diff --git a/output/openapi/elasticsearch-serverless-openapi.json b/output/openapi/elasticsearch-serverless-openapi.json
index 01c6a00a1d..a29ac64cb9 100644
--- a/output/openapi/elasticsearch-serverless-openapi.json
+++ b/output/openapi/elasticsearch-serverless-openapi.json
@@ -1997,6 +1997,17 @@
               "$ref": "#/components/schemas/_types:Id"
             },
             "style": "simple"
+          },
+          {
+            "in": "query",
+            "name": "delete_sync_jobs",
+            "description": "Determines whether associated sync jobs are also deleted.",
+            "required": true,
+            "deprecated": false,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "style": "form"
           }
         ],
         "responses": {
@@ -2540,6 +2551,52 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "/_connector/{connector_id}/_filtering/_activate": {
+      "put": {
+        "tags": [
+          "connector.update_active_filtering"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Activates the draft filtering rules if they are in a validated state.",
+        "description": "Activates the draft filtering rules if they are in a validated state.",
+        "externalDocs": {
+          "url": "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/update-connector-filtering-api.html"
+        },
+        "operationId": "connector-update-active-filtering",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "in": "path",
+            "name": "connector_id",
+            "description": "The unique identifier of the connector to be updated",
+            "required": true,
+            "deprecated": false,
+            "schema": {
+              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/_types:Id"
+            },
+            "style": "simple"
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "result": {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/_types:Result"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "required": [
+                    "result"
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "/_connector/{connector_id}/_api_key_id": {
       "put": {
         "tags": [
@@ -2770,10 +2827,80 @@
                     "items": {
                       "$ref": "#/components/schemas/connector._types:FilteringConfig"
                     }
+                  },
+                  "rules": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/connector._types:FilteringRule"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "advanced_snippet": {
+                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/connector._types:FilteringAdvancedSnippet"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "required": true
+        },
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "result": {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/_types:Result"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "required": [
+                    "result"
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "/_connector/{connector_id}/_filtering/_validation": {
+      "put": {
+        "tags": [
+          "connector.update_filtering_validation"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Updates the validation info of the draft filtering rules.",
+        "description": "Updates the validation info of the draft filtering rules.",
+        "externalDocs": {
+          "url": "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/update-connector-filtering-validation-api.html"
+        },
+        "operationId": "connector-update-filtering-validation",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "in": "path",
+            "name": "connector_id",
+            "description": "The unique identifier of the connector to be updated",
+            "required": true,
+            "deprecated": false,
+            "schema": {
+              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/_types:Id"
+            },
+            "style": "simple"
+          }
+        ],
+        "requestBody": {
+          "content": {
+            "application/json": {
+              "schema": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "validation": {
+                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/connector._types:FilteringRulesValidation"
                   }
                 },
                 "required": [
-                  "filtering"
+                  "validation"
                 ]
               }
             }
@@ -49659,7 +49786,6 @@
         "required": [
           "configuration",
           "custom_scheduling",
-          "features",
           "filtering",
           "is_native",
           "scheduling",
@@ -49847,7 +49973,7 @@
           "type": {
             "type": "string",
             "enum": [
-              "less_than"
+              "\"less_than\""
             ]
           },
           "constraint": {
@@ -49865,7 +49991,7 @@
           "type": {
             "type": "string",
             "enum": [
-              "greater_than"
+              "\"greater_than\""
             ]
           },
           "constraint": {
@@ -49883,7 +50009,7 @@
           "type": {
             "type": "string",
             "enum": [
-              "list_type"
+              "\"list_type\""
             ]
           },
           "constraint": {
@@ -49904,7 +50030,7 @@
           "type": {
             "type": "string",
             "enum": [
-              "included_in"
+              "\"included_in\""
             ]
           },
           "constraint": {
@@ -49922,7 +50048,7 @@
           "type": {
             "type": "string",
             "enum": [
-              "regex"
+              "\"regex\""
             ]
           },
           "constraint": {
@@ -50095,8 +50221,6 @@
           }
         },
         "required": [
-          "created_at",
-          "updated_at",
           "value"
         ]
       },
@@ -50129,13 +50253,11 @@
           }
         },
         "required": [
-          "created_at",
           "field",
           "id",
           "order",
           "policy",
           "rule",
-          "updated_at",
           "value"
         ]
       },
