anchor.diff:  * Fix NPE in Logfile Audit Filter {pull}38120[#38120] (issue: {issue}38097[#38097])
   
   Authentication::
  +* Fix security index auto-create and state recovery race {pull}39582[#39582]
   * Use consistent view of realms for authentication {pull}38815[#38815] (issue: {issue}30301[#30301])
   *  Enhance parsing of StatusCode in SAML Responses {pull}38628[#38628]
   * Limit token expiry to 1 hour maximum {pull}38244[#38244]
  
positive.code: * Fix Reindex from remote query logic {pull}36908[#36908]
  
  Distributed::
  * Ignore waitForActiveShards when syncing leases {pull}39224[#39224] (issue: {issue}39089[#39089])
  * Fix synchronization in LocalCheckpointTracker#contains {pull}38755[#38755] (issues: {issue}33871[#33871], {issue}38633[#38633])
  * TransportVerifyShardBeforeCloseAction should force a flush {pull}38401[#38401] (issues: {issue}33888[#33888], {issue}37961[#37961])
  
negative.code: * Advance max_seq_no before add operation to Lucene {pull}38879[#38879] (issue: {issue}31629[#31629])
  
  Features/Features::
  * Check for .watches that wasn't upgraded properly {pull}39609[#39609]
  * Link to 7.0 documentation in deprecation checks {pull}39194[#39194]
  * Handle Null in FetchSourceContext#fetchSource {pull}36839[#36839] (issue: {issue}29293[#29293])
  
  