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  • integration/ai/mcp/index.md: removed the Enterprise-only note and added an availability admonition (MCP server available in Open Source, Enterprise Edition, and Cloud; OAuth 2.0 sign-in available in Enterprise Edition with Dex). Added an Authentication section covering Basic authentication and the OAuth 2.0 sign-in flow with its server requirements. Added a permission-scoping warning for Open Source instances. Documented agent_options for SearchSQL (output_format, mode: partition), including setting the tool call's detail to full when using output_format. Added a bullet on running the latest release under Security considerations.
  • integration/ai/mcp/claude.md: noted the OAuth sign-in option, updated the last-updated date, removed a horizontal rule.
  • enterprise-setup/enterprise-features.md: replaced the MCP server entry with OAuth 2.0 sign-in for MCP (Dex as identity provider), linking to the MCP page.
  • user-guide/data-exploration/traces/traces.md: documented the trace detail tabs (Waterfall as default, Flame Graph, Trace Graph, and DAG/Thread for traces with LLM spans), drag-to-reorder with browser persistence, and renamed the Timeline/Service Map how-to to Waterfall and Trace Graph.
  • features/distributed-tracing.md: replaced Gantt wording with waterfall views and trace graphs.
  • user-guide/data-exploration/logs/logs.md: documented the Source Details panel (Table tab as default, JSON tab, draggable tabs, correlated Logs/Metrics/Traces tabs in Enterprise Edition when telemetry correlation is enabled). Added a Share a Search section and a Query error handling section (Field not found / Function not defined states).
  • user-guide/analytics/dashboards/dashboards-in-openobserve.md: documented the Import dropdown options: Custom (JSON file or URL), Templates (Add Dashboard from Gallery drawer), and the Migrate from Datadog/Grafana/Kibana/CloudWatch links.
  • user-guide/analytics/dashboards/config/index.md: updated the Config description to the sidebar layout with collapsed-by-default sections, the Search config bar, and the expand/collapse-all toggle.
  • user-guide/account-administration/management/sensitive-data-redaction.md: documented that Sensitive Data Redaction applies to trace streams (span attributes are flattened to top-level fields). Availability reads: available only in Enterprise Edition and Cloud.
  • user-guide/account-administration/cloud-ai-credits.md: documented per-organization credit limits: the Set AI credits flow in Organization Management (_meta organization) and PUT /api/_meta/ai/usage_limit. Availability admonition: available only in OpenObserve Cloud.
  • administration/configuration/environment-variables.md: added ZO_FILE_FORMAT (parquet or vortex, with format-switching behavior) and ZO_VORTEX_THREAD_NUM.
  • Style pass on all touched pages: removed em and en dashes, horizontal rules between sections, blocklist words, and hedging language.

…ault, SDR for traces, AI credit limits, Vortex env vars)

- MCP: remove Enterprise-only note (server is OSS now), add Authentication
  section with OAuth 2.0 sign-in flow (Enterprise + Dex), OSS permission-scoping
  warning, agent_options usage for SearchSQL incl. detail=full caveat
- Enterprise features list: replace MCP server entry with OAuth 2.0 sign-in for MCP
- Traces: Waterfall is the default trace view; document tab set (Waterfall,
  Flame Graph, Trace Graph, DAG/Thread for LLM spans) and drag-to-reorder
- Logs: Source Details drawer (Table tab default, draggable tabs), Share Link,
  query error states for unknown fields/functions
- Dashboards: Import dropdown (Custom, Templates gallery drawer, migration
  links), redesigned Config sidebar (collapsed sections, search, toggle all)
- Sensitive Data Redaction: applies to trace streams as well as logs
- AI Credits: per-organization limits, _meta Organization Management flow and
  PUT /api/_meta/ai/usage_limit
- Env vars: add ZO_FILE_FORMAT (parquet/vortex) and ZO_VORTEX_THREAD_NUM
- Style pass: remove em/en dashes, horizontal rules, blocklist words, hedging
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!!! info "Availability"
This feature is available in Enterprise Edition and Cloud. Not available in Open Source.
This feature is available in Enterprise Edition and Cloud.

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when did we add SDR in oss , can u confirm this ? afaik the update was: Sensitive-data redaction now applies to traces too, not just logs.

AI Credits are a pool of free credits that each OpenObserve Cloud organization can spend on AI-powered features such as AI chat and incident analysis.

> **Note**: AI Credits apply to **OpenObserve Cloud only**. They are not available in self-hosted deployments.
> **Note**: AI Credits apply to **OpenObserve Cloud only**.

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when did we start giving ai credits in OSS versions ??

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this auto generated thing has backfired, verify them across actual PRs

…ntry

- sensitive-data-redaction.md: availability reads available only in Enterprise
  Edition and Cloud
- cloud-ai-credits.md: replace the note with an availability admonition,
  available only in OpenObserve Cloud
- enterprise-features.md: MCP entry lists only the Enterprise-side feature
  (OAuth 2.0 sign-in with Dex) and links to the MCP page
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