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      "Title": "Remove unused \u0007nthropic production dependency",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nThe `anthropic` package (`anthropic==0.49.0`) is listed as a production dependency in `pyproject.toml` but is not imported or used anywhere in `src/`. This was identified during a formal code review conducted by our team as part of a security vetting assessment.\n\n## Impact\n\n- Introduces unnecessary supply-chain attack surface.\n- Carries its own transitive CVE exposure (currently flagged by GitHub Dependabot on this repository).\n- May cause confusion for operators reviewing the connec",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/69",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-30T23:10:01.000Z",
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      "Title": "HTTP transport should default to 127.0.0.1, not 0.0.0.0",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nWhen using the `streamable-http` or `sse` transport modes, the server defaults to `host: \"0.0.0.0\"` (all interfaces). This was identified during a formal code review conducted by our team as part of a security vetting assessment.\n\n## Impact\n\n- In any environment where the server is accessible beyond the developer's workstation (e.g., a shared development server, a misconfigured firewall, or a container with host networking), the MCP endpoint becomes network-reachable without requirin",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/70",
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      "Title": "Inquiry Regarding ES-MCP",
      "Excerpt": "Dear Developer,\n   I have the utmost respect for your work in developing the `elasticsearch-mcp-server`. Currently, does the tool support only a single Elasticsearch cluster? Do your future plans include adding support for multiple distinct ES clusters—specifically, enabling agents to query a specific cluster? Such functionality would align much more closely with real-world application scenarios.",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/65",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-13T03:50:16.000Z",
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    {
      "Title": "Security scan results for your MCP server",
      "Excerpt": "Hey! 👋\n\nI ran a security scan on this MCP server using [MCPSafe](https://mcpsafe.org) and found a few items that might be worth reviewing.\n\n**Why this matters:** MCP servers run with host permissions and are trusted by AI agents. Security issues can be exploited through prompt injection.\n\n**What I found:** Your server scored in the mid-range on our security analysis. The detailed report shows specific patterns that could be hardened.\n\n**Free offer:** I'd be happy to give you a complimentary Team",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/59",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-02-03T15:31:48.000Z",
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      "Title": "How to query Elasticsearch APM monitoring data with MCP?",
      "Excerpt": "Environment\nVersion: elasticsearch-mcp-server 2.0.17\nModel: gpt-oss deployed locally :20b\nAI Development framework: Spring AI 1.1.0\nPrompt: Analyze the last 15 minutes of Elasticsearch APM data and aggregate statistics on P95 latency, error rate, and throughput by service and interface. Only TOP5 slow interfaces, TOP5 high error rate services, and dependency bottleneck TOP3 are listed, and optimization suggestions are given. Disables the output of the original document. apm related indices: logs",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/55",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-12-05T08:25:36.000Z",
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      "Title": "Feature Request: Add configurable read timeout for Elasticsearch queries",
      "Excerpt": "## Problem Description\n\nWhen using the Elasticsearch MCP server to search documents, queries that take longer than the default timeout (10 seconds) fail with the following error:\n\n```\nUnexpected error in search_documents: ConnectionTimeout caused by - ReadTimeoutError(HTTPSConnectionPool(host='x.x.x.x', port=9200): Read timed out. (read timeout=10))\n```\n\n### Full Error Traceback\n\n```\nurllib3.exceptions.ReadTimeoutError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='x.x.x.x', port=9200): Read timed out. (read timeou",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/54",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-11-12T11:02:09.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "[Bug] Not compatible with Pydantic 2.12.0",
      "Excerpt": "Version: 2.0.15\n\nPydantic>2.12.0\n\n```\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/usr/local/bin/opensearch-mcp-server\", line 3, in <module>\n    from src.server import opensearch_mcp_server\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/src/__init__.py\", line 4, in <module>\n    from src.server import elasticsearch_mcp_server, opensearch_mcp_server, run_search_server\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/src/server.py\", line 5, in <module>\n    from fastmcp import FastMCP\n  File \"/usr/lo",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/50",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-10-09T20:57:55.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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    {
      "Title": "Clarify local development setup for uv users - ES7 variant support",
