9.5.3 Test Plan
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Description
# Manual Test Plan
- When picking up a test case, please add your name to this overview beforehand and tick the checkbox when finished.
- Testing can be started when the first build candidate (BC) is available in the CFT region.
- For each repository, update the compare version range to get the list of commits to review.
## ES apm-data plugin
List of changes: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/compare/v9.5.2...9.5
No changes detected in `x-pack/plugin/apm-data` for this release window.
## apm-aggregation
- [ ] I have merged all dependency updates available (dependabot, renovate...)
No version change detected.
## go-docappender
- [ ] I have merged all dependency updates available (dependabot, renovate...)
No version change detected.
## apm-data
- [ ] I have merged all dependency updates available (dependabot, renovate...)
No version change detected.
## apm-server
- [ ] I have merged all dependency updates available (dependabot, renovate...)
List of changes: https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v9.5.2...9.5
## other
### function changes
- 2741f069: Switch create-github-app-token input to client-id (#21748) (#21751) (by mergify[bot] on 2026-09-02)
- 676c00bb: 9.5: update versions to 9.5.3 (#21712) (by elastic-observability-automation[bot] on 2026-08-28)
## Test cases from the GitHub board
Label the relevant 9.5.3 Issues / PRs with the `test-plan` label: https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/issues?page=1&q=-label%3Atest-plan+label%3Av9.5.3+-label%3Atest-plan-ok
[apm-server 9.5.3 test plan](https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3Atest-plan+-label%3Atest-plan-ok+is%3Aclosed+label%3Av9.5.3)
Add yourself as _assignee_ on the PR before you start testing.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the manual test plan in issue #21754, then review the linked apm-server 9.5.3 test-plan board and wait for the first build candidate in the CFT region. Check the listed repository compare ranges and dependency-update tasks, claim a test case by adding yourself as assignee, and mark the relevant checkbox or test-plan label when testing is complete.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- release, testing
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100