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Date	Change summary	Affected topics
August 14, 2026	Adds a migration guide for converting legacy Python and Node.js AI SDK call sites to the current handler-based SDKs.	Migrate from the legacy AI SDKs
August 14, 2026	Publishes the Java AI SDK reference.	Java AI SDK reference
August 13, 2026	Rewrites the Python and Node.js AI SDK reference topics for the new, more opinionated SDK that handles provider routing, client setup, and metrics tracking automatically. Publishes the previous reference as a separate topic for the legacy SDK, which is now in maintenance mode.	Python AI SDK reference, Python AI SDK (legacy), Node.js AI SDK reference, Node.js AI SDK reference (legacy)
August 13, 2026	Adds information about how LaunchDarkly groups LLM and agent spans into conversations. Corrects the list of standard LLM span attributes to use the normalized LaunchDarkly names.	LLM observability
August 13, 2026	Publishes a topic on instrumenting your application so LLM spans and conversations appear in the LaunchDarkly UI.	Instrumenting LLM applications
August 11, 2026	Updates the BigQuery Data Export topic to document workload identity federation authentication.	BigQuery Data Export
August 11, 2026	Updates the BigQuery native Experimentation topic to document workload identity federation authentication.	BigQuery native Experimentation
August 11, 2026	Adds documentation about installing and use the Vercel Marketplace integration to create a LaunchDarkly account and connect it to your Vercel project.	Vercel Marketplace
August 11, 2026	Publishes a topic about metric exemplars, which link points on an observability metric graph to the traces and sessions that produced them.	Metric exemplars, Recording metrics
August 10, 2026	Updates the live events documentation for the new events experience, including historical time ranges, event diagnostics, misconfigured flag keys, and setup troubleshooting.	Live events
August 10, 2026	Publishes a tutorial about using LiteLLM with AgentControl.	Use LaunchDarkly AgentControl to control model administration with LiteLLM
August 7, 2026	Adds information about how LaunchDarkly flattens nested track event properties so you can search for each individual value.	Search by track event properties
August 6, 2026	Publishes a topic on how to use symbolication to display human-readable stack traces for errors from mobile applications.	Symbolication for stack traces
August 4, 2026	Adds SQL language examples to help you understand each LaunchDarkly metric type.	Choosing a metric type
August 4, 2026	Adds documentation about exploring sample data added to new trial accounts.	Exploring sample data
August 4, 2026	Publishes a migration guide for the new Node.js (client-side) SDK version.	Node.js (client-side) SDK 3.x to 4.0 migration guide
August 3, 2026	Adds information about performing clustered analysis with Snowflake native experiments by selecting metric analysis units that are different from the experiment randomization unit.	Randomization units and metric analysis units
July 30, 2026	Updates a tutorial to use the hosted LaunchDarkly MCP server.	Create a feature flag in your IDE in 5 minutes with the LaunchDarkly MCP server
July 30, 2026	Publishes a topic about creating and testing an S3 destination for Data Export.	Amazon S3 Data Export
July 29, 2026	Publishes a tutorial on reviewing agent skills for security risks before an agent loads them, and gating unsafe skills in CI.	Uncover security risks in your agent skills before deploying
July 28, 2026	Adds information about creating Jira issues from observability alerts and errors.	Create Jira issues from observability data
July 27, 2026	Updates the Databricks Data Export topic to document the full-page setup flow and the read-only edit page.	Databricks Data Export
July 24, 2026	Adds information about the ability to bypass required approvals for segments.	Approvals, Role Actions
July 24, 2026	Documents the project setting that requires a team as the maintainer for new flags.	Project-level flag settings
July 22, 2026	Documents tap events and stable click IDs for the React Native observability plugin.	React Native SDK observability reference, Product analytics events
July 21, 2026	Publishes a topic on how to use audience-based releases to roll out changes to specific audiences in sequence.	Audience-based releases
July 21, 2026	Publishes a topic on how to create an audience-based release.	Create an audience-based release
July 21, 2026	Adds a migration guide for the LaunchDarkly Terraform provider.	Terraform provider v2.x to v3.0 migration guide
July 17, 2026	Consolidates release health check topic.	Health checks for releases
July 17, 2026	Publishes docs on agent optimization.	Agent optimization
July 15, 2026	Documents how to identify the pull requests that Vega creates during flag cleanup.	Vega for flag cleanup
July 14, 2026	Publishes a topic about validating which contexts were included in an experiment.	Validate experiment exposures
July 13, 2026	Updates the .NET AI SDK reference.	.NET AI SDK reference
July 13, 2026	Adds information about using the observability Traces page to view OpenTelemetry traces and spans.	Traces
July 6, 2026	Adds information about AgentControl’s model cost estimator.	The model cost estimator
