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#3425235-12: Make the Search API module compatible with Drupal 11 →
: In order to make the Search API module compatible with Drupal 11, we need to add an array return type hint to the BackendPluginBase::__sleep() method. To avoid a fatal error, the return type hint has to be added to the overriding method, SearchApiElasticsearchBackend::__sleep(), before the Search API change goes in. (Ideally, you’ll also create a new release before the Search API change is committed, so probably right after committing this issue.)
Fixed
7.0
Elasticsearch Connector
Code looks good to me, but I don't officially maintain this branch, so I'm going to mark it as RTBC.