Update default behavior for _cat/indices to return indices visible to requesting user #5196
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Description
Opening this PR up to show what's required for changing the default behavior of
_cat/indices
so that it always returns a list of the indices that the requesting user has access to.This makes it possible to have roles where the index pattern is scoped down from
*
. In the current behavior, this role would always get a forbidden error when calling_cat/indices
unlessdo_not_fail_on_forbidden
is set to true.Enhancement
Issues Resolved
Resolves #5195
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