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Feature Maturity

PhoenixAI features have five potential maturity levels:

  • Experimental
  • Beta
  • Generally Available (GA)
  • Deprecated
  • Removed

Most of the PhoenixAI features are GA, and if there is no label in the documentation to indicate that a feature is Experimental, Beta, or Deprecated—then the feature is GA.

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Maturity is tracked at two levels — the release (the database kernel version as a whole, for example, v4.0) and individual features inside a release. This page covers feature-level maturity. For release-level maturity, see Release Maturity.

Experimental features​

  • Stability: Possibly buggy, with minor known issues.
  • Maturity: Low
  • Interface: The interface may be changed in the future. This includes command syntax, configuration parameters, defaults, feature removal, etc.
  • Availability: Experimental features are off by default, and need to be allowed by setting a parameter with SQL or in a configuration file.
  • Production readiness: Experimental features should not be used in production.
  • Support: Please submit a ticket in PhoenixAI Support Portal. If you don't have access to PhoenixAI Support Portal, please contact your account manager.

Beta features​

  • Stability: Well tested. May be not good for corner cases.
  • Maturity: Core functionality is complete, may not be performance-optimized.
  • Interface: The interface may be changed in the future. May be not backward compatible.
  • Availability: Beta features are off by default, and need to be allowed by setting a parameter with SQL or in a configuration file.
  • Production readiness: Beta features are not recommended for production use.
  • Support: Please submit a ticket in PhoenixAI Support Portal. If you don't have access to PhoenixAI Support Portal, please contact your account manager.
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  • Upgrades to future Preview releases or GA versions may not always be possible.
  • PhoenixAI Anywhere updates Beta versions frequently with the latest Beta releases.

GA features​

  • Stability: Comprehensively tested.
  • Maturity: High.
  • Interface: Stable API.
  • Availability: GA features are on by default.
  • Production readiness: Production ready.
  • Support: Please submit a ticket in PhoenixAI Support Portal. If you don't have access to PhoenixAI Support Portal, please contact your account manager.

Deprecated features​

Some features are deprecated—marked for removal, because they are replaced with other features or the features were not being used. Generally when a feature is deprecated we will suggest an alternative in the documentation.