ELK Compatibility with Debian 13

Elastic Stack Kibana
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With the release of debian 13 on August 9 (Debian 13 Set to Launch on August 9), is it safe for me to update my servers to this latest version? or will I have compatibility issues between ELK 8.19 (Emphasis on Kibana, as is what the clients access) and Debian 13?

Appreciate the help

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You can check up to date OS and Elasticsearch compatibility matrix in the following link. Support Matrix | Elastic

Update: 7 Aug 2025

  1. Debian 10 compatible with Elasticsearch 6.8.x - Elasticsearch 8.19.x
  2. Debian 11 compatible with Elasticsearch 7.16.x - Elasticsearch 8.19.x
  3. Debian 12 compatible with Elasticsearch +9.x
  4. Debian 13 compatible with Elasticsearch - not officially announced.

What happens if you use unsupported version?

  • One of my customer tried to use not officially supported OS version. Elasticsearch worked fine but filebeat crashed.
  • You can’t get support from Elastic support.
  • There can be missing dependencies or broken integrations
  • Elasticsearch may fail to start, crash unexpectedly, or behave unpredictably.

As a result, it’s recommended to wait until it’s officially supported.

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Thank you. Will wait then.

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