From c1eb3c8e067d7636248d4917ffba125a67ef7958 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maurizio Casimirri <maurizio.cas@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 19:23:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(search-indexes): clarify search index management support
 (#5158)

---
 .../components/indexes-toolbar/indexes-toolbar.tsx   | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/compass-indexes/src/components/indexes-toolbar/indexes-toolbar.tsx b/packages/compass-indexes/src/components/indexes-toolbar/indexes-toolbar.tsx
index 5f8dcb9973a..cc34d0b575c 100644
--- a/packages/compass-indexes/src/components/indexes-toolbar/indexes-toolbar.tsx
+++ b/packages/compass-indexes/src/components/indexes-toolbar/indexes-toolbar.tsx
@@ -181,7 +181,17 @@ export const IndexesToolbar: React.FunctionComponent<IndexesToolbarProps> = ({
                       </SegmentedControlOption>
                     )}
                   >
-                    Search indexes are unavailable in your current connection.
+                    <p>
+                      The Atlas Search index management in Compass is only
+                      available for Atlas local deployments and M10+ clusters
+                      running MongoDB 6.0.7 or newer.
+                    </p>
+                    <p>
+                      For clusters running an earlier version of MongoDB or
+                      shared tier clusters you can manage your Atlas Search
+                      indexes from the Atlas web UI, with the CLI, or with the
+                      Administration API.
+                    </p>
                   </Tooltip>
                 )}
                 {isAtlasSearchSupported && (