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Kibana 9.3.x quietly wires Claude 4.5/4.6 and Gemini 2.5 into preconfigured connectors, plus heavy a11y work.

llm-connectorsanthropicgeminiaccessibilitymcpelastic-agent-builder
◆Current state
Kibana's recent feed is dominated by patch-level fixes — the scrape splits each release-note bullet into its own entry — but two patterns stand out across 9.3.2 and 9.3.3: a sustained accessibility push (dozens of screen-reader and focus-management fixes across ingest pipelines, lifecycle policies, transforms, and code blocks) and the addition of Claude 4.5 Haiku, Claude 4.6 Sonnet, and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite to preconfigured AI connectors. Maintenance-release cadence is high, and stability fixes around dashboards, Canvas, Fleet, and MCP connectors are the norm.
◆Where it's heading
Two parallel arcs: Elastic is hardening Kibana's accessibility surface to enterprise/government baselines, and is positioning the product as a multi-LLM frontend (Anthropic + Google + bring-your-own via MCP connectors) for security and observability workflows. The MCP-connector fixes alongside Elastic Agent Builder bug fixes signal continued investment in agentic data-analysis flows.
◆Prediction
Expect the next minor versions to keep extending preconfigured LLM connector coverage, formalize MCP support, and continue the accessibility sweep. Elastic Agent Builder is the line to watch for any larger architectural reveal on agentic Kibana.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2mo ago

    Kibana release-notes index (no content)

    The Kibana release-notes index page captured as an entry. No release content.

  2. 2mo ago

    9.3.3 release notes (header only)

    9.3.3 release header — the scrape captured only the 'Fixes' label and the security-advisory pointer with no fix list.

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  3. 2mo ago

    Kibana release notes

    9.3.2 ships security fixes plus three notable additions to preconfigured AI connectors — Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, Claude 4.5 Haiku, Claude 4.6 Sonnet — alongside Elastic Agent Builder fixes for nested-field search and MCP connector proxy/SSL handling. Plenty of dashboards, Canvas, Lens, and Fleet stabilization.

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  4. 2mo ago

    Fix: Users page pagination preserved on back-navigation

    Single bug fix preserving Users page pagination state on edit-and-back navigation. Quality-of-life only.

  5. 2mo ago

    Fix: Webhook Connector accessTokenUrl validation

    Single bug fix correcting Webhook Connector accessTokenUrl validation. Maintenance.

  6. 3mo ago

    Fix: ZIP MIME type for case attachments + maintenance-window error

    Adds application/x-zip-compressed as an accepted MIME type for case file attachments and fixes a maintenance-windows error. Small operational fixes.