From 40608cfb96838f2c309b9b81600f5d5fb91d0ea5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: elasticsearchmachine <infra-root+elasticsearchmachine@elastic.co>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:01:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update docs for v8.18.6 release

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 docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc        |  2 +
 docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.6.asciidoc | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.6.asciidoc

diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
index fafd9eae74a88..ab0070cf84e63 100644
--- a/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 
+* <<release-notes-8.18.6>>
 * <<release-notes-8.18.5>>
 * <<release-notes-8.18.4>>
 * <<release-notes-8.18.3>>
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 
 --
 
+include::release-notes/8.18.6.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.18.5.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.18.4.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.18.3.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.6.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.6.asciidoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aa6838c3e6486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.6.asciidoc
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+[[release-notes-8.18.6]]
+== {es} version 8.18.6
+
+coming[8.18.6]
+
+Also see <<breaking-changes-8.18,Breaking changes in 8.18>>.
+
+[[bug-8.18.6]]
+[float]
+=== Bug fixes
+
+EQL::
+* Better error message for sequences with only one clause plus UNTIL {es-pull}132638[#132638]
+* Fix sequences with conditions involving keys and non-keys {es-pull}133134[#133134]
+
+Ingest Node::
+* Change GeoIpCache and EnrichCache to LongAdder {es-pull}132922[#132922]
+
+Machine Learning::
+* Disable child span for streaming tasks {es-pull}132945[#132945]
+* Improve EIS auth call logs and fix revocation bug {es-pull}132546[#132546]
+* Preserve lost thread context in node inference action. A lost context causes a memory leak if APM tracing is enabled {es-pull}132973[#132973]
+
+Search::
+* Don't fail search if bottom doc can't be formatted {es-pull}133188[#133188] (issue: {es-issue}125321[#125321])
+
+[[enhancement-8.18.6]]
+[float]
+=== Enhancements
+
+Authorization::
+* [ExtraHop & QualysGAV] Add `manage`, `create_index`, `read`, `index`, `write`, `delete`, permission for third party agent indices `kibana_system` {es-pull}132387[#132387] (issue: {es-issue}131825[#131825])
+
+Infra/REST API::
+* Limit the depth of a filter {es-pull}133113[#133113]
+
+[[upgrade-8.18.6]]
+[float]
+=== Upgrades
+
+Ingest Node::
+* Upgrading to tika 3.2.2 {es-pull}133410[#133410]
+
+Packaging::
+* Update bundled JDK to Java 24.0.2+12 {es-pull}133119[#133119]
+
+