# In which elastic stack version the watcher is introduced?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-which-elastic-stack-version-the-watcher-is-introduced/222267>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 5, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-which-elastic-stack-version-the-watcher-is-introduced/222267 "2020-03-05T10:40:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pradeep\_Sanjeewa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pradeep_sanjeewa/32/63045_2.png) [@Pradeep\_Sanjeewa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pradeep_Sanjeewa)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-which-elastic-stack-version-the-watcher-is-introduced/222267/1 "2020-03-05T10:40:53Z")

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I have Elastic stack (6.8.0) free version. But I cannot use watcher features there as mentioned in the following link.  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.6/watcher-ui.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.6/watcher-ui.html)  
Simply I don't have a section " **Management \> Elasticsearch \> Watcher**". I'm planning to upgrade Elastic stack to 7.5.2 free version. Will I have watcher feature there?

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**Author:** ![Wolfram\_Haussig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wolfram_haussig/32/70528_2.png) [@Wolfram\_Haussig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolfram_Haussig)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-which-elastic-stack-version-the-watcher-is-introduced/222267/2 "2020-03-05T10:53:31Z")

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Hi,

Watcher was introduced in 6.0 but I think it requires a Gold license: [https://www.elastic.co/de/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/de/subscriptions)

The functionality of Alerting is supported with a Gold license or higher and I guess the Watcher belongs into this category.

Best regards  
Wolfram

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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:** [April 2, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-which-elastic-stack-version-the-watcher-is-introduced/222267/3 "2020-04-02T10:53:34Z")

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