In the November 2018 update on Kibana, significant progress was reported across multiple areas, including granular application privileges, accessibility compliance, and GIS app styling enhancements. The team focused on improving accessibility by performing audits of version 6.5, while also enhancing the GIS app with static and data-driven styling capabilities. Developments in Elastic Map Service involved the migration of Sophox to the production system to enhance reliability. Canvas integration saw bug fixes and the planning of GA features, with creative projects like a workpad displaying planes over Phoenix, showcasing the platform's versatility. Index Lifecycle Management and Cross-cluster Replication features were advanced, with initial PRs enabling CRUD app development and replication relationship management across remote clusters. The design team continued transitioning to Sass, implementing a Sass linter, and moving towards TypeScript support, among other UI and UX improvements. Additionally, various bug fixes and enhancements were made in the KibanaApp, including updates for React compatibility and translation improvements, all while QA testing for version 6.5.0 was ongoing.