Splunk Enterprise Security

Splunk ES correlation searches problem

BAPA157
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Hello,

I have figured out a strange behavior of Splunk correlation searches. I'm using Splunk Enterprise version 7.0.1 and ES version 4.7.4.
I created a new app to store my custom correlation searches and ensured that it is accepted by Enterprise Security by naming it TA-custom-correlation-searches.
Inside that app I created under local a savedsearches.conf configuration with the following content.

#comment1

[Threat - correlation_search_1 - Rule] 
configuration1=... 
configuration2=... 
....

#comment2
#comment3
#comment4
#comment5

[Threat - corelation_search_2 - Rule] 
configuration1=... 
configuration2=... 
....

#comment6

Both correlation searches work as expected. At this point everything is fine.
Now, I disable both correlation searches in the ES app under Content Management and afterwards I took a look into my savedsearches.conf:

#comment1

[Threat - correlation_search_1 - Rule] 
configuration1=...
configuration2=...
....


[Threat - corelation_search_2 - Rule]
configuration1=...
configuration2=...
....

#comment6

Splunk deleted all comments between the two correlation searches.
Did somebody figure out the same issue?
Thank you for your help.

Best regards,
Patrick

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