diff --git a/salt/elastalert/defaults.yaml b/salt/elastalert/defaults.yaml
index 393932992..1986fdce3 100644
--- a/salt/elastalert/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elastalert/defaults.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ elastalert:
     buffer_time:
       minutes: 10
     old_query_limit:
-      minutes: 5
+      minutes: 1440
     es_port: 9200
     es_conn_timeout: 55
     max_query_size: 5000
diff --git a/salt/elastalert/files/modules/so/securityonion-es.py b/salt/elastalert/files/modules/so/securityonion-es.py
index d9bb8009e..4ed91d15f 100644
--- a/salt/elastalert/files/modules/so/securityonion-es.py
+++ b/salt/elastalert/files/modules/so/securityonion-es.py
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@
 # Elastic License 2.0.
 
 
+from datetime import datetime
 from time import gmtime, strftime
+import hashlib
+import re
 import requests,json
-from elastalert.alerts import Alerter
+from elastalert.alerts import Alerter, DateTimeEncoder
+from elastalert.util import EAException, elastalert_logger
 
 import urllib3
 urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
@@ -19,7 +23,99 @@ class SecurityOnionESAlerter(Alerter):
     """
 
     required_options = set(['detection_title', 'sigma_level'])
-    optional_fields = ['sigma_category', 'sigma_product', 'sigma_service']
+    optional_fields = ['sigma_category', 'sigma_product', 'sigma_service', 'sigma_correlation']
+
+    count_labels = {
+        'event_count': '%count% events',
+        'value_count': '%count% distinct values',
+        'event_type_count': '%count% correlated rules matched',
+        'value_sum': 'total %count%',
+        'value_avg': 'average %count%',
+        'value_percentile': 'percentile %count%',
+        'value_median': 'median %count%',
+    }
+    placeholder = re.compile(r'%([^%\s]+)%')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def lookup(doc, dotted):
+        """ Resolve a dotted path; ES|QL columns arrive nested. """
+        node = doc
+        for part in dotted.split('.'):
+            if not isinstance(node, dict) or part not in node:
+                return None
+            node = node[part]
+        return node
+
+    def query_keys(self):
+        """ compound_query_key holds the list; query_key is flattened to a string. """
+        return self.rule.get('compound_query_key') or ([self.rule['query_key']] if self.rule.get('query_key') else [])
+
+    def alert_id(self, match):
+        """ Stable id: window + group values for correlations, source _id otherwise. """
+        keys = self.query_keys()
+        if keys:
+            values = '|'.join(str(self.lookup(match, k)) for k in keys)
+            key = f"{self.rule['detection_public_id']}|{self.to_dt(match['@timestamp']).isoformat()}|{values}"
+        else:
+            key = f"{self.rule['detection_public_id']}|{match.get('_id')}"
+
+        return hashlib.sha256(key.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_value(value):
+        if isinstance(value, list):
+            shown = ', '.join(str(v) for v in value[:3])
+            return shown if len(value) <= 3 else f"{shown} and {len(value) - 3} more"
+        return str(value)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_count(value):
+        if isinstance(value, float) and not value.is_integer():
+            return f"{value:,.2f}"
+        if isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+            return f"{int(value):,}"
+        return str(value)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_duration(seconds):
+        for unit, size in (('hour', 3600), ('minute', 60)):
+            if seconds >= 2 * size:
+                return f"{seconds // size} {unit}s"
+        return f"{seconds} second{'' if seconds == 1 else 's'}"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def to_dt(value):
+        # ES|QL gives ISO strings; ElastAlert parses @timestamp, except on a retried alert.
+        return value if isinstance(value, datetime) else datetime.fromisoformat(value)
+
+    def summary(self, match):
+        """ One-line correlation summary; None for single-event rules. """
+        if 'window_start' not in match:
+            return None
+
+        start = self.to_dt(match['window_start'])
+        end = self.to_dt(match['@timestamp'])
+        name = next((f for f in self.count_labels if f in match), None)
+        values = {
+            'count': self.format_count(match.get(name)),
+            'start': start.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC'),
+            'end': end.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC'),
+            'duration': self.format_duration(int((end - start).total_seconds())),
+        }
+
+        template = self.rule.get('summary_template')
+        if not template:
+            groups = ', '.join(f"{k} %{k}%" for k in self.query_keys())
+            template = f"{self.count_labels.get(name, '%count%')}{' for ' + groups if groups else ''} in %duration%"
+
+        def fill(m):
+            if m[1] in values:
+                return values[m[1]]
+            value = self.lookup(match, m[1])
+            # unknown placeholders stay visible so typos show
+            return m[0] if value is None else self.format_value(value)
+
+        return self.placeholder.sub(fill, template)
 
     def alert(self, matches):
         for match in matches:
@@ -42,6 +138,10 @@ class SecurityOnionESAlerter(Alerter):
                 if field in self.rule:
                     rule_info[rule_key] = self.rule[field]
 
