generated: '2026-08-29'
method: searched
source: https://www.elastic.co/docs/get-started/versioning-availability
docs:
- https://www.elastic.co/docs/get-started/versioning-availability
- https://www.elastic.co/support/eol
- https://www.elastic.co/docs/release-notes/observability
- https://status.elastic.co
provider: Elastic Observability
providerId: elastic-observability
versioning:
  scheme: semver
  format: X.Y.Z
  current_version: 9.5.2
  current_version_source: https://www.elastic.co/docs/release-notes/observability
  in_url: false
  note: >-
    The APM Server intake contract versions its ENDPOINTS, not the product: /intake/v2/events,
    /intake/v2/rum/events and /intake/v3/rum/events coexist, and the OTLP paths follow the
    OpenTelemetry Protocol's own /v1/* versioning. The published Observability Intake OpenAPI
    carries info.version "0.1", which is the spec document's version and not the product's.
  rules:
  - major: Significant changes, such as new features, breaking changes, and major enhancements.
  - minor: Introduces new features and improvements, while maintaining backward compatibility.
  - patch: Contains bug fixes and security updates, without introducing new features or breaking changes.
lifecycle_states:
- name: Experimental
  description: Feature is in early development stage and might change or be removed at any time.
- name: Technical preview
  description: Feature is nearing general availability and ready for evaluation. Use with caution in production.
- name: Generally Available (GA)
  description: Production-ready feature. When unspecified, GA is the default.
- name: Deprecated
  description: Feature is still usable, but is planned to be removed or replaced in a future update.
- name: Removed
  description: Feature can no longer be used.
- name: Unavailable
  description: Feature is unsupported in this deployment type or version.
deprecation:
  policy_published: true
  policy_url: https://www.elastic.co/support/eol
  maintenance_term: >-
    Elastic maintains each major release series for the longer of 30 months after the GA date of
    that major release, or 18 months after the GA date of the following major release.
  support_extension: Support continues for an additional six months after the maintenance term ends.
  eol_behaviour: >-
    Once a version reaches EOL it is frozen — no further releases, fixes or development.
  sunset_headers: false
  sunset_headers_note: >-
    No RFC 8594 Sunset or Deprecation response header is documented for the intake API, and none
    appears in the published OpenAPI.
  deprecated_operations: []
  deprecated_operations_note: >-
    Zero operations in openapi/ carry `deprecated: true`. /intake/v2/rum/events is superseded by
    /intake/v3/rum/events in practice, but Elastic does not mark it deprecated in the contract.
status_page:
  url: https://status.elastic.co
  name: Elastic Cloud (Public)
  provider: Statuspage
  api: https://status.elastic.co/api/v2/status.json
  probed: '2026-08-29'
  probe_status: 200
  note: >-
    Machine-readable Statuspage v2 API is served. At probe time it reported
    indicator "major" / "Partial System Outage" — recorded as evidence the endpoint is live, not
    as a judgement about reliability.
sla:
  published: true
  url: https://www.elastic.co/legal/service-level-agreement
  note: SLA terms are published under Elastic's legal terms; not parsed here.