From 3c48b6f58e14b4b9f011a260945c9b9898cdf8f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Kime Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 21:08:09 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add reindexing priv info --- .../upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md b/deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md index 33bedc4b00..1b23777ae4 100644 --- a/deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md +++ b/deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md @@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ The assistant identifies deprecated settings in your configuration, and if any o ## Required permissions [_required_permissions_11] -To access the Upgrade Assistant, you need the `manage` cluster privilege. You may also need additional privileges to perform specific actions. +To access the Upgrade Assistant, you need the `manage` cluster privilege. + +Reindexing indices requires "all" access for the existing and target index. For 8.18.0 thought 8.18.8 and 8.19.0 through 8.19.5, the `superuser` role is required. + +You may also need additional privileges to perform specific actions. ## Feature set [_feature_set] From 0f3d39d0e08dd235f3c6a0c87ef29c38e6aeea16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Kime Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 05:25:41 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Co-authored-by: Edu González de la Herrán <25320357+eedugon@users.noreply.github.com> --- deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md b/deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md index 1b23777ae4..4926ff0b5e 100644 --- a/deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md +++ b/deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant.md @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The assistant identifies deprecated settings in your configuration, and if any o To access the Upgrade Assistant, you need the `manage` cluster privilege. -Reindexing indices requires "all" access for the existing and target index. For 8.18.0 thought 8.18.8 and 8.19.0 through 8.19.5, the `superuser` role is required. +Reindexing indices requires "all" access for both the existing and target index. In versions 8.18.0 through 8.18.8 and 8.19.0 through 8.19.5, the `superuser` role is required. You may also need additional privileges to perform specific actions.