inventing dates from the release cadence would not be.
entries:
- version: 9.5.2
  date: null
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Fixed metric threshold rule form display issues.
  - Resolved an APM agent configuration security vulnerability.
  - Corrected maintenance window status loading for read-only users.
- version: 9.5.1
  date: null
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Maintenance window visibility added in Synthetics monitor details.
  - Animated transitions for Streams data lifecycle phases.
  - Lifecycle configuration can be copied between streams.
- version: 9.5.0
  date: null
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Introduced the observability.investigation skill to Elastic Agent.
  - AI Agent became the default chat experience.
  - APM Service Map expanded with embeddable panels and filters.
  - OpenTelemetry collector capabilities folded into Elastic Agent — the EDOT Collector is no
    longer a separate component.
  notable_changes:
  - Streams "Retention" tab renamed to "Data lifecycle".
  - Attachments enabled for all stream types by default.
- version: 9.4.5
  date: null
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Fixed package policy deletion forwarding.
  - Synthetics monitors can reference maintenance windows by name.
- version: 9.4.4
  date: null
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Improved APM Traces table display.
  - Synthetics performance optimization.
  - Defensive API key checks for APM integration policies.