The Elastic Stack 5.0.0, released in October 2016, marks a significant milestone for Elastic, representing almost a year of development that included multiple alpha, beta, and release candidate stages. This release introduces the Elastic Stack, a unified suite of tools for data management and analysis, featuring enhancements such as the Ingest Node for data enrichment, Metricbeat for metrics collection, and Logstash monitoring APIs, along with the integration of Timelion in Kibana for data visualization. Additionally, the release highlights the new X-Pack, which consolidates previously individual features like security, monitoring, and reporting into a single package, simplifying the installation process and offering both free and commercial licensing options. The Elastic community played a vital role in shaping the release, filing numerous issues that informed development, and the Elastic Cloud now hosts the latest code for Elasticsearch and Kibana. The release also celebrates the community's engagement, with 75 million downloads to date, and invites users to a virtual event to explore these updates further.