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 ## MySQL connector
 
+## OpenSearch connector
+
 ## Oracle connector
 
 ## Phoenix connector
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 ## General
 
 * {{breaking}} Require JDK 21.0.1 to run Trino. ({issue}`20010`)
-* Improve query plans by not generating redundant predicates. ({issue}`16520`)
-* Fix query failure when invoking the {func}`json_table` function. ({issue}`20122`)
-* Fix query hanging when referencing a row field with a [SQL routine](/routines) ({issue}`19997`).
+* Improve performance by not generating redundant predicates. ({issue}`16520`)
+* Fix query failure when invoking the `json_table` function. ({issue}`20122`)
+* Fix query hang when a [SQL routine](/routines) dereferences a row field. ({issue}`19997`).
 * Fix potential incorrect results when using the {func}`ST_Centroid` and
-  {func}`ST_Buffer` functions for tiny geometries (less than 1e-3). ({issue}`20237`)
+  {func}`ST_Buffer` functions for tiny geometries. ({issue}`20237`)
 
 ## Delta Lake connector
 
-* Add the `parquet_ignore_statistics` catalog session property. ({issue}`20228`)
+* Add the `parquet_ignore_statistics` catalog session property, which can be
+  enabled to query files with corrupted or incorrect statistics. ({issue}`20228`)
 * Improve performance of queries with selective joins on partition columns. ({issue}`20261`)
-* Reduce number of requests made to AWS Glue when listing tables, schemas, or
-  functions. ({issue}`20189`)
-* Fix incorrect results when querying Parquet files containing page indexes when
-  the query has filters on multiple columns. ({issue}`20267`)
+* Reduce the number of requests made to AWS Glue when listing tables, schemas,
+  or functions. ({issue}`20189`)
+* Fix incorrect results when querying Parquet files containing column indexes
+  when the query has filters on multiple columns. ({issue}`20267`)
 
 ## Hive connector
 
 * Allow reading 3-element unions when the sub-union is composed of compatible
   types or nulls. ({issue}`20233`)
-* Reduce number of requests made to AWS Glue when listing tables, schemas, or
-  functions. ({issue}`20189`)
-* Fix incorrect results when querying Parquet files containing page indexes when
-  the query has filters on multiple columns. ({issue}`20267`)
+* Reduce the number of requests made to AWS Glue when listing tables, schemas,
+  or functions. ({issue}`20189`)
+* Fix incorrect results when querying Parquet files containing column indexes
+  when the query has filters on multiple columns. ({issue}`20267`)
 
 ## Hudi connector
 
 * Add support for enforcing that a filter on a partition key must be present in
   the query. This can be enabled by with the
   ``hudi.query-partition-filter-required`` configuration property or the
-  ``query_partition_filter_required`` session property. ({issue}`19906`)
-* Fix incorrect results when querying Parquet files containing page indexes when
-  the query has filters on multiple columns. ({issue}`20267`)
+  ``query_partition_filter_required`` catalog session property. ({issue}`19906`)
+* Fix incorrect results when querying Parquet files containing column indexes
+  when the query has filters on multiple columns. ({issue}`20267`)
 
 ## Iceberg connector
 
 * Add the `parquet_ignore_statistics` catalog session property. ({issue}`20228`)
 * Improve performance of queries with selective joins on partition columns. ({issue}`20212`)
-* Reduce number of requests made to AWS Glue when listing tables, schemas, or
-  functions. ({issue}`20189`)
+* Reduce the number of requests made to AWS Glue when listing tables, schemas,
+  or functions. ({issue}`20189`)
 * Fix potential loss of data when running multiple `INSERT` queries at the same
   time ({issue}`20093`).
 * Fix incorrect results when providing a nonexistent namespace while listing
   namespaces. ({issue}`19980`)
 
+## OpenSearch connector
+
+* Add [OpenSearch connector](/connector/opensearch). ({issue}`11377`)
+
 ## SQL Server connector
 
 * Fix incorrect results for old `DATETIMEOFFSET` values. ({issue}`16559`)