+            summary = self.summary(match)
+            if summary:
+                rule_info["summary"] = summary
+
             # Construct the payload with the conditional rule_info
             payload = {
                 "tags": "alert",
@@ -56,8 +156,21 @@ class SecurityOnionESAlerter(Alerter):
                 "event_data": match,
                 "@timestamp": timestamp
             }
-            url = f"https://{self.rule['es_host']}:{self.rule['es_port']}/logs-detections.alerts-so/_doc/"
-            requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers, verify=False, auth=creds)
+            alert_id = self.alert_id(match)
+            # _create returns 409 on a repeat id; EAException makes ElastAlert retry
+            url = (f"https://{self.rule['es_host']}:{self.rule['es_port']}"
+                   f"/logs-detections.alerts-so/_create/{alert_id}")
+            try:
+                response = requests.put(url, data=json.dumps(payload, cls=DateTimeEncoder), headers=headers, verify=False, auth=creds)
+            except requests.RequestException as e:
+                raise EAException(f"Unable to write alert: {e}")
+            if response.status_code == 400:
+                # mapping rejections fail the same way on retry, so drop them
+                elastalert_logger.error("Dropping alert %s for rule %s, rejected by Elasticsearch: %s",
+                                        alert_id, self.rule['detection_public_id'], response.text[:500])
+                continue
+            if response.status_code != 409 and not response.ok:
+                raise EAException(f"Unable to write alert: {response.status_code} {response.text[:500]}")
 
     def get_info(self):
         return {'type': 'SecurityOnionESAlerter'}
diff --git a/salt/elastalert/soc_elastalert.yaml b/salt/elastalert/soc_elastalert.yaml
index 123ead697..3d848e5af 100644
--- a/salt/elastalert/soc_elastalert.yaml
+++ b/salt/elastalert/soc_elastalert.yaml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ elastalert:
         helpLink: elastalert
     old_query_limit:
       minutes:
-        description: Amount of time in minutes between queries to start at the most recently run query.
+        description: How long ElastAlert can be down, in minutes, and still resume each rule where it stopped. After a longer outage, rules restart from now and skip the gap.
         global: True
         helpLink: elastalert
     es_conn_timeout:
diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index f67a01df9..38fcd31b8 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -1160,6 +1160,7 @@ elasticsearch:
         - so-fleet_agent_id_verification-1
         - so-logs-mappings
         - so-logs-settings
+        - detections-alerts-mappings
         data_stream:
           allow_custom_routing: false
           hidden: false
diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/so/detection-mappings.json b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/so/detection-mappings.json
index 4dd5b45e7..1098e440a 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/so/detection-mappings.json
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/so/detection-mappings.json
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@
               "ignore_above": 1024,
               "type": "keyword"
             },
+            "ruleType": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "correlationType": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "correlationTimespan": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
             "content": {
               "type": "text"
             },
diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/so/detections-alerts-mappings.json b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/so/detections-alerts-mappings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5b536ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/so/detections-alerts-mappings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+{
+  "template": {
+    "mappings": {
+      "properties": {
+        "tags": {
+          "ignore_above": 1024,
+          "type": "keyword"
+        },
+        "sigma_level": {
+          "ignore_above": 1024,
+          "type": "keyword"
+        },
+        "rule": {
+          "properties": {
+            "name": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "uuid": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "category": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "product": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "service": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "correlation": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "summary": {
+              "type": "match_only_text",
+              "fields": {
+                "keyword": {
+                  "ignore_above": 1024,
+                  "type": "keyword"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "event": {
+          "properties": {
+            "severity": {
+              "type": "long"
+            },
+            "severity_label": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "module": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "dataset": {
+              "ignore_above": 1024,
+              "type": "keyword"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "event_data": {
+          "properties": {
+            "@timestamp": {
+              "type": "date"
+            },
+            "window_start": {
+              "type": "date"
+            },
+            "event_count": {
+              "type": "long"
+            },
+            "value_count": {
+              "type": "long"
+            },
+            "event_type_count": {
+              "type": "long"
+            },
+            "value_sum": {
+              "type": "double"
+            },
+            "value_avg": {
+              "type": "double"
+            },
+            "value_percentile": {
+              "type": "double"
+            },
+            "value_median": {
+              "type": "double"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "_meta": {
+    "description": "Fields written by the ElastAlert SecurityOnionESAlerter to logs-detections.alerts-so"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 6a2af1c2d..79d2ff3e1 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1183,6 +1183,11 @@ up_to_3.4.0() {
   echo "Removing so-kratos, so-hydra and so-soc so they are recreated on the soauth network."
   docker rm -f so-kratos so-hydra so-soc >> $SOUP_LOG 2>&1
 