July 6, 2026	Adds information about limiting token usage for offline evaluations.	Configure token limit
July 2, 2026	Documents the refreshed Redshift Data Export edit page, including the read-only setup script, staging bucket, and IAM role ARN views.	Redshift Data Export
June 29, 2026	Adds information about data saving mode for the Flutter SDK.	Data saving mode
June 26, 2026	Adds information about creating traces and product analytics events with the React Native Observability plugin.	React Native SDK observability reference
June 26, 2026	Updates the Redshift Data Export topic to document the new full-page setup procedure.	Redshift Data Export
June 25, 2026	Publishes a topic about creating ratio metrics for Snowflake native Experimentation.	Ratio metrics
June 25, 2026	Publishes a topic about setting up SDKs for Experimentation.	Experimentation
June 23, 2026	Publishes a guide on how to add LaunchDarkly observability and session replay to an Android application.	Getting started with observability for native Android
June 9, 2026	Publishes a topic about Sanity integration.	Sanity integration
June 22, 2026	Publishes a guide on building your first experiment.	Building your first experiment
June 22, 2026	Publishes a topic about creating and testing a ClickHouse destination for Data Export.	ClickHouse Data Export
June 16, 2026	Updates the product analytics events topic and the mobile observability references to document mobile product analytics, including app launches, app lifecycle events, and screen views.	Product analytics events, Android SDK observability reference, iOS SDK observability reference, Flutter SDK observability reference	Publishes a topic on guarded rollout regression detection.	Regression detection
June 10, 2026	Publishes a new topic about configuring metric winsorization for warehouse native Experimentation.	Metric winsorization
June 10, 2026	Publishes a topic about Relay Proxy deployment strategies.	Relay Proxy deployment strategies
June 8, 2026	Updates the data saving mode EAP topic with information about using the JavaScript, React Native, and React Web SDKs.	Data saving mode
June 8, 2026	Updates the data saving mode EAP topic with information about using the Android Client SDK version 5.13.	Data saving mode
June 2, 2026	Publishes a new topic to describe the Flutter SDK observability plugin.	Flutter SDK observability reference
June 2, 2026	Publishes a new topic to describe creating observability graphs.	Creating custom dashboards
June 2, 2026	SCIM-based user provisioning is now available to Okta customers on the LaunchDarkly European Union (EU) instance.	Okta
May 29, 2026	Adds documentation to describe metrics tools in the MCP server.	LaunchDarkly MCP server
May 28, 2026	Updates the application metadata configuration topic to document Relay Proxy version 8.17.8 support for propagating application metadata to LaunchDarkly.	Application metadata configuration
May 27, 2026	Adds a new tutorial on optimizing an AI agent to sound human and stay clear, scored by a detection service and an LLM judge, then shipping the winner with an experiment.	Optimize an AI agent to sound human, with a judge you own	Publishes a section of guides with brief explanations of how to use different features to get specific outcomes.	Cheatsheets
May 26, 2026	Updates SDK bootstrapping topic to focus on bootstrapping with server-provided flag data. Adds new SDK feature topic to describe caching context data to local storage.	Bootstrapping, Caching contexts to local storage
May 22, 2026	Updates the approvals topic with information about approvals for experiments.	Approvals
May 20, 2026	Adds documentation about how to add AgentControl configs to views, including new custom role actions.	Views, View actions
May 19, 2026	Adds documentation for configuring an evaluation delay for observability alerts.	Alerts
May 19, 2026	Documents additional span-level functions for trace search: `parent_span`, `root_span`, and `child_span`.	Search specification
May 19, 2026	Publishes new and updated documentation to support AgentControl release.	AgentControl
May 18, 2026	Publishes a topic on using the Observability metrics page.	Observability metrics
May 18, 2026	Publishes a topic about using metric measurement windows to reduce bias in warehouse native experiment results.	Metric measurement window
May 18, 2026	Updates the Snowflake Data Export topic to document the new full-page setup flow, including customizable Snowflake object names and the combined setup script.	Snowflake Data Export
May 12, 2026	Publishes a new topic about creating LaunchDarkly metrics from OpenTelemetry traces.	Creating metrics from traces
May 12, 2026	Publishes a guide on migrating from Statsig to LaunchDarkly Experimentation.	Migrating from Statsig to LaunchDarkly Experimentation
May 11, 2026	Documents new span-level functions in trace search: `any_span`, `any_span2`, `any_span3`, and `no_span`. These let you filter traces based on whether individual spans match a condition.	Search specification
May 11, 2026	Publishes a topic on setting up warehouse native Experimentation with BigQuery.	BigQuery native Experimentation
May 5, 2026	Adds documentation for using multiple SDK keys and new SDK key actions.	SDK credentials, SDK key actions
May 1, 2026	Publishes a topic on maintaining an IP allowlist.	IP allowlist

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