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-<!--
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-** Please read the guidelines below. **
-
-Issues that do not follow these guidelines are likely to be closed.
-
-1.  GitHub is reserved for bug reports and feature requests. The best place to
-    ask a general question is at the Elastic [forums](https://discuss.elastic.co).
-    GitHub is not the place for general questions.
-
-2.  Is this bug report or feature request for a supported OS? If not, it
-    is likely to be closed.  See https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#show_os
-
-3.  Please fill out EITHER the feature request block or the bug report block
-    below, and delete the other block.
-
--->
-
-<!-- Feature request -->
-
-**Describe the feature**:
-
-<!-- Bug report -->
-
-**Elasticsearch version** (`bin/elasticsearch --version`):
-
-**Plugins installed**: []
-
-**JVM version** (`java -version`):
-
-**OS version** (`uname -a` if on a Unix-like system):
-
-**Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior**:
-
-**Steps to reproduce**:
-
-Please include a *minimal* but *complete* recreation of the problem, including
-(e.g.) index creation, mappings, settings, query etc.  The easier you make for
-us to reproduce it, the more likely that somebody will take the time to look at it.
-
- 1.
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-**Provide logs (if relevant)**:
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-<!--
-Thank you for your interest in and contributing to Elasticsearch! There
-are a few simple things to check before submitting your pull request
-that can help with the review process. You should delete these items
-from your submission, but they are here to help bring them to your
-attention.
--->
-
-- Have you signed the [contributor license agreement](https://www.elastic.co/contributor-agreement)?
-- Have you followed the [contributor guidelines](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)?
-- If submitting code, have you built your formula locally prior to submission with `gradle check`?
-- If submitting code, is your pull request against master? Unless there is a good reason otherwise, we prefer pull requests against master and will backport as needed.
-- If submitting code, have you checked that your submission is for an [OS that we support](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#show_os)?
-- If you are submitting this code for a class then read our [policy](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-as-part-of-a-class) for that.