@albertzaharovits why would this work on master, but not 7.x? They both appear to be using the same JDK 14...is there a different runtime target here where Map.of() isn't available?

https://elasticsearch-ci.elastic.co/job/elastic+elasticsearch+pull-request+oss-distro-docs/25732/console

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15:14:22 public static final Map<String, String> USERS_WITH_SHARED_PASSWORDS = Map.of(KibanaSystemUser.NAME, KibanaUser.NAME);
15:14:22 ^
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@albertzaharovits why would this work on master, but not 7.x? They both appear to be using the same JDK 14...is there a different runtime target here where Map.of() isn't available?

Yes, that's exactly right, the target runtime for the 7.x branch is probably JDK11 which is before the Map.of API has been introduced. This is a common issue we hit. You have to use Collections.unmodifiableMap in the 7.x backport.

Also, please don't forget to update the docs/reference/migration/migrate_7_8.asciidoc . It should mention the user (and role) which have been deprecated and will be removed in 8.