OpenSearch Project

If faster vector search, reduced storage requirements, and more powerful observability are on your list, OpenSearch 3.9 is worth a look. Read the blog for the full breakdown of what’s new in OpenSearch 3.9: https://opensearch.org/blog/get-to-know-opensearch-3-9/

We caught up with Dmitry Kan and Tony Piazza from Aiven at OpenSearchCon NA. Thanks to Aiven for sponsoring the event, sharing their expertise in a keynote, and supporting the open source community. Watch their keynote here: https://bit.ly/4A2eDrb

OpenSearch 3.9 is here, and Command-K is just the beginning. OpenSearch Ambassador Eric Pugh walks through what’s new: smarter trace visualization, unified alerting, faster neural sparse search, improved vector compression, and more. See what’s new in OpenSearch 3.9: https://bit.ly/4iFppxn

We're at AGNTCon + MCPCon NA! Stop by the OpenSearch booth! And don't miss Anirudha Jadhav and Shenoy Pratik Gurudatt tomorrow as they break down how a shared MCP architecture connects alerts, traces, logs, and dashboards. Session: https://bit.ly/4z5kuvK

According to the 2026 Open Data Infrastructure Report, 62% of OpenSearch users already run AI workloads, yet only 36% consider their deployments mission-critical. At OSSummit EU, OpenSearch's Bianca Lewis discussed what’s driving adoption. Read Diginomica's latest analysis: https://bit.ly/4Bd0uJ7

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Embed 1B is making agentic search more relevant without adding end-to-end latency. In OpenSearch benchmarks, Nemotron improved retrieval relevance by 65% for neural search and 31% for hybrid search compared to bge-m3. Read on: https://bit.ly/4ibsjZC

Akamai migrated to OpenSearch to reduce licensing costs and gain greater control over its analytics infra. With proactive monitoring through NeverBlink AI and expert support from BigData Boutique, its SRE team can identify and resolve issues in minutes. https://bit.ly/4sdjjYm

At All Things Open, OpenSearch Ambassador @horovits.bsky.social took the stage to explore how OpenSearch, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry are joining forces for better observability, while fellow Ambassador Eric Pugh kept the community convos going at the booth. Join: https://bit.ly/4uvW77w

News from #OpenSearchCon about the work my friend Sokratis Papadopoulos & team are doing over at CERN. Mind-blowing scale & #OpenSearch is the platform they trust to make this work. #opensource #OpenSearchAmbassador securitybrief.com.au/story/cern-e...

Your first PR could be your maintainer origin story. OpenSearch's Contribution Ladder makes it easier to go from first-time contributor to community leader, with a clear path to grow your impact. Ready to level up? See how to climb the ladder: https://bit.ly/4yAGddU

At OpenSearchCon NA 2026, we caught up with Emma Gauthier from IBM to discuss how contributors are improving OpenSearch efficiency at scale. As a member of the OpenSearch Software Foundation and Gold Sponsor of this year's event, IBM continues to contribute to the technology behind OpenSearch.

At Open Source Summit Europe, OpenSearch leaders discussed how storing agent memory alongside retrieval helps developers simplify context management. Read ECI Research’s take on OpenSearch and the AI maturity gap: https://bit.ly/4jl15Sr

Chanpreet Singh and Shatakshi Pandey explore how to build search-confidence guardrails with OpenSearch using confidence scoring and knowing when not to act. Because better search results aren't enough if your agent doesn't know when to say, "I don't know." Read: https://bit.ly/4ilzhMG

Your metrics tell you something broke, but finding out why shouldn't mean jumping between dashboards. The new OpenSearch data source plugin for Perses brings logs, metrics, and traces into one view. Read the blog: https://bit.ly/4jjxbOt

At OpenSearchCon NA, Grand Prize winner Ciki Zeng shared the story behind unclosed, an OpenSearch agent skill built around one question: What if AI had to prove its conclusions before calling an investigation complete? Read to learn more: https://bit.ly/4hJyZix

“Search is having a moment.” Now, it’s becoming foundational to AI infrastructure. From hybrid search and vector retrieval to the context AI agents need, OpenSearch is evolving beyond traditional search to support increasingly complex AI workloads.

