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Meilisearch occasionally ships features in an experimental state before promoting them to stable. Experimental features are fully functional but their API or behavior may change between Meilisearch versions without a deprecation period. Be careful when enabling them in production environments. You can enable or disable experimental features per project from Project Settings > General.
Experimental features section in Project Settings showing checkboxes for each available feature
Check the box next to a feature to enable it. Changes take effect immediately without a restart or re-index.

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Available features

The list of available features depends on your project’s current Meilisearch version. The table below is a snapshot for illustration:
FeatureDescription
Edit documents by functionApply custom transformations to documents using Rhai scripts, from simple formatting changes to complex logic
”CONTAINS” and “STARTS_WITH” filtersAdds the CONTAINS and STARTS_WITH filter operators to match attributes containing a substring or starting with a prefix
Composite embeddersUse different embedders at search time and indexing time
Multi-modal searchIndex and search through images, text, and other formats in documents
Foreign keysConnect indexes so Meilisearch can expand references into full documents in results, and filter using fields from a related index
Render templatePreview how document templates and fragments render on your content
This list changes over time. New features are added, and others are eventually promoted to stable and removed from the experimental list (for example, dynamic search rules). Treat this table as a snapshot rather than an exhaustive reference, and always check your project’s Project Settings > General in the Cloud UI for the current set.
For a complete and up-to-date list, see the experimental features API reference and the changelog.

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Enterprise-only experimental features

Some experimental features are not accessible through the Cloud UI and require direct activation by the Meilisearch team. If you need access to a feature that is not listed in your project settings, contact support@meilisearch.com or reach out to sales@meilisearch.com for Enterprise plans.

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Stability notice

Experimental features are not covered by the standard API stability guarantee. If you rely on one in production, monitor the changelog for changes or promotion to stable.