Opensolr Changelog — Recent Updates & Improvements

Index Management Feb 27, 2026

New New Schedule Optimize feature in Index Tools. You can now set your Solr index to automatically optimize on a recurring schedule — pick any interval from 2 to 365 days, and Opensolr handles the rest with a server-side cron job. A single toggle button lets you start or stop the schedule at any time, and shows your current interval at a glance.

New Three new API docs added to the FAQ: Pause the Web Crawler, Resume the Web Crawler, and Check if Web Crawler is Running. Each includes endpoint URL, parameters, and copy-paste examples — find them under Docs > FAQ > API-Web Crawler.

New New Pause and Resume controls for the Web Crawler. You can now temporarily pause a running crawl without losing your cron schedule — the crawler will automatically pick back up on the next scheduled tick, or you can hit Resume to restart it immediately. The Stop button has been renamed to Stop Cron Schedule to make it clear that it permanently removes the schedule.

New Web Crawler Developer Guide — a full documentation hub is now live under Docs > FAQ. Covers all index fields, the Solr API with every parameter, copy-paste code examples in JS, PHP, Node.js, Python and curl with hybrid/vector search built in, autocomplete, spellcheck, faceted navigation, pagination, and a complete end-to-end search page. Find it under the WEB CRAWLER sections in the FAQ.

New Per-server and per-index stop control — use drush osstop --server=my_server to stop only one indexer while others continue running. You can also stop a specific index session with --index without affecting anything else.
New Multi-instance parallel indexing — you can now run multiple indexers simultaneously on different Solr servers or indexes. Each session is fully isolated with its own log files, PID tracking, and worker processes, so indexing production and staging at the same time is now fully supported.
New New Search button added next to the server filter dropdown on the My Solr Indexes page — tap or click to search without needing to press Enter, making it easier to filter your indexes especially on mobile and tablet.

New New Full Request Inspector in Query Analytics — the Latest Queries table now includes a 🔍 button on each row that opens your complete Solr request broken down into a readable parameter table, along with the full raw URL ready to copy with one click

New Changelog is now a fully dynamic, database-backed page with full-text search, filtering by category, date, and type, sidebar navigation, and pagination

New Database export download page now includes a ready-to-copy wget command for direct downloads via terminal
New Batch Embeddings API — generate vector embeddings for up to 50 text payloads in a single request via /api/batch_embed

New Analytics now displays the actual human-readable search query sent to your Opensolr index, regardless of how complex the underlying request is

New Server owners can now manage their own SSH keys directly from the control panel

New Blog posts and FAQ pages now include structured data for richer Google search results

New Updated plan pricing to reflect rising infrastructure and operational costs. We held our prices steady for as long as we could, but the reality of global cost increases has finally caught up. The yearly 25% discount has also been retired. We remain committed to offering the best value in managed Solr hosting.