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Purpose of this pull request

This pull request transitions Beta terminology to Customer Preview, introducing clear classifications and implementing distinct visual styling for each Preview tier.

Key changes

Documentation Updates:

  • Transition from Beta → Preview terminology (Private Preview, Extended Preview, Public Preview)
  • Remove title labels like "(Private Preview)" from 18 Preview docs
  • Remove production-readiness percentages per reviewer feedback (internal metrics shouldn't set external expectations)
  • Update Preview landing page with improved CTA: "Work with your account team to learn more about available Previews and to sign up for early access"
  • Delete docs/preview/public-preview.md (contradicts hidden Preview requirement)

Visual Styling:

  • Implement three distinct badge colors using Sumo Secondary Teal palette:
    • Private Preview: Dark Teal (Formatting fixes /docs/search #3545) - Most restricted
    • Extended Preview: Mid Teal (#005f73) - Limited availability
    • Public Preview: Teal (#00859f) - Broader availability
  • Add proper hover states without underlines for button-like behavior
  • Update all 18 Preview docs to use specific badge classes

Style Guide:

  • Update Preview documentation section with new formatting examples
  • Add badge usage guidelines
  • Update frontmatter templates

Release Notes:

  • Add blog post announcing the terminology change
  • Include comparison table and CTA for account team contact

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  • Minor Changes - Typos, formatting, slight revisions
  • Update Content - Revisions, updating sections
  • New Content - New features, sections, pages, tutorials
  • Site and Tools - .clabot, version updates, maintenance, dependencies, new packages for the site (Docusaurus, Gatsby, React, etc.)

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https://sumologic.atlassian.net/browse/DOCS-1541


@kimsauce kimsauce self-assigned this Apr 8, 2026
@cla-bot cla-bot bot added the cla-signed Contributor approved, listed in .clabot file label Apr 8, 2026
@kimsauce kimsauce changed the title Customer Preview program (formerly Beta) DOCS-1541 - Customer Preview program (formerly Beta) Apr 11, 2026
@kimsauce kimsauce changed the title DOCS-1541 - Customer Preview program (formerly Beta) DOCS-1541 - Transitions "Beta" terminology to "Preview" Apr 13, 2026
kimsauce and others added 6 commits April 16, 2026 17:27
Updated documentation to reflect the new Customer Preview program with three tiers: Private Preview, Extended Preview, and Public Preview. Split preview documentation into program explanation and features list, standardized preview badges across all feature docs, and added supporting materials.

Key changes:
- Split /docs/preview/ into main landing page and separate public-preview features list
- Updated all preview badges from "Beta" to appropriate tier labels (Private/Extended/Public Preview)
- Fixed badge links from docs/beta to docs/preview
- Corrected preview tier labels across 15+ feature docs to match tracking spreadsheet
- Added FAQ entry explaining preview labels
- Created blog post announcing Beta→Preview transition
- Reorganized style guide section for alphabetical placement
- Reduced preview badge CSS size (12px font, smaller padding)
- Removed robots meta tag from Public Preview docs (should be searchable)
- Standardized badge link format using useBaseUrl helper

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
Renamed icon from beta.png to preview.png to complete the Beta→Preview rebrand. The beaker icon visual remains the same, but the filename now aligns with the new Customer Preview terminology.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
Corrected the terminology mapping based on official Customer Preview Criteria document:
- Changed "Beta" → "Extended Preview" to "Open Beta" → "Extended Preview"
- Changed "Open Beta" → "Public Preview" to "(New)" → "Public Preview"

Public Preview is a new tier name that didn't previously exist, as confirmed in the Customer Preview Criteria PDF which explicitly states it's "(Not previously named)".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
Applied Sumo Logic style guide conventions:
- Changed headers from title case to sentence case
- The bullet list format was already corrected by linter

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
@kimsauce kimsauce changed the title DOCS-1541 - Transitions "Beta" terminology to "Preview" DOCS-1541 - Transition "Beta" terminology to "Preview" Apr 17, 2026
@kimsauce kimsauce marked this pull request as ready for review April 17, 2026 04:15
@kimsauce kimsauce requested review from a team, JV0812, amee-sumo, jpipkin1 and mafsumo as code owners April 17, 2026 04:15
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This is a wonderful PR, @kimsauce. Thank you for all your work on it!

- Add three distinct badge styles using Sumo Secondary Teal palette (private: #3545, extended: #005f73, public: #00859f)
- Update 18 Preview docs to use specific badge classes (preview-private, preview-extended, preview-public)
- Remove production-readiness percentages from all documentation per reviewer feedback
- Update Preview landing page and blog post with improved CTA: "Work with your account team to learn more about available Previews and to sign up for early access"
- Delete docs/preview/public-preview.md (contradicts hidden Preview requirement)
- Update style guide with new Preview badge examples and formatting guidance
- Add badge hover states with no underline for proper button behavior
- Fix sidebar configuration after removing public-preview page

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
@kimsauce kimsauce marked this pull request as draft April 18, 2026 03:15
kimsauce and others added 3 commits April 17, 2026 20:46
- Updated mobot file from mobot-unstructured-logs.md to mobot-unstructured-logs-beta.md
- Fixed redirect in cid-redirects.json to point to new filename
- Removed Preview API cards from api/index.md (App Management, Metrics Searches)
- Updated api/metrics-searches.md and api/metrics-searches-v2.md with proper Preview badges
- Updated cse/get-started-with-cloud-siem/soc-analyst-agent.md with preview-public class
- Updated sidebars.ts configuration

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
Comment thread docs/manage/partitions/data-tiers/infrequent-tier-monitors.md Outdated
@kimsauce kimsauce marked this pull request as ready for review April 18, 2026 04:24
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