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[Issue]: Download page has incorrect docs link #1401
Description
Type of issue
Other
What documentation page is affected
https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch
What happened?
The https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch downloads page has a link to "Getting started" docs as the screenshot below:
This image links to the URL https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/starting-with-the-elasticsearch-platform-and-its-solutions/current/getting-started-guides.html
That URL redirects to https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/starting-with-the-elasticsearch-platform-and-its-solutions/8.18/getting-started-guides.html which is specific to the v8.18 docs. There's a message about an updated version, and clicking on that just goes to the root docs page.
The current (v9) getting started page appears to be https://www.elastic.co/docs/get-started/
The v8.18 page may need to be updated to redirect to the correct updated version, and the link on the downloads page should also be updated to point to the latest version as well.
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Activity
leemthompo commentedon May 22, 2025
The download pages are not owned by documentation. Maybe @ranjanadevaji2 could help transfer this issue?
shainaraskas commentedon Sep 21, 2026
putting in admin backlog to determine best target page for this
shainaraskas commentedon Sep 28, 2026
opened the following:
✅ to fix the 8.18 redirect: https://github.com/elastic/website-requests/issues/2224
✅ to fix the website link: https://github.com/elastic/website-requests/issues/2225
elastic/docs#3361 will help people to get from the 8.x docs to the correct relevant page in the new docs