Elastic 8.12 introduces significant updates, including the general availability of the Elastic AI Assistant for Observability and an upgrade to Apache Lucene 9.9, noted for its speed and contributions by Elastic to enhance customer use cases. This release enhances Elastic Search with modern search capabilities leveraging Lucene 9.9, new machine learning features, and simplified developer experiences through connectors like Azure Blob Storage and Amazon S3. Elastic Observability now offers improved IT insights with the AI Assistant, Service Level Objectives, and mobile APM support, while Elastic Security integrates SIEM, endpoint security, and cloud security to tackle threats at scale with features such as real-time alert insights and CSPM integration for Microsoft Azure. Built on the Elasticsearch Platform, these updates include enhancements to ES|QL, geo_shape runtime fields, and Elastic Agent functionality, available on Elastic Cloud.