Hi all,
I originally sent this email out on 20 May, 2022, but it seems like it
didn’t go out to everybody, unfortunately.
We are beginning the process of undeploying API Feature Usage
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313248> this week, and apologize for
the confusion, and what is now short notice for those of you who were not
aware of this announcement previously.
Best,
—
*Mike Pham* (he/him)
Sr Product Manager, Search
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
On 20May, 2022 at 10:18:44, Mike Pham (mpham(a)wikimedia.org) wrote:
Hi all,
The Wikimedia Foundation Search team is currently working on updating our
Elasticsearch version to 7.10 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263142>
from version 6.8.20. Our goal is to finish this work in the next couple of
months. Being on the latest (license-compatible) version will help ensure
the stability and reliability of our search infrastructure.
This update will include 2 breaking changes:
1.
Cloudelastic will be affected by breaking changes, with more details
below. The interface might also change slightly.
1.
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.17/breaking-chang…
2.
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.10/migrating-7.10…
2.
The API Feature Usage extension
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ApiFeatureUsage>, whose
functionality is unrelated to search, will no longer be supported. This
low-usage extension is currently implemented in a complicated and brittle
way that depends on Elasticsearch, which creates development drag on the
Search team’s work in order to continuously maintain and upkeep.
While in the short term API Feature Usage will be sunsetted, we recognize
that it’s probably useful for some users, and we encourage others to
continue to support and develop this extension in the longer term, without
its brittle dependency on Elasticsearch.
Though the Elasticsearch upgrade will provide overall net benefits, we
recognize that these breaking changes will unfortunately affect some users,
and appreciate your understanding as we improve our search infrastructure.
Best,
Search Platform
—
*Mike Pham* (he/him)
Sr Product Manager, Search
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>