Help Portal Release Notes

The following tables list fixed and known issues for www.help.splunk.com.

Fixed issues

Issue	Description
Version in topic breadcrumb	Removed version from breadcrumb on page of versioned content, which prevented the breadcrumb links from loading properly.
Find (Ctrl+F) on landing pages	Searching for specific words using Ctrl+F on landing pages did not highlight and navigate to the next result.
Search bar too large	Reduced the size of the search bar.

Known issues

Issue	Description
URL redirects	Some redirects route to a 404 page.
Formatting issues with generating PDFs	PDFs are unreadable.
Generating PDFs for entire content set	Unable to download documentation for complete guides.
Permanent link for latest version	No stable link available for latest version.
Unable to see latest version	No indication that you are on the latest version.
Unable to see which content applies to FedRamp	No indicator that you are on FedRamp documentation.
Navigation to Help portal home	Top navigation icon does not communicate its target, which is the Help portal homepage.
Navigating from breadcrumbs	Breadcrumbs do not link to the parent product landing page.
Automated release notes	Due to an incident related to the legacy docs.splunk.com site, automated release note updates are unavailable and have not been updated since the issue began.
Broken links to related content	Some links to other Help portal content result in 404 errors.
Canonical URLs in HTML	Canonical URLs in HTML.
Stable URL for latest version	Unable to to obtain link to permanent URL for the latest version.
Redirects for legacy docs.splunk.com site "latest" URLs	Legacy docs.splunk.com site "latest" URLs need to redirect to the latest version on the Help portal instead of the legacy docs site.
Content ready to be consumed by LLMs	Content sets and individual topics are not downloadable in an AI-friendly format.
Exact match searches	Searching exact phrases, such as JIRA ticket numbers in known and fixed issues documentation, does not always return the right result.
Length of URLs	Help portal URLs are frequently longer than best practice recommendation of under 100 characters.
Product Search Filter label in search results	Product filter for content without product metadata tags appears as "Product Search Filter" instead of the name of the product.
Search bar in top navigation	Search bar moves when selected, making it difficult to enter text.
Zoom in to icons before page load	Flash of icons appears on screen before the Help portal page loads.
Table formatting	Tables sometimes render incorrectly resulting in overflowing or missing text.
Assistance navigating the Help portal	Users need assistance in navigating the new experience.
Guidance for maintenance release versions	Need to document how users can find information about product changes in maintenance releases.
Last modified timestamp	Make the date of the last modification viewable to communicate content authority.