@@ -50400,7 +50522,7 @@
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/connector._types:ConnectorConfiguration"
           },
           "filtering": {
-            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/connector._types:FilteringConfig"
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/connector._types:FilteringRules"
           },
           "id": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/_types:Id"
diff --git a/output/schema/schema.json b/output/schema/schema.json
index e892dcc7d6..11ca1f7a12 100644
--- a/output/schema/schema.json
+++ b/output/schema/schema.json
@@ -3553,6 +3553,48 @@
       ],
       "visibility": "public"
     },
+    {
+      "availability": {
+        "serverless": {
+          "stability": "experimental",
+          "visibility": "public"
+        },
+        "stack": {
+          "since": "8.12.0",
+          "stability": "experimental"
+        }
+      },
+      "description": "Activates the draft filtering rules if they are in a validated state.",
+      "docId": "connector-update-filtering",
+      "docUrl": "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/{branch}/update-connector-filtering-api.html",
+      "name": "connector.update_active_filtering",
+      "request": {
+        "name": "Request",
+        "namespace": "connector.update_active_filtering"
+      },
+      "requestBodyRequired": false,
+      "requestMediaType": [
+        "application/json"
+      ],
+      "response": {
+        "name": "Response",
+        "namespace": "connector.update_active_filtering"
+      },
+      "responseMediaType": [
+        "application/json"
+      ],
+      "since": "8.12.0",
+      "stability": "experimental",
+      "urls": [
+        {
+          "methods": [
+            "PUT"
+          ],
+          "path": "/_connector/{connector_id}/_filtering/_activate"
+        }
+      ],
+      "visibility": "public"
+    },
     {
       "availability": {
         "serverless": {
@@ -3721,6 +3763,48 @@
       ],
       "visibility": "public"
     },
+    {
+      "availability": {
+        "serverless": {
+          "stability": "experimental",
+          "visibility": "public"
+        },
+        "stack": {
+          "since": "8.12.0",
+          "stability": "experimental"
+        }
+      },
+      "description": "Updates the validation info of the draft filtering rules.",
+      "docId": "connector-update-filtering-validation",
+      "docUrl": "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/{branch}/update-connector-filtering-validation-api.html",
+      "name": "connector.update_filtering_validation",
+      "request": {
+        "name": "Request",
+        "namespace": "connector.update_filtering_validation"
+      },
+      "requestBodyRequired": true,
+      "requestMediaType": [
+        "application/json"
+      ],
+      "response": {
+        "name": "Response",
+        "namespace": "connector.update_filtering_validation"
+      },
+      "responseMediaType": [
+        "application/json"
+      ],
+      "since": "8.12.0",
+      "stability": "experimental",
+      "urls": [
+        {
+          "methods": [
+            "PUT"
+          ],
+          "path": "/_connector/{connector_id}/_filtering/_validation"
+        }
+      ],
+      "visibility": "public"
+    },
     {
       "availability": {
         "serverless": {
@@ -105968,7 +106052,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "features",
-          "required": true,
+          "required": false,
           "type": {
             "kind": "instance_of",
             "type": {
@@ -107050,7 +107134,7 @@
       "properties": [
         {
           "name": "created_at",
-          "required": true,
+          "required": false,
           "type": {
             "kind": "instance_of",
             "type": {
@@ -107061,7 +107145,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "updated_at",
-          "required": true,
+          "required": false,
           "type": {
             "kind": "instance_of",
             "type": {
@@ -107159,7 +107243,7 @@
       "properties": [
         {
           "name": "created_at",
-          "required": true,
+          "required": false,
           "type": {
             "kind": "instance_of",
             "type": {
@@ -107225,7 +107309,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "updated_at",
-          "required": true,
+          "required": false,
           "type": {
             "kind": "instance_of",
             "type": {
@@ -107431,7 +107515,7 @@
           "required": true,
           "type": {
             "kind": "literal_value",
-            "value": "greater_than"
+            "value": "\"greater_than\""
           }
         },
         {
@@ -107460,7 +107544,7 @@
           "required": true,
           "type": {
             "kind": "literal_value",
-            "value": "included_in"
+            "value": "\"included_in\""
           }
         },
         {
@@ -107543,7 +107627,7 @@
           "required": true,
           "type": {
             "kind": "literal_value",
-            "value": "less_than"
+            "value": "\"less_than\""
           }
         },
         {
@@ -107572,7 +107656,7 @@
           "required": true,
           "type": {
             "kind": "literal_value",
-            "value": "list_type"
+            "value": "\"list_type\""
           }
         },
         {
@@ -107604,7 +107688,7 @@
           "required": true,
           "type": {
             "kind": "literal_value",
-            "value": "regex"
+            "value": "\"regex\""
           }
         },
         {
@@ -107720,7 +107804,7 @@
           "type": {
             "kind": "instance_of",
             "type": {
-              "name": "FilteringConfig",
+              "name": "FilteringRules",
               "namespace": "connector._types"
             }
           }
@@ -108026,8 +108110,21 @@
           }
         }
       ],
-      "query": [],
-      "specLocation": "connector/delete/ConnectorDeleteRequest.ts#L22-L36"
+      "query": [
+        {
+          "description": "Determines whether associated sync jobs are also deleted.",
+          "name": "delete_sync_jobs",
