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Mention internal user _async_search in docs #89050

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Mention `_async_search` internal user which was added in 7.7
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Merge branch 'main' into doc/internal-user_async_search
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions x-pack/docs/en/security/authentication/internal-users.asciidoc
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[[internal-users]]
=== Internal users

The {stack-security-features} use three _internal_ users (`_system`, `_xpack`,
and `_xpack_security`), which are responsible for the operations that take place
inside an {es} cluster.
The {stack-security-features} use four _internal_ users (`_system`, `_xpack`,
`_xpack_security`, and `_async_search`), which are responsible for the operations
that take place inside an {es} cluster.

These users are only used by requests that originate from within the cluster.
For this reason, they cannot be used to authenticate against the API and there
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