Elasticsearch 9.1 makes BBQ default for dense vectors of 384+ dims, adds ACORN-1
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Elasticsearch 9.1 adopted BBQ quantization as the default for dense vectors with 384 or more dimensions, and introduced ACORN-1 filtering
Why it matters
The point at which quantized indexes moved from an option to the default
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Officialelastic.cohttps://www.elastic.co/search-labs/blog/elasticsearch-9-1-bbq-acorn-vector-searchAdded in Week 35, 2026 · See that week
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