[DOCS] Adds footnote about beta functionality in Release Highlights
@@ -78,7 +78,18 @@ currently the same as JDBC. An alpha version of the ODBC client is now
available for download.
[float]
-=== Cross-cluster replication (beta)
+=== Delegate authorization to other realms
+
+If you enable the {es} {security-features}, some realms now have the
+ability to perform _authentication_ internally then delegate _authorization_ to
+another realm. For example, you could authenticate using PKI then delegate to an
+LDAP realm for role information. The realms that support this feature have a
+new `authorization_realms` setting that you can configure in the
+`elasticsearch.yml` file. For more information, see
+{stack-ov}/realm-chains.html#authorization_realms[Realm chains] and <<realm-settings>>.
+
+[float]
+=== Cross-cluster replication (beta^*^)
Cross-cluster replication enables you to replicate indices that exist in remote
clusters to your local cluster. You create an index in your local cluster
@@ -93,7 +104,7 @@ For more information, see {stack-ov}/xpack-ccr.html[Cross-cluster replication]
and <<ccr-apis>>.
[float]
-=== Monitor {es} with {metricbeat} (beta)
+=== Monitor {es} with {metricbeat} (beta^*^)
In 6.4 and later, you can use {metricbeat} to collect data about {kib} and ship
it directly to your monitoring cluster, rather than routing it through {es}. Now
@@ -102,13 +113,8 @@ you are monitoring {ls} or Beats, at this time you must still use exporters to
route the data. See <<configuring-metricbeat>> and
{stack-ov}/how-monitoring-works.html[How monitoring works].
-[float]
-=== Delegate authorization to other realms
-If you enable the {es} {security-features}, some realms now have the
-ability to perform _authentication_ internally then delegate _authorization_ to
-another realm. For example, you could authenticate using PKI then delegate to an
-LDAP realm for role information. The realms that support this feature have a
-new `authorization_realms` setting that you can configure in the
-`elasticsearch.yml` file. For more information, see
-{stack-ov}/realm-chains.html#authorization_realms[Realm chains] and <<realm-settings>>.
+^*^ This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code
+is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no
+warranties. Please try this functionality in your test and development environments
+and provide feedback in the https://discuss.elastic.co/[Elastic community forums].
