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Update documentation to show connections between Feature Flags and Remote Configuration#34491

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What does this PR do? What is the motivation?

This pull requests adds information connecting Feature Flags to Remote Configuration. This is step 8 of the Remote Configuration checklist:

Coordinate the update of external documentation shortly after enabling your product for GA.

There are also additional changes to code and example based on what we've found using our demo app, ffe-dogfooding, including indicating how to enable the feature and which syntax to use to enable.

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DD_REMOTE_CONFIGURATION_REFRESH_INTERVAL=10s
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Moved to bottom to be consistent with other files

{{< /code-block >}}

<div class="alert alert-info">Some SDKs require additional experimental flags to enable feature flagging. See the SDK-specific documentation for details.</div>
<div class="alert alert-warning">The <code>DD_EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGGING_PROVIDER_ENABLED=true</code> environment variable is required to enable the feature flagging provider. Java also supports the system property <code>-Ddd.experimental.flagging.provider.enabled=true</code>, and Ruby and Node.js support code-based configuration as an alternative. See the SDK-specific documentation for details.</div>
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Biasing towards being super explicit


// Datadog OpenFeature Provider
implementation 'com.datadoghq:dd-openfeature:X.X.X'
implementation 'com.datadoghq:dd-openfeature:1.57.0'
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Giving actual example version that works as we do this with other SDKs

# Configure OpenFeature SDK with Datadog provider and wait for initialization
OpenFeature::SDK.configure do |config|
config.set_provider(Datadog::OpenFeature::Provider.new)
config.set_provider_and_wait(
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The blocking set_provider_and_wait is the way to go most situations

@aarsilv aarsilv marked this pull request as ready for review February 9, 2026 22:37
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This looks amazing, thanks, Aaron! I saw one sentence where I wanted to dig into the phrasing a little more, but overall this looks ready to go!

Co-authored-by: Janine Chan <64388808+janine-c@users.noreply.github.com>
@aarsilv aarsilv merged commit 7a9be67 into master Feb 10, 2026
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