Last week at Open Source Summit Europe, OpenSearch sponsored the event, connected with the community at our booth, and explored agentic search on stage with OpenSearch Ambassadors u @horovits.bsky.social and Aswath N Srinivasan. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and made it a great week!

Alert rules multiplying faster than your services? See how OpenSearch uses PPL + Unified Alerting to correlate logs, metrics, and traces, centralize routing, and cut false-positive noise without sacrificing coverage. Watch the live technical demo on demand → https://bit.ly/4y6mPVZ

Already in Prague for Open Source Summit Europe? 👀 Keep the week going at OpenSearch Prague Meetup #1 tomorrow, October 8. Search, observability, lightning talks + food and drinks with the community. 📍 Novotel Praha Wenceslas Square 🕕 18:00 Register: https://bit.ly/4doxow3

Stephanie Walter, Practice Leader – AI Stack at HyperFRAME Research, breaks down how OpenSearch is becoming a retrieval and context layer for enterprise AI. Because better AI starts with better retrieval. Read her take → https://bit.ly/4hB5G0g

OpenSearch is leveling up for the agentic AI era. AWS, Intel, CERN, IBM, Aiven, Uber, SAP, Portal26, and the OpenSearch Software Foundation covered retrieval, memory, observability, security, scale, and what it takes to make AI trustworthy in production. Full recap → https://bit.ly/4APmXvu

Add resource-level access controls without coupling your plugin to Security. In OpenSearch 3.9, plugin pages can expose sharing controls for detectors, monitors, model groups, workflows, and more through a simple placeholder element. Blog: https://bit.ly/4hVuG3A

Brian Graf came for the search. Stayed for the community. From his first OpenSearchCon to diving into vector search, hybrid retrieval, and RAG, hear what made Brian want to keep building with OpenSearch and become an Ambassador along the way. Meet Brian Graf → https://youtu.be/p62T-bg33yQ

We’re grateful to see OpenSearch featured as the Analytics & Data Intelligence Solutions winner in the 2026–2027 SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer’s Guide! Thank you to the SiliconANGLE & theCUBE team and this year’s judging panel for the recognition. https://bit.ly/3TwW0M7.

Your Store Wizards moved Search Magic to OpenSearch in under 12 hours, with NetApp Instaclustr managing the infrastructure behind it. Now they’re handling millions of queries a week across hundreds of stores. Fast search. Less cluster babysitting. More time to build. https://bit.ly/3Tp3Szu

OpenSearch Kubernetes Operator 3.0 is now GA. Nearly 60 test playbooks. Close to 50 bugs caught between alpha and GA. And a much stronger foundation for running OpenSearch on Kubernetes in production. Read: https://bit.ly/4ygn95f

The OpenSearch Certified Associate (OSCA) certification is coming in Q3 2026. Designed for beginners, OSCA validates foundational OpenSearch knowledge through an online, proctored multiple-choice exam. Be among the first to know when registration opens. Sign up for OSCA updates today.

It's a wrap. Kris Freedain, Patti Juric, and James McIntyre going live now closing out OpenSearchCon North America. Join now > https://bit.ly/47ig2xa

Wolfgang Theilmann, SAP, is live now at OpenSearchCon North America, talking enterprise observability with OpenSearch. Join now > https://bit.ly/47ig2xa

Watch Mingmin Chen, Uber, live at OpenSearchCon North America now, sharing how Uber puts OpenSearch to work at scale. Join now > https://bit.ly/47ig2xa

Right now on the OpenSearchCon North America stage: Carl Meadows, AWS, and Bianca Lewis, OpenSearch Software Foundation, opening day three. Join now > https://bit.ly/47ig2xa

Closing out OpenSearchCon North America today: keynotes from Carl Meadows (AWS), Bianca Lewis (OpenSearch Software Foundation), Mingmin Chen (Uber), and Wolfgang Theilmann (SAP). Live at 9 a.m. PT: https://bit.ly/47ig2xa

There are badges, and then there are Kris Freedain and Cedric Pelvet’s badges. The flair game at OpenSearchCon NA is strong.

