# Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Upgrade API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-upgrade-api/  
**Provider:** Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — https://apis.io/providers/elk-stack/  
**Base URL:** https://{elasticsearch_endpoint}  
**Documentation:** https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Upgrade API is one of 132 APIs that [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack)](https://apis.io/providers/elk-stack/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Upgrade. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

The Kibana Upgrade Assistant API helps you prepare for the next major Elasticsearch release. > warn > This is a Kibana REST API (not an Elasticsearch API) and requests must target your Kibana URL: > * Self-managed URL pattern: `https://localhost:5601` > * Elastic Cloud URL pattern: `https://your-deployment.kb.us-east-1.aws.elastic.cloud:9243`

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/upgrade_assistant/status` | Get the upgrade readiness status |

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/openapi/elk-stack-upgrade-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch
- **APIReference** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/kibana
- **APIReference** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/elastic/kibana
- **ToolCrosswalk** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/mcp/elk-stack-tool-crosswalk.yml

## Other Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APIs (12)

- [Elastic Cloud API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elastic-cloud-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-accounts-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-actions-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) agent builder API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-agent-builder-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Alerting API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-alerting-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Alerting V2 API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-alerting-v2-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-analytics-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent configuration API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-agent-configuration-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent keys API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-agent-keys-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM annotations API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-annotations-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM server schema API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-server-schema-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM sourcemaps API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-sourcemaps-api/)

## Tags

Upgrade

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