---
title: Elastic Observability deprecations
description: Over time, certain Elastic functionality becomes outdated and is replaced or removed. To help with the transition, Elastic deprecates functionality for...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/6201/release-notes/elastic-observability/deprecations
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted
  - Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes
  - Elastic Observability
  - Elastic Stack
  - Kibana
---

# Elastic Observability deprecations
Over time, certain Elastic functionality becomes outdated and is replaced or removed. To help with the transition, Elastic deprecates functionality for a period before removal, giving you time to update your applications.
Review the deprecated functionality for Elastic Observability. While deprecations have no immediate impact, we strongly encourage you update your implementation after you upgrade. To learn how to upgrade, check out [Upgrade your deployment, cluster, or orchestrator](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/6201/deploy-manage/upgrade).

## 9.4.0

<dropdown title="Remove Observability Agent from Agent Builder">
  The Observability agent has been removed from Agent Builder, replaced by skills in the Elastic AI agent.View [#262937](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/262937).
</dropdown>

<dropdown title="Metrics Explorer is deprecated in favor of Discover">
  Metrics Explorer has been deprecated in favor of an improve metrics experience in Discover.View [#261785](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/261785).
</dropdown>


## 9.0.0

<dropdown title="Removed Logs Explorer">
  Logs Explorer has been removed.For more information, check [#203685](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/203685).**Action**
  Use the improved logs exploration experience in Discover.
</dropdown>

<dropdown title="Removed GA feature flags for host and container views">
  The `observability:enableInfrastructureHostsView` and `enableInfrastructureContainerAssetView` feature flags have been removed for host and container views.For more information, check [#197684](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/197684).
</dropdown>