Background search and search sessions settings in Kibana

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Important - Background search replaces Search sessions

Background search is a feature introduced in version 9.2. It replaces the Search sessions feature, deprecated in version 8.15.

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9.2 and later

data.search.sessions.enabled: false by default. Set to true to enable background searches.
data.search.sessions.maxUpdateRetries: How many retries Kibana can perform while attempting to send a search to the background. The default is 10.
data.search.sessions.defaultExpiration: How long background search results are stored before they expire and are deleted. When users extend the validity period of the background search, this setting also determines by how long. The default is 7d.

9.1 and earlier

data.search.sessions.enabled: Deprecated in 8.15.0. false by default. Set to true to enable search sessions.
data.search.sessions.notTouchedTimeout: Deprecated in 8.15.0. How long Kibana stores search results from unsaved sessions, after the last search in the session completes. The default is 5m.
data.search.sessions.maxUpdateRetries: Deprecated in 8.15.0. How many retries Kibana can perform while attempting to save a search session. The default is 10.
data.search.sessions.defaultExpiration: Deprecated in 8.15.0. How long search session results are stored before they are deleted. Extending a search session resets the expiration by the same value. The default is 7d.