+  # Extract the Sigma rule type for existing detections (Single vs. Correlation)
+  mkdir -p /opt/so/conf/soc/migrations
+  echo "0" > /opt/so/conf/soc/migrations/elastalert-migration-3.4.0
+  chown -R socore:socore /opt/so/conf/soc/migrations
+
   INSTALLEDVERSION=3.4.0
 }
 
diff --git a/salt/soc/defaults.yaml b/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
index 763768d72..1296fe48e 100644
--- a/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
@@ -1467,6 +1467,8 @@ soc:
             - emerging_threats_addon
           useEsql: false
           esqlCaseInsensitive: true
+          esqlQueryDelaySeconds: 30
+          esqlCorrelationAllowanceSeconds: 600
         elastic:
           hostUrl:
           remoteHostUrls: []
@@ -2671,8 +2673,11 @@ soc:
               query: "so_detection.language:suricata | groupby so_detection.ruleset so_detection.isEnabled | groupby so_detection.category"
               description: Show all NIDS Detections, which are run with Suricata
             - name: "Detection Type - Sigma (Elastalert) - All"
-              query: "so_detection.language:sigma | groupby so_detection.ruleset so_detection.isEnabled | groupby so_detection.category | groupby so_detection.product"
+              query: "so_detection.language:sigma | groupby so_detection.ruleType | groupby so_detection.ruleset so_detection.isEnabled | groupby so_detection.category | groupby so_detection.product"
               description: Show all Sigma Detections, which are run with Elastalert
+            - name: "Detection Type - Sigma (Elastalert) - Correlations"
+              query: "so_detection.ruleType:correlation | groupby so_detection.correlationType so_detection.isEnabled | groupby so_detection.correlationTimespan | groupby so_detection.ruleset"
+              description: Show Sigma correlation Detections
             - name: "Detection Type - YARA (Strelka)"
               query: "so_detection.language:yara | groupby so_detection.ruleset so_detection.isEnabled"
               description: Show all YARA detections, which are used by Strelka
@@ -2756,7 +2761,7 @@ soc:
             elastalert: |
               # This is a Sigma rule template, which uses YAML. Replace all template values with your own values.
               # The id (UUIDv4) is pregenerated and can safely be used.
-              # Click "Convert" to convert the Sigma rule to use Security Onion field mappings within an EQL query
+              # Click "Convert" to convert the Sigma rule to use Security Onion field mappings within a backend query
               #
               # Rule Creation Guide: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/wiki/Rule-Creation-High%E2%80%90Level-Guide
               # Logsources: https://sigmahq.io/docs/basics/log-sources.html
@@ -2786,6 +2791,58 @@ soc:
                           - ' -priv'
                   condition: all of selection_*
               level: 'high'  # info | low | medium | high | critical
+            elastalert_correlation: |
+              # Sigma correlation rule; requires ES|QL (useEsql).
+              # The first document is the correlation (id, title, severity); the documents after it are the rules it refers to, all in this Detection.
+              #
+              # Supported types: event_count, value_count, temporal, value_sum, value_avg, value_percentile, value_median.
+              # Correlation Guide: https://sigmahq.io/docs/meta/correlations.html
+              # Logsources: https://sigmahq.io/docs/basics/log-sources.html
+
+              title: 'A Short Capitalized Title With Less Than 50 Characters'
+              id: [publicId]
+              status: 'experimental'
+              description: |
+                  Describe what the correlation finds and, importantly, why relating these
+                  events is more meaningful than either of them alone.
+              references:
+                - 'https://local.invalid'
+              author: '@SecurityOnion'
+              date: '[today]'
+              tags:
+                - detection.threat_hunting
+                - attack.technique_id
+              correlation:
+                  type: value_count
+                  rules:
+                      - example_base_rule  # matches the 'name' of the document below
+                  group-by:
+                      - source.ip
+                  # Xs, Xm, Xh, Xd or Xw.
+                  timespan: 10m
+                  condition:
+                      field: dns.query.name
+                      gte: 40
+              falsepositives:
+                - 'Describe the benign activity that also produces this pattern'
+              # Placeholders: %count%, %start%, %end%, %duration%, and group-by or field values.
+              summary: '%count% distinct names queried by %source.ip% in %duration%'
+              level: 'medium'  # info | low | medium | high | critical
+              ---
+              title: 'Base Event'
+              # The correlation refers to this rule by 'name' (or by 'id').
+              name: example_base_rule
+              description: 'The single event that the correlation aggregates.'
+              logsource:
+                category: network
+                service: dns
+              detection:
+                  selection:
+                      dns.query.name|exists: true
+                  condition: selection
+              # Carried into the alert.
+              fields:
+                - dns.query.name
         assistant:
           enabled: false
           investigationPrompt: Investigate Alert ID {socId}
diff --git a/salt/soc/files/soc/sigma_so_pipeline.yaml b/salt/soc/files/soc/sigma_so_pipeline.yaml
index ae867be49..910e0d7c6 100644
--- a/salt/soc/files/soc/sigma_so_pipeline.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/files/soc/sigma_so_pipeline.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ transformations:
         - process.args
         - related.ip
         - dns.resolved_ip
+    # Always lowercase, so matched exactly; the backend can then use the indexed ':' operator.
+    - id: case_sensitive_categorization_fields
+      type: set_state
+      key: case_insensitive_exempt_fields
+      val:
+        - tags
+        - event.category
+        - event.type
+        - event.kind
     - id: esql_default_index
       type: set_state
       key: index
diff --git a/salt/soc/merged.map.jinja b/salt/soc/merged.map.jinja
index 452fba0b9..a1b25ff1e 100644
--- a/salt/soc/merged.map.jinja
+++ b/salt/soc/merged.map.jinja
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 {% from 'elasticsearch/config.map.jinja' import ELASTICSEARCH_NODES %}
 {% from 'manager/map.jinja' import MANAGERMERGED %}
 {% from 'telegraf/map.jinja' import TELEGRAFMERGED %}
+{% from 'elastalert/map.jinja' import ELASTALERTMERGED %}
 {%- set PG_ENTRY = salt['pillar.get']('telegraf:postgres_creds:' ~ grains.id, {}) %}
 {%- set PG_USER = PG_ENTRY.get('user', '') %}
 {%- set PG_PASS = PG_ENTRY.get('pass', '') %}
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@
 {%   do SOCMERGED.config.server.modules.elastalertengine.update({'enabledSigmaRules': SOCMERGED.config.server.modules.elastalertengine.enabledSigmaRules.default}) %}
 {% endif %}
 
