Migrate permission-aware embeddings before provider retirement
A model replacement can look local until its representation reaches every retrieval path.
Better benchmark scores may conflict with migration risk, serving cost, and the evidence required for trust.
“I can accept a planned change, but not a surprise drop in what people can find.”
Birke Seyoum · Enterprise Knowledge Platform Owner
Accountable for reliable internal search across business-critical systems during a platform transition.
What pulls against what
- provider deadline vs. verification depth
- benchmark relevance vs. permission-safe behavior
- migration certainty vs. model flexibility
- cost predictability vs. retrieval quality
What is at stake
The provider deadline is fixed, while the migration cannot be cheaply reversed. The chosen model must prove relevance, access-aware behavior, and operational viability before the index changes
Why Glean
At Glean, this often matters because retrieval quality and access-aware behavior must remain dependable through platform changes.
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