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elasticsearch-mcp-server MCP Server

MCP server for interacting with Elasticsearch

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Published as elasticsearch-mcp-server on pypi. Runs locally.

Known issues

18 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

Most discussed

Feature Request: Add configurable read timeout for Elasticsearch queries

Problem Description

When using the Elasticsearch MCP server to search documents, queries that take longer than the default timeout (10 seconds) fail with the following error:

Unexpected error in search_documents: ConnectionTimeout caused by - ReadTimeoutError(HTTPSConnectionPool(host='x.x.x.x', port=9200): Read timed out. (read timeout=10))

Full Error Traceback

urllib3.exceptions.ReadTimeoutError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='x.x.x.x', port=9200): Read timed out. (read timeou

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/54) · 2025-11-12 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### Feature Request: Support for API Key Authentication for Elastic Cloud

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.

Elastic Cloud strongly encourages API keys for secure access because:
	•	API keys provide fine-grained permissions.
	•	They can be rotated easily without exposing user credentials.
	•	They’re the standard for production and automation env

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/39) · 2025-08-18 · closed · external user · 3 comments

### Elasticsearch MCP Server is not compatible with Elasticsearch 7.x

ERROR:root:Unexpected error in get_index: The client noticed that the server is not Elasticsearch and we do not support this unknown product

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/33) · 2025-06-25 · closed · external user · 7 comments

### [MCP][mcp-elastic] Connection failed: Connection timeout

below error when we configure mcp-elastic url in librechat helm values file
2025-06-10 09:23:02 warn: RAG API is either not running or not reachable at undefined, you may experience errors with file uploads.
2025-06-10 09:23:02 info: [MCP] Initializing app-level servers
2025-06-10 09:23:02 info: [MCP][mcp-elastic] Creating SSE transport: http://elasticsearch-mcp-service:8001/sse
2025-06-10 09:23:12 error: [MCP][mcp-elastic] Connection failed: Connection timeout
2025-06-10 09:23:14 info: [MCP][mc

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/30) · 2025-06-10 · open · external user · 4 comments

### How to use it in SpringAI

It was printed while using SpringAI

Starting server   server.py:261

and

"elasticsearch_mcp_server"...

It seems that SpringAI cannot consider the startup successful and output an error

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/24) · 2025-04-18 · open · external user · 6 comments

### Most recent

### Remove unused nthropic production dependency

## Summary

The `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.

## Impact

- Introduces unnecessary supply-chain attack surface.
- Carries its own transitive CVE exposure (currently flagged by GitHub Dependabot on this repository).
- May cause confusion for operators reviewing the connec

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/69) · 2026-07-30 · closed · external user · 0 comments

### HTTP transport should default to 127.0.0.1, not 0.0.0.0

## Summary

When 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.

## Impact

- 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

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/70) · 2026-07-30 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### Inquiry Regarding ES-MCP

Dear Developer,
   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.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/65) · 2026-05-13 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### Security scan results for your MCP server

Hey! 👋

I ran a security scan on this MCP server using [MCPSafe](https://mcpsafe.org) and found a few items that might be worth reviewing.

**Why this matters:** MCP servers run with host permissions and are trusted by AI agents. Security issues can be exploited through prompt injection.

**What I found:** Your server scored in the mid-range on our security analysis. The detailed report shows specific patterns that could be hardened.

**Free offer:** I'd be happy to give you a complimentary Team

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/59) · 2026-02-03 · open · external user · 0 comments

### How to query Elasticsearch APM monitoring data with MCP?

Environment
Version: elasticsearch-mcp-server 2.0.17
Model: gpt-oss deployed locally :20b
AI Development framework: Spring AI 1.1.0
Prompt: 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

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cr7258/elasticsearch-mcp-server/issues/55) · 2025-12-05 · open · external user · 0 comments

### [Bug] Not compatible with Pydantic 2.12.0

Version: 2.0.15

Pydantic>2.12.0

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/opensearch-mcp-server", line 3, in from src.server import opensearch_mcp_server File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/src/init.py", line 4, in from src.server import elasticsearch_mcp_server, opensearch_mcp_server, run_search_server File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/src/server.py", line 5, in from fastmcp import FastMCP File "/usr/lo

Read the thread · 2025-10-09 · closed · external user · 1 comment

Clarify local development setup for uv users - ES7 variant support

Issue Description

The 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.

Current Documentation Issue

In the "Option 2: Using uv with local development" section, the documentation shows:

uv run src/server.py elasticsearch-mcp-server --transport sse

However, it's unclear:

  1. ES7 Variant Support: How to run the ES7 variant (`elasticsearch-mcp

Read the thread · 2025-09-15 · closed · external user · 1 comment

See all 17 reports Pod holds for elasticsearch-mcp-server — of 18 qualified upstream.

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