Skip to content

Recommend OpenSearch alongside Elasticsearch for Visibility - #5201

Open
austonli wants to merge 2 commits into
mainfrom
docs/opensearch-recommendation-parity
Open

Recommend OpenSearch alongside Elasticsearch for Visibility#5201
austonli wants to merge 2 commits into
mainfrom
docs/opensearch-recommendation-parity

Conversation

@austonli

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Contributor

Summary

  • The self-hosted Visibility compatibility matrix labeled Elasticsearch as "Recommended for any setup that spawns more than a few Workflow Executions" but didn't say the same for OpenSearch, even though both are equivalent options for the Visibility store (server v1.30.1+ supports OpenSearch 2+).
  • Adds the same recommendation note to the OpenSearch row so the two are presented symmetrically, matching guidance already given elsewhere on the page (e.g. the Cassandra migration section and the Elasticsearch/OpenSearch integration guide).

Raised internally in Slack: Eng confirmed ES and OpenSearch are functionally equivalent for visibility, so users should be free to pick either without the docs implying ES is preferred.

Test plan

  • Docs build passes
  • Table renders correctly on the self-hosted Visibility page

Elasticsearch and OpenSearch are equivalent options for the self-hosted
Visibility store, but the compatibility matrix only called out
Elasticsearch as recommended. Add the same guidance to the OpenSearch row.
@austonli
austonli requested a review from a team as a code owner August 28, 2026 13:46
Copilot AI balanced review requested due to automatic review settings August 28, 2026 13:46
@vercel

vercel Bot commented Aug 28, 2026

Copy link
Copy Markdown

The latest updates on your projects. Learn more about Vercel for GitHub.

Project Deployment Actions Updated (UTC)
temporal-documentation Ready Ready Preview Aug 28, 2026 1:57pm

Request Review

Copilot AI left a comment

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Contributor

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Pull request overview

Adds equivalent Visibility guidance for OpenSearch and Elasticsearch.

Changes:

  • Recommends OpenSearch for setups with more than a few Workflow Executions.

💡 Add a code-review agent skill or configure MCP servers for context-aware, tailored reviews. Learn more in the docs.

@github-actions

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Contributor

📖 Docs PR preview links

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

None yet

Projects

None yet

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

3 participants