Bumping 2.x to 2.6 (#5744)

.ci/bwcVersions

@@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ BWC_VERSION:
   - "2.4.0"
   - "2.4.1"
   - "2.4.2"
+  - "2.5.0"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,21 +5,34 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). See the [CONTRIBUTING guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md#Changelog) for instructions on how to add changelog entries.
 
 ## [Unreleased 2.x]
-- Add feature flag for extensions ([#5211](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5211))
 ### Added
 - Add support of default replica count cluster setting ([#5610](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5610))
 - Apply reproducible builds configuration for OpenSearch plugins through gradle plugin ([#4746](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4746))
 - Prevent deletion of snapshots that are backing searchable snapshot indexes ([#5069](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5069))
 - Update to Gradle 7.6 ([#5382](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5382))
 - Reject bulk requests with invalid actions ([#5299](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/5299))
 - Add max_shard_size parameter for shrink API ([#5229](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5229))
-- Added jackson dependency to server ([#5366] (https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5366))
+- Added jackson dependency to server ([#5366](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5366))
 - Adding support to register settings dynamically ([#5495](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5495))
 - Adding auto release workflow ([#5582](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5582))
 - Added experimental support for extensions ([#5347](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5347)), ([#5518](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5518)), ([#5597](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5597)), ([#5615](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5615)))
 - Add CI bundle pattern to distribution download ([#5348](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5348))
 - Added @gbbafna as an OpenSearch maintainer ([#5668](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5668))
 - Experimental support for extended backward compatiblity in searchable snapshots ([#5429](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5429))
+- Add feature flag for extensions ([#5211](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5211))
+- Add support for s390x architecture ([#4001](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4001))
+- Github workflow for changelog verification ([#4085](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4085))
+- Point in time rest layer changes for create and delete PIT API ([#4064](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4064))
+- Add failover support with Segment Replication enabled. ([#4325](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4325)
+- Point in time rest layer changes for list PIT and PIT segments API ([#4388](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4388))
+- Added @dreamer-89 as an Opensearch maintainer ([#4342](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4342))
+- Added release notes for 1.3.5 ([#4343](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4343))
+- Added release notes for 2.2.1 ([#4344](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4344))
+- BWC version 2.2.2 ([#4383](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4383))
+- Support for labels on version bump PRs, skip label support for changelog verifier ([#4391](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4391))
+- Add a new node role 'search' which is dedicated to provide search capability ([#4689](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4689))
+- Introduce experimental searchable snapshot API ([#4680](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4680))
+- Added support for feature flags in opensearch.yml ([#4959](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4959))
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump bcpg-fips from 1.0.5.1 to 1.0.7.1 ([#5148](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5148))

buildSrc/version.properties

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-opensearch        = 2.5.0
+opensearch        = 2.6.0
 lucene            = 9.4.2
 
 bundled_jdk_vendor = adoptium

distribution/src/config/opensearch.yml

@@ -86,3 +86,26 @@ ${path.logs}
 # Require explicit names when deleting indices:
 #
 #action.destructive_requires_name: true
+#
+# ---------------------------------- Experimental Features -----------------------------------
+#
+# Gates the visibility of the index setting that allows changing of replication type.
+# Once the feature is ready for production release, this feature flag can be removed.
+#
+#opensearch.experimental.feature.replication_type.enabled: false
+#
+#
+# Gates the visibility of the index setting that allows persisting data to remote store along with local disk.
+# Once the feature is ready for production release, this feature flag can be removed.
+#
+#opensearch.experimental.feature.remote_store.enabled: false
+#
+#
+# Gates the functionality of a new parameter to the snapshot restore API
+# that allows for creation of a new index type that searches a snapshot
+# directly in a remote repository without restoring all index data to disk
+# ahead of time.
+#
+#opensearch.experimental.feature.searchable_snapshot.enabled: false
+#
+#