Merge pull request #2342 from splunk/pwilliams-o11ydocs-6479

pauljwil · web-flow · commit c31bc382d647 · 2024-10-01T15:11:14.000-07:00
Create Oct 1 release notes framework
diff --git a/apm/intro-to-apm.rst b/apm/intro-to-apm.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Introduction to Splunk APM
 
 Collect :ref:`traces and spans<apm-traces-spans>` to monitor your distributed applications with Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM). A trace is a collection of actions, or spans, that occur to complete a transaction. Splunk APM collects and analyzes every span and trace from each of the services that you have connected to Splunk Observability Cloud to give you full-fidelity access to all of your application data.
 
+To keep up to date with changes in APM, see the Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`release notes <release-notes-overview>`.
+
 For scenarios using Splunk APM, see :ref:`apm-scenarios-intro`.
 
 .. raw:: html
diff --git a/index.rst b/index.rst
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ Collect traces :ref:`get-started-cpp`
 :strong:`All supported integrations`
 View a list of all supported integrations :ref:`supported-data-sources`
 
+.. role:: icon-info
+.. rst-class:: newparawithicon
+
+:icon-info:`.` :strong:`Release notes`
+To keep up to date with changes in the products, see the Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`release notes <release-notes-overview>`.
+
 .. ----- This comment separates the landing page from the TOC -----
 
 .. toctree::
@@ -896,7 +902,13 @@ View a list of all supported integrations :ref:`supported-data-sources`
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth:   3
 
-   Integrations with Splunk On-Call TOGGLE <sp-oncall/spoc-integrations/integrations-main>   
+   Integrations with Splunk On-Call TOGGLE <sp-oncall/spoc-integrations/integrations-main>
+
+.. toctree::
+   :caption: Release notes
+   :maxdepth:   3
+
+   Release notes overview TOGGLE <release-notes/release-notes-overview.rst>   
 
 .. toctree::
    :caption: Reference and Legal
diff --git a/infrastructure/intro-to-infrastructure.rst b/infrastructure/intro-to-infrastructure.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Introduction to Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring
 
 Gain insights into and perform powerful, capable analytics on your infrastructure and resources across hybrid and multi-cloud environments with Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring. Infrastructure Monitoring offers support for a broad range of integrations for collecting all kinds of data, from system metrics for infrastructure components to custom data from your applications.
 
+To keep up to date with changes in Infrastructure Monitoring, see the Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`release notes <release-notes-overview>`.
 
 ==========================================================
 Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring hierarchy
diff --git a/logs/lo-connect-landing.rst b/logs/lo-connect-landing.rst
@@ -70,5 +70,6 @@ Splunk Log Observer Connect
 
 - :ref:`lo-connect-limits`
 
+To keep up to date with changes in Log Observer Connect, see the Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`release notes <release-notes-overview>`.
 