+          "required": true,
+          "type": {
+            "kind": "instance_of",
+            "type": {
+              "name": "boolean",
+              "namespace": "_builtins"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "specLocation": "connector/delete/ConnectorDeleteRequest.ts#L22-L39"
     },
     {
       "body": {
@@ -109082,6 +109179,66 @@
       },
       "specLocation": "connector/sync_job_post/SyncJobPostResponse.ts#L22-L26"
     },
+    {
+      "attachedBehaviors": [
+        "CommonQueryParameters"
+      ],
+      "body": {
+        "kind": "no_body"
+      },
+      "description": "Activates the valid draft filtering for a connector.",
+      "inherits": {
+        "type": {
+          "name": "RequestBase",
+          "namespace": "_types"
+        }
+      },
+      "kind": "request",
+      "name": {
+        "name": "Request",
+        "namespace": "connector.update_active_filtering"
+      },
+      "path": [
+        {
+          "description": "The unique identifier of the connector to be updated",
+          "name": "connector_id",
+          "required": true,
+          "type": {
+            "kind": "instance_of",
+            "type": {
+              "name": "Id",
+              "namespace": "_types"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "query": [],
+      "specLocation": "connector/update_active_filtering/ConnectorUpdateActiveFilteringRequest.ts#L22-L36"
+    },
+    {
+      "body": {
+        "kind": "properties",
+        "properties": [
+          {
+            "name": "result",
+            "required": true,
+            "type": {
+              "kind": "instance_of",
+              "type": {
+                "name": "Result",
+                "namespace": "_types"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "kind": "response",
+      "name": {
+        "name": "Response",
+        "namespace": "connector.update_active_filtering"
+      },
+      "specLocation": "connector/update_active_filtering/ConnectorUpdateActiveFilteringResponse.ts#L22-L26"
+    },
     {
       "attachedBehaviors": [
         "CommonQueryParameters"
@@ -109366,7 +109523,7 @@
         "properties": [
           {
             "name": "filtering",
-            "required": true,
+            "required": false,
             "type": {
               "kind": "array_of",
               "value": {
@@ -109377,6 +109534,31 @@
                 }
               }
             }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "rules",
+            "required": false,
+            "type": {
+              "kind": "array_of",
+              "value": {
+                "kind": "instance_of",
+                "type": {
+                  "name": "FilteringRule",
+                  "namespace": "connector._types"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "advanced_snippet",
+            "required": false,
+            "type": {
+              "kind": "instance_of",
+              "type": {
+                "name": "FilteringAdvancedSnippet",
+                "namespace": "connector._types"
+              }
+            }
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -109407,7 +109589,7 @@
         }
       ],
       "query": [],
-      "specLocation": "connector/update_filtering/ConnectorUpdateFilteringRequest.ts#L23-L44"
+      "specLocation": "connector/update_filtering/ConnectorUpdateFilteringRequest.ts#L27-L50"
     },
     {
       "body": {
@@ -109433,6 +109615,79 @@
       },
       "specLocation": "connector/update_filtering/ConnectorUpdateFilteringResponse.ts#L22-L26"
     },
+    {
+      "attachedBehaviors": [
+        "CommonQueryParameters"
+      ],
+      "body": {
+        "kind": "properties",
+        "properties": [
+          {
+            "name": "validation",
+            "required": true,
+            "type": {
+              "kind": "instance_of",
+              "type": {
+                "name": "FilteringRulesValidation",
+                "namespace": "connector._types"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "description": "Updates the draft filtering validation info for a connector.",
+      "inherits": {
+        "type": {
+          "name": "RequestBase",
+          "namespace": "_types"
+        }
+      },
+      "kind": "request",
+      "name": {
+        "name": "Request",
+        "namespace": "connector.update_filtering_validation"
+      },
+      "path": [
+        {
+          "description": "The unique identifier of the connector to be updated",
+          "name": "connector_id",
+          "required": true,
+          "type": {
+            "kind": "instance_of",
+            "type": {
+              "name": "Id",
+              "namespace": "_types"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "query": [],
+      "specLocation": "connector/update_filtering_validation/ConnectorUpdateFilteringValidationRequest.ts#L23-L40"
+    },
+    {
+      "body": {
+        "kind": "properties",
+        "properties": [
+          {
+            "name": "result",
+            "required": true,
+            "type": {
+              "kind": "instance_of",
+              "type": {
+                "name": "Result",
+                "namespace": "_types"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "kind": "response",
+      "name": {
+        "name": "Response",
+        "namespace": "connector.update_filtering_validation"
+      },
+      "specLocation": "connector/update_filtering_validation/ConnectorUpdateFilteringValidationResponse.ts#L22-L26"
+    },
     {
       "attachedBehaviors": [
         "CommonQueryParameters"
diff --git a/output/typescript/types.ts b/output/typescript/types.ts
index b78330ed6d..b675fa0d18 100644
--- a/output/typescript/types.ts
+++ b/output/typescript/types.ts
@@ -9089,7 +9089,7 @@ export interface ConnectorConnector {
   custom_scheduling: ConnectorConnectorCustomScheduling
   description?: string
   error?: string
-  features: ConnectorConnectorFeatures
+  features?: ConnectorConnectorFeatures
   filtering: ConnectorFilteringConfig[]
   id?: Id
   index_name?: IndexName
@@ -9202,8 +9202,8 @@ export interface ConnectorFeatureEnabled {
 }
 
