From 7382a2627b42ef86d6e0a18bd7754084755b0977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kostiantyn Masliuk <1pkg@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:36:08 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] changelog: clarify data lifecycle management 8.17.0 release
 notes (#14950)

(cherry picked from commit cb75792ab8b735146a8417480bdde71574d6e0bc)
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 changelogs/8.17.asciidoc | 6 +++---
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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.16.0\...v8.17.0[View commits]
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-- In 8.15 the default lifecycle management was switched to leverage DSL instead of ILM.
-  This change was potentially interruptive for several use cases, and therefore is reverted in 8.17.
-  From 8.17 onwards ILM is again the default lifecycle management configuration for the apm data management setup.
+- The default data lifecycle management mechanism is getting reverted from Data Stream Lifecycle (DSL) to Index Lifecycle Management (ILM), as originally used prior to the introduction of the APM data plugin in release 8.15.0.
+  No action is required from users for this change.
+  However, any custom DSL settings will not be preserved during the migration.
   The change is applied through https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/115687[elasticsearch#115687]
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