From df8dbdd1f1ab8bdcfd65fe42c3dda1cb0ee91eb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Rodewig <james.rodewig@elastic.co>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 07:44:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [Main][DOCS] Add release notes for 8.8.1 release (#96590)
 (#96676)

Co-authored-by: Bogdan Pintea <bogdan.pintea@elastic.co>
---
 docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc       |  2 ++
 docs/reference/release-notes/8.8.1.asciidoc | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/reference/release-notes/8.8.1.asciidoc

diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
index 43c2f0ca2ceb..00af71da56a6 100644
--- a/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 
 * <<release-notes-8.9.0>>
+* <<release-notes-8.8.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.8.0>>
 * <<release-notes-8.7.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.7.0>>
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 --
 
 include::release-notes/8.9.0.asciidoc[]
+include::release-notes/8.8.1.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.8.0.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.7.1.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.7.0.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes/8.8.1.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.8.1.asciidoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c62032c9aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.8.1.asciidoc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+[[release-notes-8.8.1]]
+== {es} version 8.8.1
+
+coming[8.8.1]
+
+Also see <<breaking-changes-8.8,Breaking changes in 8.8>>.
+
+[[bug-8.8.1]]
+[float]
+=== Bug fixes
+
+Data streams::
+* Allow the removal of an in-use template if there are other ones matching the dependent data streams {es-pull}96286[#96286]
+
+Geo::
+* API rest compatibility for type parameter in `geo_bounding_box` query {es-pull}96317[#96317]
+
+Rollup::
+* Do not copy `index.default_pipeline` and `index.final_pipeline` {es-pull}96494[#96494] (issue: {es-issue}96478[#96478])
+
+TSDB::
+* Expand start and end time to nanoseconds during coordinator rewrite when needed {es-pull}96035[#96035] (issue: {es-issue}96030[#96030])
+* Fix NPE when indexing a document that just has been deleted in a tsdb index {es-pull}96461[#96461]
+
+Transform::
+* Improve error message on transform `_update` conflict {es-pull}96432[#96432]
+* Report version conflict on concurrent updates {es-pull}96293[#96293] (issue: {es-issue}96311[#96311])
+
+[[enhancement-8.8.1]]
+[float]
+=== Enhancements
+
+Query Languages::
+* Reduce nesting of same bool queries {es-pull}96265[#96265] (issue: {es-issue}96236[#96236])
+
+