 export interface ConnectorFilteringAdvancedSnippet {
-  created_at: DateTime
-  updated_at: DateTime
+  created_at?: DateTime
+  updated_at?: DateTime
   value: Record<string, any>
 }
 
@@ -9216,13 +9216,13 @@ export interface ConnectorFilteringConfig {
 export type ConnectorFilteringPolicy = 'exclude' | 'include'
 
 export interface ConnectorFilteringRule {
-  created_at: DateTime
+  created_at?: DateTime
   field: Field
   id: Id
   order: integer
   policy: ConnectorFilteringPolicy
   rule: ConnectorFilteringRuleRule
-  updated_at: DateTime
+  updated_at?: DateTime
   value: string
 }
 
@@ -9247,12 +9247,12 @@ export interface ConnectorFilteringValidation {
 export type ConnectorFilteringValidationState = 'edited' | 'invalid' | 'valid'
 
 export interface ConnectorGreaterThanValidation {
-  type: 'greater_than'
+  type: '"greater_than"'
   constraint: double
 }
 
 export interface ConnectorIncludedInValidation {
-  type: 'included_in'
+  type: '"included_in"'
   constraint: string
 }
 
@@ -9264,17 +9264,17 @@ export interface ConnectorIngestPipelineParams {
 }
 
 export interface ConnectorLessThanValidation {
-  type: 'less_than'
+  type: '"less_than"'
   constraint: double
 }
 
 export interface ConnectorListTypeValidation {
-  type: 'list_type'
+  type: '"list_type"'
   constraint: ScalarValue[]
 }
 
 export interface ConnectorRegexValidation {
-  type: 'regex'
+  type: '"regex"'
   constraint: string
 }
 
@@ -9291,7 +9291,7 @@ export interface ConnectorSelectOption {
 
 export interface ConnectorSyncJobConnectorReference {
   configuration: ConnectorConnectorConfiguration
-  filtering: ConnectorFilteringConfig
+  filtering: ConnectorFilteringRules
   id: Id
   index_name: string
   language?: string
@@ -9322,6 +9322,7 @@ export interface ConnectorCheckInResponse {
 
 export interface ConnectorDeleteRequest extends RequestBase {
   connector_id: Id
+  delete_sync_jobs: boolean
 }
 
 export type ConnectorDeleteResponse = AcknowledgedResponseBase
@@ -9443,6 +9444,14 @@ export interface ConnectorSyncJobPostResponse {
   id: Id
 }
 
+export interface ConnectorUpdateActiveFilteringRequest extends RequestBase {
+  connector_id: Id
+}
+
+export interface ConnectorUpdateActiveFilteringResponse {
+  result: Result
+}
+
 export interface ConnectorUpdateApiKeyIdRequest extends RequestBase {
   connector_id: Id
   body?: {
@@ -9481,7 +9490,9 @@ export interface ConnectorUpdateErrorResponse {
 export interface ConnectorUpdateFilteringRequest extends RequestBase {
   connector_id: Id
   body?: {
-    filtering: ConnectorFilteringConfig[]
+    filtering?: ConnectorFilteringConfig[]
+    rules?: ConnectorFilteringRule[]
+    advanced_snippet?: ConnectorFilteringAdvancedSnippet
   }
 }
 
@@ -9489,6 +9500,17 @@ export interface ConnectorUpdateFilteringResponse {
   result: Result
 }
 
