From 79333aa3bba103f1bc7140d52d1ea7597c3c1587 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: elasticsearchmachine <infra-root+elasticsearchmachine@elastic.co>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:17:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update docs for v8.18.7 release

---
 docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc        |  2 +
 docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.7.asciidoc | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.7.asciidoc

diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
index ab0070cf84e63..82ccb2f40a3e4 100644
--- a/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 
+* <<release-notes-8.18.7>>
 * <<release-notes-8.18.6>>
 * <<release-notes-8.18.5>>
 * <<release-notes-8.18.4>>
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 
 --
 
+include::release-notes/8.18.7.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.18.6.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.18.5.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.18.4.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.7.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.7.asciidoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3dc8c7c8f065e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.18.7.asciidoc
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+[[release-notes-8.18.7]]
+== {es} version 8.18.7
+
+coming[8.18.7]
+
+Also see <<breaking-changes-8.18,Breaking changes in 8.18>>.
+
+[[bug-8.18.7]]
+[float]
+=== Bug fixes
+
+Authorization::
+* Remove `DocumentSubsetBitsetCache` locking {es-pull}133681[#133681] (issue: {es-issue}132842[#132842])
+
+ES|QL::
+* Reserve memory for Lucene's TopN {es-pull}134235[#134235]
+
+Infra/Scripting::
+* Update `DefBootstrap` to handle Error from `ClassValue` {es-pull}133604[#133604]
+
+Infra/Settings::
+* Use latest setting value when initializing setting watch {es-pull}134091[#134091] (issue: {es-issue}133701[#133701])
+
+Ingest Node::
+* Fix `allow_duplicates` edge case bug in append processor {es-pull}134319[#134319]
+* Fix enrich caches outdated value after policy run {es-pull}133680[#133680]
+
+Machine Learning::
+* Ensuring only a single request executor object is created {es-pull}133424[#133424]
+* Fix double-counting of inference memory in the assignment rebalancer {es-pull}133919[#133919]
+
+Mapping::
+* Allow trailing empty string field names in paths of flattened field {es-pull}133611[#133611] (issue: {es-issue}130139[#130139])
+
+Relevance::
+* Disallow creating `semantic_text` fields in indices created prior to 8.11.0 {es-pull}133080[#133080]
+
+[[enhancement-8.18.7]]
+[float]
+=== Enhancements
+
+Authorization::
+* [Sentinel One] Add `manage`, `create_index`, `read`, `index`, `write`, `delete`, permission for third party agent indices `kibana_system` {es-pull}133793[#133793] (issue: {es-issue}133703[#133703])
+
+[[upgrade-8.18.7]]
+[float]
+=== Upgrades
+
+FIPS::
+* Bump bc-fips to 1.0.2.6 {es-pull}133198[#133198]
+
+Network::
+* Upgrade Netty to 4.1.126.Final {es-pull}134182[#134182]
+
+Security::
+* Bump bcpkix version {es-pull}132853[#132853]
+
+