+{# correlation schedules follow ElastAlert's run_every #}
+{% set run_every = ELASTALERTMERGED.config.run_every %}
+{% do SOCMERGED.config.server.modules.elastalertengine.update({'elastAlertRunEverySeconds': run_every.get('minutes', 0) * 60 + run_every.get('seconds', 0)}) %}
+
 {# set elastalertengine.rulesRepos, strelkaengine.rulesRepos, and suricataengine.rulesetSources based on airgap or not #}
 {% if GLOBALS.airgap %}
 {%   do SOCMERGED.config.server.modules.elastalertengine.update({'rulesRepos': SOCMERGED.config.server.modules.elastalertengine.rulesRepos.airgap}) %}
diff --git a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
index 365775259..c6eab6c1d 100644
--- a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
@@ -409,6 +409,18 @@ soc:
             global: True
             advanced: True
             forcedType: bool
+          esqlQueryDelaySeconds:
+            description: "Seconds ES|QL rules search behind now, so unsearchable events aren't missed. Delays alerts by the same amount. Set at least the longest index refresh interval. ES|QL only."
+            global: True
+            advanced: True
+            forcedType: int
+            helpLink: sigma
+          esqlCorrelationAllowanceSeconds:
+            description: "Extra seconds of arrivals each correlation run re-reads beyond its timespan, so a burst whose events arrive spread out is still counted together. ES|QL only."
+            global: True
+            advanced: True
+            forcedType: int
+            helpLink: sigma
         elastic:
           index:
             description: Comma-separated list of indices or index patterns (wildcard "*" supported) that SOC will search for records.