Clarify dynamic mapping behavior in Elasticsearch quick start - #8187
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[WIP] Fix misleading explanation in Quick starts documentation
Clarify dynamic mapping behavior in Elasticsearch quick start
Sep 3, 2026
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The Elasticsearch quick start page describes
dynamic: truein a way that can be read as if mappings do not change when new fields are indexed. This update makes the behavior explicit: new fields cause the mapping to update dynamically.Problem
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solutions/search/get-started/index-basics.mdto state that, whendynamicistrue, the mapping updates dynamically as new fields are added to documents.Updated wording