 If you do not have Log Observer Connect and instead use Log Observer, see :ref:`log-observer-landing`. 
diff --git a/release-notes/2024-10-01-rn.rst b/release-notes/2024-10-01-rn.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+.. _2024-10-01-rn:
+
+***************
+October 1, 2024
+***************
+
+Splunk Observability Cloud released the following new features and enhancements on October 1, 2024. This is not an exhaustive list of changes in the observability ecosystem. For a detailed breakdown of changes in versioned components, see the :ref:`list of changelogs <changelogs>`.
+
+.. _loc-2024-10-01:
+
+Log Observer Connect
+====================
+
+.. list-table::
+   :header-rows: 1
+   :widths: 1 2
+   :width: 100%
+
+   * - New feature or enhancement
+     - Description
+   * - Splunk virtual compute (SVC) optimization
+     - You can optimize SVC, resulting in performance improvements and cost savings, by using new :guilabel:`Play`, :guilabel:`Pause`, and :guilabel:`Run` search buttons in the UI. The default limit is 150,000 logs. For more information, see :ref:`logs-keyword`.
+
+.. _ingest-2024-20-01:
+
+Data ingest
+===========
+
+.. list-table::
+   :header-rows: 1
+   :widths: 1 2
+   :width: 100%
+
+   * - New feature or enhancement
+     - Description
+   * - Kubernetes control plane metrics
+     - In a continued effort to replace Smart Agent monitors with OpenTelemetry Collector receivers, a collection of Kubernetes control plane metrics are available using OpenTelemetry Prometheus receivers that target Prometheus endpoints. For more information see :ref:`kubernetes-control-plane-prometheus`.
+
+.. _data-mngt-2024-10-01:
+
+Data management
+===============
+
+.. list-table::
+   :header-rows: 1
+   :widths: 1 2
+   :width: 100%
+
+   * - New feature or enhancement
+     - Description
+   * - Data retention for archived metrics extended from 8 to 31 days
+     - To facilitate long-term data and historical trend analysis, you can store archived metrics for up to 31 days. You can also customize your restoration time window when creating exception rules.
+   * - Terraform implementation
+     - You can use Terraform to archive metrics and create exception rules, such as routing a subset of metrics to the real-time tier rather than the archival tier.
diff --git a/release-notes/release-notes-overview.rst b/release-notes/release-notes-overview.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+.. _release-notes-overview:
+
+**********************
+Release notes overview
+**********************
+
+.. meta::
+   :description: The Splunk Observability Cloud release notes overview page, which lists all the products and components that have release notes.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :hidden:
+
+   2024-10-01-rn
+
+Keep up to date with the latest new features and enhancements to Splunk Observability Cloud products and components. Splunk Observability Cloud comprises both SaaS products which release on a rolling basis and downloadable versioned components. Presented here are new feature and enhancement announcements for both SaaS and versioned offerings as well as links to detailed changelogs for versioned components.
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+    <h2> What's new </h2>
+
+Each release date listed below includes new features and enhancements for SaaS and versioned products and components.
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 1 2
+   :width: 100%
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Release
+     - Changes by product or component
+   * - :ref:`October 1, 2024 <2024-10-01-rn>`
+     - * :ref:`Log Observer Connect <loc-2024-10-01>`
+       * :ref:`Data ingest <ingest-2024-20-01>`
+       * :ref:`Data Management <data-mngt-2024-10-01>`
+
+.. _changelogs:
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+    <h2> Changelogs </h2>
+
+For a detailed breakdown of changes in versioned components, see the following table:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 1 2
+   :width: 100%
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Component
+     - Changelog
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector for Kubernetes
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector-chart/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry Java instrumentation
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry .NET instrumentation
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-dotnet/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry Python instrumentation
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-python/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry Node.JS instrumentation
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-js/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry Go instrumentation
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-go/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry Android instrumentation
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-android/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry Lambda instrumentation
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-lambda/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry JavaScript for Web instrumentation
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-js-web/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry iOS instrumentation
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-ios/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
+   * - Splunk OpenTelemetry React Native instrumentation
+     - :new-page:`https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-react-native/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md`
diff --git a/rum/intro-to-rum.rst b/rum/intro-to-rum.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ With Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM), you can gain insight about the performan
    * - Splunk RUM for Mobile
      - Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) for Mobile provides visibility into every user session of your native iOS and Android mobile applications by equipping you with comprehensive performance monitoring, directed troubleshooting, and full-stack observability.
 
+To keep up to date with changes in RUM, see the Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`release notes <release-notes-overview>`.
 
 .. _wcidw-rum:
 
diff --git a/synthetics/intro-synthetics.rst b/synthetics/intro-synthetics.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Introduction to Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
 
 Create detailed tests to proactively monitor the speed and reliability of websites, web apps, and resources over time, at any stage in the development cycle.
 
+To keep up to date with changes in Synthetic Monitoring, see the Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`release notes <release-notes-overview>`.
+
 How does Splunk Synthetic Monitoring work?
 =============================================
 Synthetic tests are the primary mechanism of application monitoring in Splunk Synthetic Monitoring. You can set up Browser tests and Uptime tests to monitor various aspects of your site or application. You can set up these tests to run at your preferred frequency from the devices and locations of your choosing. 

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`71`	`71`	- :ref:`lo-connect-limits`
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	`73`	+To keep up to date with changes in Log Observer Connect, see the Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`release notes <release-notes-overview>`.
`73`	`74`
`74`	`75`	If you do not have Log Observer Connect and instead use Log Observer, see :ref:`log-observer-landing`.