What’s New in Hibernate Search 7.1: Key Features and Enhancements

• Dependency Upgrades: Upgraded to Lucene 9.9 and compatible with Elasticsearch 8.12/8.13 and OpenSearch 2.12/2.13.
• Vector Search: Introduced vector search for both Lucene and Elasticsearch backends as an incubating feature, supporting search over binary or text data converted to vectors.
• Field Capabilities Inspection: Added the ability to inspect capabilities available for each field in the metamodel.
• Query String Predicate: Enhanced query capabilities with the queryString predicate allowing advanced query strings.
• Simplified Entity Registration: Streamlined entity registration in the Standalone POJO mapper with the @SearchEntity annotation.

For a comprehensive overview, you can visit the official release notes here.