# Why did Elastic release Elasticsearch Java API Client to replace the old High Level Client?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-did-elastic-release-elasticsearch-java-api-client-to-replace-the-old-high-level-client/317749>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 30, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-did-elastic-release-elasticsearch-java-api-client-to-replace-the-old-high-level-client/317749 "2022-10-30T09:17:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-did-elastic-release-elasticsearch-java-api-client-to-replace-the-old-high-level-client/317749/2 "2022-10-30T09:34:38Z")

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I believe this was answered [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-had-elastic-released-a-complete-new-api-with-8-0/317292).

Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed Amazon Opensearch Service and does no longer offer hosted Elasticsearch (apart from possibly some very old versions). Although Opensearch started as a clone of Elasticsearch 7.10.2, the two projects have been and are continuing to diverge, thereby requiring separate client libraries.

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