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@kolchfa-aws kolchfa-aws self-assigned this Nov 24, 2025
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Doc review complete; moving on to editorial review. Note that some author bios are added via this PR #4017

@kolchfa-aws kolchfa-aws added Editorial review The blog is under editorial review and removed Doc review The blog is under doc review labels Nov 26, 2025
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Thanks @talwamz! LGTM

@pajuric This should be ready to publish.

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meta_keywords: vector search, quantization, rotation, random rotation
meta_description: OpenSearch 3.2 introduced random rotation as a data standardizing transformation. This post explains the benefits of random rotation in quantized similarity search.
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Updated meta:
meta_keywords: quantized vector search, vector search systems, random rotation in OpenSearch, binary quantization, OpenSearch 3.2, ANN search, quantized vector search, RAG, retrieval-augmented generation, search accuracy, data standardization, product quantization, similarity search

meta_description: Discover how random rotation in OpenSearch 3.2 improves binary quantization accuracy by removing axis correlations without changing true distances in your data.

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date: 2025-11-24
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Update publish date: 2025-12-30

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pajuric commented Jan 6, 2026

@natebower - Please final merge and close. Blog is published live here: https://opensearch.org/blog/the-benefits-of-random-rotation-in-quantized-vector-search/

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LGTM

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@pajuric Apologies, but I'm not sure why the required checks aren't running. It would appear that I'm unable to merge.

@natebower natebower marked this pull request as draft January 7, 2026 13:37
@natebower natebower marked this pull request as ready for review January 7, 2026 13:37
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@natebower natebower merged commit 1cf89b8 into opensearch-project:main Jan 7, 2026
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@pajuric Fixed and merged.

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[BLOG] The Benefit of Random Rotation in Quantized Vector Search

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