IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
HTTP changes
editHTTP changes
editCompressed HTTP requests are always accepted
editBefore 5.0, Elasticsearch accepted compressed HTTP requests only if the setting
http.compressed was set to true. Elasticsearch accepts compressed requests
now but will continue to send compressed responses only if http.compressed
is set to true.