Add known issue docs for #79371

docs/reference/release-notes/7.12.asciidoc

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Also see <<breaking-changes-7.12,Breaking changes in 7.12>>.
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 * Snapshot and restore: If an index is deleted while the cluster is
 concurrently taking more than one snapshot then there is a risk that one of the
 snapshots may never complete and also that some shard data may be lost from the
@@ -139,6 +141,19 @@ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22137[CVE-2021-22137]
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+// tag::frozen-tier-79371-known-issue[]
+* Frozen Tier: (Windows only) The Frozen Tier relies on multiple caching mechanisms
+to speed up access to searchable snapshots files. One of those caches extensively uses
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_file[sparse files] to avoid creating large
+files on disk when it is not strictly required. A bug prevented the files to be
+created with the right options to enable sparse support on Windows, leading {es} to
+create regular, potentially large files that can end up consuming all the disk space.
++
+This issue is fixed in {es} versions 7.15.2 and later. There is no known workaround
+for earlier versions. Filesystems that enable sparse files by default are not affected.
+For more details, see {es-issue}79371[#79371].
+// end::frozen-tier-79371-known-issue[]
+
 * If autoscaling is enabled for machine learning, the administrator of the cluster
   should increase the cluster setting `xpack.ml.max_open_jobs`. This allows autoscaling
   to run reliably as it relies on assigning jobs only via memory. Having

docs/reference/release-notes/7.13.asciidoc

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2021-22145[CVE-2021-22145]
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 include::7.13.asciidoc[tag=snapshot-repo-corruption-75598-known-issue]
 
 [[bug-7.13.4]]
@@ -41,18 +43,20 @@ Also see <<breaking-changes-7.13,Breaking changes in 7.13>>.
 [[security-updates-7.13.3]]
 === Security updates
 
-* An uncontrolled recursion vulnerability that could lead to a 
-denial of service attack was identified in the {es} Grok parser. 
-A user with the ability to submit arbitrary queries to {es} could create 
+* An uncontrolled recursion vulnerability that could lead to a
+denial of service attack was identified in the {es} Grok parser.
+A user with the ability to submit arbitrary queries to {es} could create
 a malicious Grok query that will crash the {es} node.
-All versions of {es} prior to 7.13.3 are affected by this flaw. 
-You must upgrade to {es} version 7.13.3 to obtain the fix.  
+All versions of {es} prior to 7.13.3 are affected by this flaw.
+You must upgrade to {es} version 7.13.3 to obtain the fix.
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22144[CVE-2021-22144]
 
 [[known-issues-7.13.3]]
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 include::7.13.asciidoc[tag=snapshot-repo-corruption-75598-known-issue]
 
 [[bug-7.13.3]]
@@ -106,6 +110,8 @@ Also see <<breaking-changes-7.13,Breaking changes in 7.13>>.
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 include::7.13.asciidoc[tag=snapshot-repo-corruption-75598-known-issue]
 
 [[bug-7.13.2]]
@@ -146,6 +152,8 @@ Also see <<breaking-changes-7.13,Breaking changes in 7.13>>.
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 // tag::snapshot-repo-corruption-75598-known-issue[]
 * Snapshot and restore: If a running snapshot is cancelled while a
 previously-started snapshot is still ongoing and a later snapshot is enqueued
@@ -204,6 +212,8 @@ Also see <<breaking-changes-7.13,Breaking changes in 7.13>>.
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 * If autoscaling is enabled for machine learning, the administrator of the
 cluster should increase the cluster setting `xpack.ml.max_open_jobs` to the
 maximum value of `512`. This allows autoscaling to run reliably as it relies on

docs/reference/release-notes/7.14.asciidoc

@@ -7,16 +7,18 @@ Also see <<breaking-changes-7.14,Breaking changes in 7.14>>.
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 // tag::ccs-agg-mem-known-issue[]
 * Aggregations: In {es} 7.14.0–7.15.0, when a {ccs} ({ccs-init}) request is proxied, the memory for the aggregations on the
-proxy node will not be freed. The trigger is {ccs} using aggregations where minimize 
-roundtrips is not effective (for example, when minimize roundtrips is explicitly disabled, or implicitly disabled 
+proxy node will not be freed. The trigger is {ccs} using aggregations where minimize
+roundtrips is not effective (for example, when minimize roundtrips is explicitly disabled, or implicitly disabled
 when using scroll, async and point-in-time searches).
 +
-This affects {kib} {ccs-init} aggregations because {kib} 
-uses async search by default. This issue can also happen in all modes of remote connections 
-configured for {ccs} (sniff and proxy). In sniff mode, we only connect to a subset of the 
-remote nodes (by default 3). So if the remote node we want to send a request to is not one of those 3, 
+This affects {kib} {ccs-init} aggregations because {kib}
+uses async search by default. This issue can also happen in all modes of remote connections
+configured for {ccs} (sniff and proxy). In sniff mode, we only connect to a subset of the
+remote nodes (by default 3). So if the remote node we want to send a request to is not one of those 3,
 we must send the request as a proxy request. The workaround is to periodically restart nodes with heap pressure.
 +
 We have fixed this issue in {es} 7.15.1 and later versions. For more details,
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ Also see <<breaking-changes-7.14,Breaking changes in 7.14>>.
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 include::7.14.asciidoc[tag=ccs-agg-mem-known-issue]
 
 [[enhancement-7.14.1]]
@@ -159,6 +163,8 @@ Also see <<breaking-changes-7.14,Breaking changes in 7.14>>.
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 include::7.14.asciidoc[tag=ccs-agg-mem-known-issue]
 
 include::7.13.asciidoc[tag=snapshot-repo-corruption-75598-known-issue]

docs/reference/release-notes/7.15.asciidoc

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 Also see <<breaking-changes-7.15,Breaking changes in 7.15>>.
 
+[[known-issues-7.15.1]]
+[discrete]
+=== Known issues
+
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 [[enhancement-7.15.1]]
 [float]
 === Enhancements
@@ -91,6 +97,8 @@ Also see <<breaking-changes-7.15,Breaking changes in 7.15>>.
 [discrete]
 === Known issues
 
+include::7.12.asciidoc[tag=frozen-tier-79371-known-issue]
+
 include::7.14.asciidoc[tag=ccs-agg-mem-known-issue]
 
 [[breaking-7.15.0]]