Our definition of crowdsurfing. Day 2 of OpenSearchCon NA — community connections with one fist bump at a time.

Karthik Mariappan, Portal26, just stepped up at OpenSearchCon North America to ask the encryption questions nobody's asking about AI's memory. Join now > https://bit.ly/4rrhnuZ

Live now at OpenSearchCon North America: Dmitry Kan and Tony Piazza, Aiven, on their ambition for OpenSearch everywhere, for everyone. Join now > https://bit.ly/4rrhnuZ

Pushkala Pattabhiraman, IBM, is on stage right now at OpenSearchCon North America, making the case for OpenSearch as the retrieval engine behind the AI era. Join now > https://bit.ly/4rrhnuZ

Day two of OpenSearchCon North America streams live this morning, with keynotes from Pushkala Pattabhiraman (IBM),Dmitry Kan and Tony Piazza (Aiven), and Karthik Mariappan (Portal26). Tune in at 9 a.m. PT: https://bit.ly/4rrhnuZ

Search Party is in motion, and the OpenSearchCon NA crowd did not come to quietly network. The cowboy hats are out, the cake is getting claimed, and the room has officially shifted from conference mode to party mode. A very solid way to end the day with the OpenSearch community.

Day 1 of OpenSearchCon NA! 🚀 OpenSearch Ambassador Amanda Katona as emcee, followed by keynotes: - Tia White on the next five years of OpenSearch. - Bill Pearson on Intel + OpenSearch co-design. - Sokratis Papadopoulos on ten years of search at CERN and operating OpenSearch. See you tomorrow!

Global AI implementation is peaking—83% of orgs are running AI workloads, and 71% are prioritizing vendor-neutral data platforms to prevent lock-in & control costs. Read the 2026 Open Data Infrastructure Report by @opensearch.org and @linuxfoundation.org: https://bit.ly/4yaGJzZ

Tune in now as Sokratis Papadopoulos, CERN, shares ten years of search at particle-physics scale, live at OpenSearchCon North America. Join live now > https://youtube.com/live/WLxdiykbV4s?feature=share

Bill Pearson, Intel, just took the OpenSearchCon North America stage to talk Intel and OpenSearch co-designing the future of search and analytics. Join live now > https://youtube.com/live/WLxdiykbV4s?feature=share

Join us live now as Tia White, AWS, prepares to take the stage at OpenSearchCon North America to discuss the next five years of speed, collaboration, and the future we're building together. Join live now > https://bit.ly/4Aq7HVx

🎉 #OpenSearchCon North America starts TOMORROW in San Jose! Still time to register and join the community shaping the future of open source search, observability, and AI. Register: https://bit.ly/3NXhWNN

The OpenSearch Software Foundation is excited to welcome 11 new Ambassadors to the community. Meet them and learn how to apply: https://bit.ly/4xG1L8d

The OpenSearch Software Foundation is excited to welcome 11 new Ambassadors to the community. Meet them and learn how to apply: https://bit.ly/4xG1L8d

OpenSearch's TSC year in review is out: expanded voting rights for all maintainers, 2 new TAGs (Security + Search), a FIPS 140-3 target set for release 3.6, and full SPDX license scanning across every repo. New committee members through 2028, new chair coming in October. https://bit.ly/4hD9jmz

5 days left until OpenSearchCon NA (Sept 22-24). Connect with the people shaping open source search. And celebrate 5 years of OpenSearch with the community, including a $250 certification course voucher for every attendee. Register: https://bit.ly/4x5tPSo

5 days until #OpenSearchCon North America! CTOs, engineers, SREs, and architects from AWS, Apple, CERN, IBM, Intel, Uber & more are already registered. See who you'll be in the room with. See who's attending: https://bit.ly/4fgjXzF Register: https://bit.ly/3NXhWNN