Elastic Engineering provides guidance for new contributors on how to effectively file GitHub issues for the Elastic Stack, covering bug reports, feature requests, and code or documentation changes. The process begins with ensuring the use of the latest version of the Elastic Stack to avoid duplicating previously resolved issues. Contributors are encouraged to search existing issues to prevent redundancy and to join ongoing discussions if applicable. When submitting a new bug, they should provide detailed descriptions and test cases, often using curl commands from Kibana dev tools. For feature requests, specificity in describing the use case and desired functionality is crucial, as many current features originated from user suggestions. The guide also highlights the importance of collaboration when submitting code or documentation changes, urging contributors to engage in preliminary discussions with project teams to refine their contributions. The overarching goal is to demystify the submission process and encourage active participation from the community, while additional resources are available in each product's CONTRIBUTING.MD file.