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Upgrade assistant reindex privileges (elastic#3388)
Due to a bug the upgrade assistant reindexing functionality requires higher privileges than it should. Explaining this to users could save a lot of confusion. --------- Co-authored-by: Edu González de la Herrán <[email protected]>
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## Required permissions [_required_permissions_11]
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To access the Upgrade Assistant, you need the `manage` cluster privilege. You may also need additional privileges to perform specific actions.
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To access the Upgrade Assistant, you need the `manage` cluster privilege.
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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.
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You may also need additional privileges to perform specific actions.
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## Feature set [_feature_set]

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