As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance and streamline the Mattermost platform, we’re announcing an upcoming deprecation in Mattermost v11.
What’s changing?
Mattermost v11 will retire experimental Bleve Search functionality as it no longer aligns with our vision for streamlined search solutions.
Why are we making this change?
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Alignment with Platform Goals: We strongly recommend enterprise customers enable Elasticsearch support, while database-only search provides efficient performance tailored to non-commercial customer use cases.
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Resource Focus: Deprecating Bleve search allows us to reallocate resources to priorities that provide more stability and better support for the majority of users.
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Addressing Stability Issues: Bleve search has presented recurring stability challenges for users, and upstream maintainers have faced difficulty addressing these concerns.
What do you need to do?
If you currently use Bleve Search, we recommend transitioning to database-only search by ensuring the configuration setting Disable database search is disabled.
For teams with advanced search requirements, our Enterprise plan includes Elasticsearch for robust performance and scalability.
We understand changes like this can require adjustments and are here to support you as you make the shift. If you have questions or need assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out.