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 === Bug Fixes
 
-Fix NullPointerException when creating or deleting a snapshot on a repository that has been
+Fail snapshot operations early when creating or deleting a snapshot on a repository that has been
 written to by an older Elasticsearch after writing to it with a newer Elasticsearch version. ({pull}30140[#30140])
 
 === Regressions