# \[ANN\] Elasticsearch Azure cloud plugin 2.8.1 & 2.7.1 released

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-8-1-2-7-1-released/26479>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [July 29, 2015, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-8-1-2-7-1-released/26479 "2015-07-29T11:16:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![tanguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tanguy/32/6030_2.png) [@tanguy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tanguy)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-8-1-2-7-1-released/26479/1 "2015-07-29T11:16:55Z")

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Hi,

We are pleased to announce the release of the Elasticsearch Azure cloud plugin, version 2.8.1 (for elasticsearch 1.7.1) and version 2.7.1 (for elasticsearch 1.6.2).

These releases fix an important bug concerning the snapshot/restore feature.

Release Notes - elasticsearch-cloud-azure - Version 2.8.1

Fix:

- [99] - AzureStorageServiceImpl does not retrieve blob metadata from Azure Storage ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/99](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/99))
- [51] - Restore snapshot leaves shards unassigned and with CorruptIndexException ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/51](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/51))

Release Notes - elasticsearch-cloud-azure - Version 2.7.1

Fix:

- [99] - AzureStorageServiceImpl does not retrieve blob metadata from Azure Storage ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/99](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/99))
- [51] - Restore snapshot leaves shards unassigned and with CorruptIndexException ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/51](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/51))

For questions or comments around this plugin, feel free to use elasticsearch mailing list: [https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch)

Enjoy,

-The Elasticsearch team

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-8-1-2-7-1-released/26479/2 "2017-07-05T21:48:37Z")

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