# Filebeat 7.13 not compatible with elasticsearch-oss 7.10.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-13-not-compatible-with-elasticsearch-oss-7-10-2/274037>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-13-not-compatible-with-elasticsearch-oss-7-10-2/274037 "2021-05-26T10:00:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![confuseduser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@confuseduser](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/confuseduser)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-13-not-compatible-with-elasticsearch-oss-7-10-2/274037/1 "2021-05-26T10:00:09Z")

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Filebeat 7.13 is not compatible with elastichsearch-oss 7.10.2.

```auto
May 26 10:21:39 server1 filebeat[24814]: 2021-05-26T10:21:39.231+0200 ERROR [publisher_pipeline_output] pipeline/output.go:154 Failed to connect to backoff(elasticsearch(http://log1:9200)): Connection marked as failed because the onConnect callback failed: could not connect to a compatible version of Elasticsearch: 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"invalid_index_name_exception","reason":"Invalid index name [_license], must not start with '_'.","index_uuid":"_na_","index":"_license"}],"type":"invalid_index_name_exception","reason":"Invalid index name [_license], must not start with '_'.","index_uuid":"_na_","index":"_license"},"status":400}

```

This is the error message when I published from Filebeat directly to Elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Iversen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_iversen/32/68988_2.png) [@Marius\_Iversen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Iversen)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-13-not-compatible-with-elasticsearch-oss-7-10-2/274037/2 "2021-05-26T21:04:46Z")

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Hello @confuseduser .

This is related to the earlier mentioned Licenses changes to Elasticsearch, I think you can find more information here: [Breaking changes in 7.13 | Beats Platform Reference [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/breaking-changes-7.13.html)

And a bit more about the licensing in general: [FAQ on 2021 License Change | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing)

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**Author:** ![mcamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@mcamara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mcamara)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-13-not-compatible-with-elasticsearch-oss-7-10-2/274037/3 "2021-05-27T11:11:38Z")

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Hello  
you can take a look at the Elasticsearch and agent beat compatibility matrix.

> **[Elastic Support Matrix | Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/fr/support/matrix)**
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> Everything you need to launch the Elastic (ELK stack). From Oracle to IBM, Ubuntu to Windows, Firefox to Chrome, learn what Elastic products are supported on which platforms

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**Author:** ![confuseduser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@confuseduser](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/confuseduser)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-13-not-compatible-with-elasticsearch-oss-7-10-2/274037/4 "2021-05-28T08:58:40Z")

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It seems that the matrix is wrong according to this: [Breaking changes in 7.13 | Beats Platform Reference [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/breaking-changes-7.13.html)

Thanks for the link though 🙂

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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:** [June 25, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-7-13-not-compatible-with-elasticsearch-oss-7-10-2/274037/5 "2021-06-25T10:59:29Z")

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