      "Excerpt": "## Issue Description\n\nThe current documentation in README.md provides configuration examples for local development using `uv`, but there are some unclear points regarding ES7 variant support and local setup.\n\n## Current Documentation Issue\n\nIn the \"Option 2: Using uv with local development\" section, the documentation shows:\n\n```bash\nuv run src/server.py elasticsearch-mcp-server --transport sse\n```\n\nHowever, it's unclear:\n\n1. **ES7 Variant Support**: How to run the ES7 variant (`elasticsearch-mcp",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/46",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-09-15T03:07:32.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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    {
      "Title": "Datastream support",
      "Excerpt": "Hi\n\nYour MCP works awesome\nCan we have also Datastream support in  ElasticSearch MCP?\n\nMany thanks\nTomislav",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/45",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-09-12T17:06:26.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 2,
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    {
      "Title": "Feature Request: Support for API Key Authentication for Elastic Cloud",
      "Excerpt": "Currently, the MCP server only supports username/password authentication for Elasticsearch. This works for self-managed clusters but is limiting for users on Elastic Cloud or environments where API keys are the recommended (or mandatory) authentication method.\n\nElastic Cloud strongly encourages API keys for secure access because:\n\t•\tAPI keys provide fine-grained permissions.\n\t•\tThey can be rotated easily without exposing user credentials.\n\t•\tThey’re the standard for production and automation env",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/39",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-08-18T20:00:53.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 3,
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    {
      "Title": "Elasticsearch MCP Server is not compatible with Elasticsearch 7.x",
      "Excerpt": "ERROR:root:Unexpected error in get_index: The client noticed that the server is not Elasticsearch and we do not support this unknown product",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/33",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-06-25T09:58:12.000Z",
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    {
      "Title": "[MCP][mcp-elastic] Connection failed: Connection timeout",
      "Excerpt": "below error when we configure mcp-elastic url in librechat helm values file\n2025-06-10 09:23:02 warn: RAG API is either not running or not reachable at undefined, you may experience errors with file uploads.\n2025-06-10 09:23:02 info: [MCP] Initializing app-level servers\n2025-06-10 09:23:02 info: [MCP][mcp-elastic] Creating SSE transport: http://elasticsearch-mcp-service:8001/sse\n2025-06-10 09:23:12 error: [MCP][mcp-elastic] Connection failed: Connection timeout\n2025-06-10 09:23:14 info: [MCP][mc",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/30",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-06-10T09:38:11.000Z",
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    {
      "Title": "Connection refused by Claude Desktop, but CURL works",
      "Excerpt": "I cant interact with Claude Desktop via the MCP, because of an ConnectionRefused Error:\n```\n2025-04-25 10:42:23 {\"@timestamp\":\"2025-04-25T08:42:23.645Z\", \"log.level\": \"WARN\", \"message\":\"caught exception while handling client http traffic, closing connection Netty4HttpChannel{localAddress=/172.18.0.3:9200, remoteAddress=/172.18.0.1:55984}\", \"ecs.version\": \"1.2.0\",\"service.name\":\"ES_ECS\",\"event.dataset\":\"elasticsearch.server\",\"process.thread.name\":\"elasticsearch[es01][transport_worker][T#5]\",\"log.",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/27",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-04-25T08:54:55.000Z",
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    {
      "Title": "How to use it in SpringAI",
      "Excerpt": "It was printed while using SpringAI\n\nStarting server   server.py:261\n\nand\n\n\"elasticsearch_mcp_server\"...\n\nIt seems that SpringAI cannot consider the startup successful and output an error",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/24",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-04-18T10:01:54.000Z",
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    {
      "Title": "python index error",
      "Excerpt": "Hi, I just installed it, added credentials to my elastic search and when AI trying to use it, it returns error\n\n\"Failed to validate tool bb7_create_index: TypeError: Cannot use 'in' operator to search for 'type' in true\"",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/19",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-04-07T13:27:41.000Z",
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      "Title": "Feature Request: Support for Disabling SSL Certificate Verification via Environment Variable in elasticsearch-mcp-server",
      "Excerpt": "Description:\n\nTo enhance the flexibility of the elasticsearch-mcp-server, it would be beneficial to introduce support for an environment variable that allows users to disable SSL certificate verification when connecting to Elasticsearch instances. This feature would be particularly useful in development and testing environments where self-signed certificates are commonly used.\n\nProposed Solution:\n\nImplement an environment variable, such as ELASTICSEARCH_SSL_VERIFY, which can be set to false to d",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/18",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-04-07T09:03:06.000Z",
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      "Title": "OpenSearch Support",
      "Excerpt": "Can we make this support Opensearch as well?",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/12",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-03-21T12:44:33.000Z",
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