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Introducing OpenSearch 3.6

April 7, 2026
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Community

Introducing the 2026-2027 OpenSearch Ambassadors

March 31, 2026
Today, we are proud to welcome 10 new ambassadors, expanding the OpenSearch Ambassador Program and building on what this program has already helped us establish.
Community Technical

OpenSearch Agent Health: Open-source observability and evaluation for AI agents

March 5, 2026
Discover why AI agents fail in silence and how OpenSearch Agent Health solves it with open-source trace observability, automated benchmarking, and LLM judge evaluation.
Community

The magic of open source: Real-time problem solving at the OpenSearch booth

December 10, 2025
There is something special about the energy at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, with thousands of cloud-native enthusiasts, cutting-edge technology, and the unmistakable buzz of innovation.
Community

Technical Steering Committee: Reflecting on our first year

October 17, 2025
As we mark the first anniversary of the OpenSearch Software Foundation’s Technical Steering Committee (TSC), it’s important to celebrate the milestones we’ve achieved and acknowledge the dedicated individuals who helped...
Community

My first OpenSearchCon: Notes from the front row

October 9, 2025
What does it feel like to attend OpenSearchCon for the very first time?  When I walked in, I was nervous. I’ve been working in infrastructure and observability, but this was...
Community

Optimizing e-commerce applications through OpenSearch

October 3, 2025
Search functionality is the cornerstone of any successful e-commerce platform. It’s the point of connection between customers and your product catalog. Your store’s search features directly influence the user experience,...
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Community

How to write better blog posts with the OpenSearch Writing Assistant

September 23, 2025
Learn how the OpenSearch Writing Assistant helps contributors draft clear, accurate blog posts faster, with practical tips and real before-and-after examples.
Community

How to start contributing to OpenSearch: A beginner’s guide based on my journey

September 22, 2025
How to start contributing to OpenSearch: A beginner’s guide based on my journey OpenSearch is a powerful open-source search and analytics engine that empowers developers and organizations to build scalable,...
Community Technical

Measuring and improving search quality metrics

September 17, 2025
From observing change to measuring search quality In the first post of this three-part series, we focused on how to measure change when switching from one search configuration to another....
Community

Announcing OpenSearch Observability TAG: Shaping Open Source Observability Together

September 16, 2025
Shaping the future of open source observability with the OpenSearch Observability TAG OpenSearch is helping developers gain the visibility they need into their applications and infrastructure, making it easier to...
Community Technical

Lucene-on-Faiss: Powering OpenSearch’s high-performance, memory-efficient vector search

September 15, 2025
Learn how a hybrid approach that takes the best from Lucene and Faiss achieves better performance.
Community Technical

Breaking the single-thread bottleneck: Concurrent vector graph construction in OpenSearch

September 3, 2025
How DataStax and the OpenSearch community achieved near-linear scalability for vector index construction through lock-free concurrent graph building Vector search has become the backbone of modern AI applications, from semantic...
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Community

SAP Unifies Observability at Scale with OpenSearch and OpenTelemetry

August 22, 2025
Executive Takeaway To support its vast cloud ecosystem, SAP is advancing its observability strategy with a strong focus on open standards. A key pillar of this strategy is SAP Cloud...
Community Technical

Taking your first steps towards search relevance

August 13, 2025
OpenSearch 3.1 introduces the Search Relevance Workbench, a comprehensive toolkit that helps improve and fine-tune your search relevance through experimentation.
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Community

Unpacking OpenSearch 3.0: AI, observability, and governance on the OpenObservability Talks podcast

August 8, 2025
Dotan Horovits talks with Carl Meadows and Pallavi Priyadarshini about how the May 2025 launch of OpenSearch 3.0 reflects the project’s evolution under Linux Foundation governance.
OpenSearch AI
Community Technical

Using OpenSearch for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

August 7, 2025
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) boosts large language model performance by grounding responses in real-time data. Learn how OpenSearch enables scalable, accurate, and trusted RAG solutions.
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Community

Bringing Fulfillment into Focus: How KRUU Uses OpenSearch for Real-Time Monitoring

July 25, 2025
At KRUU, Europe’s leading photo booth rental provider, smooth logistics are critical to customer satisfaction. The company’s signature product, a rentable, shippable photo booth for weddings and special events, is...
Community

Vector-Powered, AI-Ready: How OpenSearch and Freshworks Are Shaping the Future of Search

June 25, 2025
The buzz at OpenSearchCon India was electric. And for good reason. In a packed keynote session, leaders from AWS and Freshworks unpacked how search is evolving in the age of...
Community Technical

OpenSearch Project update: Performance progress in OpenSearch 3.0

May 14, 2025
OpenSearch 3.0 delivers major performance improvements, including 10x faster search queries, 2.5x vector search boost, and GPU acceleration. Learn about key enhancements and the future roadmap.
Community

Generative AI: OpenSearch’s journey as an open-source search engine

March 26, 2025
Discover how OpenSearch's move to the Linux Foundation has accelerated its evolution into a generative AI search powerhouse. This post details community-led innovations in vector search, RAG, and core performance.