Forward port release notes for v8.17.1

Author: elasticsearchmachine

docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 
 * <<release-notes-8.18.0>>
+* <<release-notes-8.17.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.17.0>>
+* <<release-notes-8.16.3>>
 * <<release-notes-8.16.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.16.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.16.0>>
@@ -81,7 +83,9 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 --
 
 include::release-notes/8.18.0.asciidoc[]
+include::release-notes/8.17.1.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.17.0.asciidoc[]
+include::release-notes/8.16.3.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.16.2.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.16.1.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.16.0.asciidoc[]

docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.1.asciidoc

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+[[release-notes-8.17.1]]
+== {es} version 8.17.1
+
+Also see <<breaking-changes-8.17,Breaking changes in 8.17>>.
+
+[[bug-8.17.1]]
+[float]
+=== Bug fixes
+
+Aggregations::
+* Fix moving function linear weighted avg {es-pull}118435[#118435] (issue: {es-issue}113751[#113751])
+
+CCS::
+* Resolve/cluster should mark remotes as not connected when a security exception is thrown {es-pull}119793[#119793]
+
+Data streams::
+* Add missing traces ilm policy for OTel traces data streams {es-pull}119449[#119449]
+
+Downsampling::
+* Handle `index.mapping.ignore_malformed` in downsampling {es-pull}119134[#119134] (issue: {es-issue}119075[#119075])
+* Support flattened field with downsampling {es-pull}118816[#118816] (issue: {es-issue}116319[#116319])
+
+ES|QL::
+* Allow DATE_PARSE to read the timezones {es-pull}118603[#118603] (issue: {es-issue}117680[#117680])
+* Fix ESQL async get while task is being cancelled {es-pull}119897[#119897]
+* Fix RLIKE folding with (unsupported) case insensitive pattern {es-pull}118454[#118454]
+
+ILM+SLM::
+* Add missing timeouts to rest-api-spec ILM APIs {es-pull}118837[#118837]
+* Add missing timeouts to rest-api-spec SLM APIs {es-pull}118958[#118958]
+
+Infra/Node Lifecycle::
+* Add missing timeouts to rest-api-spec shutdown APIs {es-pull}118921[#118921]
+
+Infra/REST API::
+* Add missing parameter to `xpack.info` rest-api-spec {es-pull}118954[#118954]
+
+Ingest Node::
+* Add missing timeouts to rest-api-spec ingest APIs {es-pull}118844[#118844]
+* Expose BwC enrich cache setting in plugin {es-pull}119131[#119131]
+* Fixing `GetDatabaseConfigurationAction` response serialization {es-pull}119233[#119233]
+
+License::
+* Remove unsupported timeout from rest-api-spec license API {es-pull}118919[#118919]
+
+Machine Learning::
+* Fix loss of context in the inference API for streaming APIs {es-pull}118999[#118999] (issue: {es-issue}119000[#119000])
+* Fix spike detection for short spikes at the tail of the data {es-pull}119637[#119637]
+* Fix timeout ingesting an empty string into a `semantic_text` field {es-pull}117840[#117840]
+* [Inference API] Fix bug checking for e5 or reranker default IDs {es-pull}119797[#119797]
+
+Search::
+* ESQL: `connect_transport_exception` should be thrown instead of `verification_exception` when ENRICH-ing if remote is disconnected {es-pull}119750[#119750]
+* Fix: do not let `_resolve/cluster` hang if remote is unresponsive {es-pull}119516[#119516]
+* Handle exceptions in query phase can match {es-pull}117469[#117469] (issue: {es-issue}104994[#104994])
+
+[[enhancement-8.17.1]]
+[float]
+=== Enhancements
+
+Authorization::
+* Improve handling of nested fields in index reader wrappers {es-pull}118757[#118757]
+
+Data streams::
+* Add mapping for `event_name` for OTel logs {es-pull}119495[#119495]
+
+Monitoring::
+* Addition of `tier_preference`, `creation_date` and `version` fields in Elasticsearch monitoring template {es-pull}117851[#117851]
+
+[[feature-8.17.1]]
+[float]
+=== New features
+
+Logs::
+* Make logsdb general available {es-pull}118559[#118559]
+
+

docs/reference/release-notes/highlights.asciidoc

@@ -32,13 +32,23 @@ Other versions:
 
 endif::[]
 
-// The notable-highlights tag marks entries that
-// should be featured in the Stack Installation and Upgrade Guide:
 // tag::notable-highlights[]
-// [discrete]
-// === Heading
-//
-// Description.
+
+[discrete]
+[[add_new_experimental_rank_vectors_mapping_for_late_interaction_second_order_ranking]]
+=== Add new experimental `rank_vectors` mapping for late-interaction second order ranking
+Late-interaction models are powerful rerankers. While their size and overall cost doesn't lend itself for HNSW indexing, utilizing them as second order reranking can provide excellent boosts in relevance. The new `rank_vectors` mapping allows for rescoring over new and novel multi-vector late-interaction models like ColBERT or ColPali.
+
+{es-pull}118804[#118804]
+
+[discrete]
+[[8_x_add_new_experimental_rank_vectors_mapping_for_late_interaction_second_order_ranking]]
+=== [8.x] Add new experimental `rank_vectors` mapping for late-interaction second order ranking
+Backports the following commits to 8.x:  - Add new experimental
+rank_vectors mapping for late-interaction second order ranking (#118804)
+
+{es-pull}119601[#119601]
+
 // end::notable-highlights[]