diff --git a/backend/onyx/connectors/salesforce/connector.py b/backend/onyx/connectors/salesforce/connector.py
index 79df97e10e1..64bc1164173 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/connectors/salesforce/connector.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/connectors/salesforce/connector.py
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def _full_sync(
     ) -> GenerateDocumentsOutput:
         type_to_processed: dict[str, int] = {}
 
-        logger.info("_fetch_from_salesforce starting.")
+        logger.info("_fetch_from_salesforce starting (full sync).")
         if not self._sf_client:
             raise RuntimeError("self._sf_client is None!")
 
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ def _delta_sync(
     ) -> GenerateDocumentsOutput:
         type_to_processed: dict[str, int] = {}
 
-        logger.info("_fetch_from_salesforce starting.")
+        logger.info("_fetch_from_salesforce starting (delta sync).")
         if not self._sf_client:
             raise RuntimeError("self._sf_client is None!")
 
@@ -936,12 +936,28 @@ def _make_context(
 
             child_types_all = sf_client.get_children_of_sf_type(parent_type)
             logger.debug(f"Found {len(child_types_all)} child types for {parent_type}")
+            logger.debug(f"child types: {child_types_all}")
 
             child_types_working = child_types_all.copy()
             if associations_config is not None:
                 child_types_working = {
                     k: v for k, v in child_types_all.items() if k in associations_config
                 }
+                any_not_found = False
+                for k in associations_config:
+                    if k not in child_types_working:
+                        any_not_found = True
+                        logger.warning(f"Association {k} not found in {parent_type}")
+                if any_not_found:
+                    queryable_fields = sf_client.get_queryable_fields_by_type(
+                        parent_type
+                    )
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        f"Associations {associations_config} not found in {parent_type} "
+                        "make sure your parent-child associations are in the right order"
+                        # f"with child objects {child_types_all}"
+                        # f" and fields {queryable_fields}"
+                    )
 
             parent_to_child_relationships[parent_type] = set()
             parent_to_child_types[parent_type] = set()
diff --git a/web/src/components/Field.tsx b/web/src/components/Field.tsx
index c254c709478..26c2fed79df 100644
--- a/web/src/components/Field.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/Field.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { transformLinkUri } from "@/lib/utils";
 import FileInput from "@/app/admin/connectors/[connector]/pages/ConnectorInput/FileInput";
 import { DatePicker } from "./ui/datePicker";
 import { Textarea, TextareaProps } from "./ui/textarea";
+import { RichTextSubtext } from "./RichTextSubtext";
 import {
   TypedFile,
   createTypedFile,
@@ -92,6 +93,18 @@ export function SubLabel({ children }: { children: string | JSX.Element }) {
   // Add whitespace-pre-wrap for multiline descriptions (when children is a string with newlines)
   const hasNewlines = typeof children === "string" && children.includes("\n");
 
+  // If children is a string, use RichTextSubtext to parse and render links
+  if (typeof children === "string") {
+    return (
+      <div className="text-sm text-neutral-600 dark:text-neutral-300 mb-2">
+        <RichTextSubtext
+          text={children}
+          className={hasNewlines ? "whitespace-pre-wrap" : ""}
+        />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <div
       className={`text-sm text-neutral-600 dark:text-neutral-300 mb-2 ${hasNewlines ? "whitespace-pre-wrap" : ""}`}
diff --git a/web/src/components/RichTextSubtext.tsx b/web/src/components/RichTextSubtext.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ace206b1b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/components/RichTextSubtext.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import React from "react";
+
+interface RichTextSubtextProps {
+  text: string;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Component that renders text with clickable links.
+ * Detects URLs in the text and converts them to clickable links.
+ * Also supports markdown-style links like [text](url).
+ */
+export function RichTextSubtext({
+  text,
+  className = "",
+}: RichTextSubtextProps) {
+  // Function to parse text and create React elements
+  const parseText = (input: string): React.ReactNode[] => {
+    const elements: React.ReactNode[] = [];
+
+    // Regex to match markdown links [text](url) and plain URLs
+    const combinedRegex = /(\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\))|(https?:\/\/[^\s]+)/g;
+
+    let lastIndex = 0;
+    let match;
+    let key = 0;
+
+    while ((match = combinedRegex.exec(input)) !== null) {
+      // Add text before the match
+      if (match.index > lastIndex) {
+        elements.push(
+          <span key={`text-${key++}`}>
+            {input.slice(lastIndex, match.index)}
+          </span>
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (match[1]) {
+        // Markdown-style link [text](url)
+        const linkText = match[2];
+        const url = match[3];
+        elements.push(
+          <a
+            key={`link-${key++}`}
+            href={url}
+            target="_blank"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            className="text-link hover:text-link-hover underline"
+            onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+          >
+            {linkText}
+          </a>
+        );
+      } else if (match[4]) {
+        // Plain URL
+        const url = match[4];
+        elements.push(
+          <a
+            key={`link-${key++}`}
+            href={url}
+            target="_blank"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            className="text-link hover:text-link-hover underline"
+            onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+          >
+            {url}
+          </a>
+        );
+      }
+
+      lastIndex = match.index + match[0].length;
+    }
+
+    // Add remaining text after the last match
+    if (lastIndex < input.length) {
+      elements.push(
+        <span key={`text-${key++}`}>{input.slice(lastIndex)}</span>
+      );
+    }
+
+    return elements;
+  };
+
+  return <div className={className}>{parseText(text)}</div>;
+}
diff --git a/web/src/lib/connectors/connectors.tsx b/web/src/lib/connectors/connectors.tsx
index e8329aeaf64..835b43ad830 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/connectors/connectors.tsx
+++ b/web/src/lib/connectors/connectors.tsx
@@ -638,15 +638,12 @@ Example:
   "Account": {
     "fields": ["Id", "Name", "Industry"],
     "associations": {
-      "Contact": {
-        "fields": ["Id", "FirstName", "LastName", "Email"],
-        "associations": {}
-      }
+      "Contact": ["Id", "FirstName", "LastName", "Email"]
     }
   }
 }
 
-See our docs for more details.`,
+[See our docs](https://docs.onyx.app/connectors/salesforce) for more details.`,
               },
             ],
           },