+export interface ConnectorUpdateFilteringValidationRequest extends RequestBase {
+  connector_id: Id
+  body?: {
+    validation: ConnectorFilteringRulesValidation
+  }
+}
+
+export interface ConnectorUpdateFilteringValidationResponse {
+  result: Result
+}
+
 export interface ConnectorUpdateIndexNameRequest extends RequestBase {
   connector_id: Id
   body?: {
diff --git a/specification/_doc_ids/table.csv b/specification/_doc_ids/table.csv
index d38b1efc78..2a2fb2b9b9 100644
--- a/specification/_doc_ids/table.csv
+++ b/specification/_doc_ids/table.csv
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ connector-configuration,https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/
 connector-update-api-key-id,https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/{branch}/update-connector-api-key-id-api.html
 connector-update-error,https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/{branch}/update-connector-error-api.html
 connector-update-filtering,https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/{branch}/update-connector-filtering-api.html
+connector-update-filtering-validation,https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/{branch}/update-connector-filtering-validation-api.html
 connector-update-index-name,https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/{branch}/update-connector-index-name-api.html
 connector-update-name,https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/{branch}/update-connector-name-description-api.html
 connector-update-native,https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/{branch}/update-connector-native-api.html
diff --git a/specification/_json_spec/connector.delete.json b/specification/_json_spec/connector.delete.json
index bd0bd8de94..4b542d15da 100644
--- a/specification/_json_spec/connector.delete.json
+++ b/specification/_json_spec/connector.delete.json
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
           }
         }
       ]
+    },
+    "params": {
+      "delete_sync_jobs": {
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "default": false,
+        "description": "Determines whether associated sync jobs are also deleted."
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/specification/_json_spec/connector.update_active_filtering.json b/specification/_json_spec/connector.update_active_filtering.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3886e3359a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specification/_json_spec/connector.update_active_filtering.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "connector.update_active_filtering": {
+    "documentation": {
+      "url": "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/update-connector-filtering-api.html",
+      "description": "Activates the draft filtering rules if they are in a validated state."
+    },
+    "stability": "experimental",
+    "visibility": "public",
+    "headers": {
+      "accept": ["application/json"],
+      "content_type": ["application/json"]
+    },
+    "url": {
+      "paths": [
+        {
+          "path": "/_connector/{connector_id}/_filtering/_activate",
+          "methods": ["PUT"],
+          "parts": {
+            "connector_id": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "description": "The unique identifier of the connector to be updated."
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/specification/_json_spec/connector.update_filtering_validation.json b/specification/_json_spec/connector.update_filtering_validation.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac58c71d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specification/_json_spec/connector.update_filtering_validation.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "connector.update_filtering_validation": {
+    "documentation": {
+      "url": "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/update-connector-filtering-api.html",
+      "description": "Updates the validation info of the draft filtering rules."
+    },
+    "stability": "experimental",
+    "visibility": "public",
+    "headers": {
+      "accept": ["application/json"],
+      "content_type": ["application/json"]
+    },
+    "url": {
+      "paths": [
+        {
+          "path": "/_connector/{connector_id}/_filtering/_validation",
+          "methods": ["PUT"],
+          "parts": {
+            "connector_id": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "description": "The unique identifier of the connector to be updated."
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "body": {
+      "description": "Validation info for the draft filtering rules",
+      "required": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/specification/connector/_types/Connector.ts b/specification/connector/_types/Connector.ts
index fc1ee83269..4aef9fe7ef 100644
--- a/specification/connector/_types/Connector.ts
+++ b/specification/connector/_types/Connector.ts
@@ -167,14 +167,14 @@ enum FilteringRuleRule {
   less_than = '<'
 }
 
-interface FilteringRule {
-  created_at: DateTime
+export interface FilteringRule {
+  created_at?: DateTime
   field: Field
   id: Id
   order: integer
   policy: FilteringPolicy
   rule: FilteringRuleRule
-  updated_at: DateTime
+  updated_at?: DateTime
   value: string
 }
 
@@ -189,18 +189,18 @@ enum FilteringValidationState {
   valid
 }
 
-interface FilteringAdvancedSnippet {
-  created_at: DateTime
-  updated_at: DateTime
+export interface FilteringAdvancedSnippet {
+  created_at?: DateTime
+  updated_at?: DateTime
   value: Dictionary<string, UserDefinedValue>
 }
 
-interface FilteringRulesValidation {
+export interface FilteringRulesValidation {
   errors: FilteringValidation[]
   state: FilteringValidationState
 }
 
-interface FilteringRules {
+export interface FilteringRules {
   advanced_snippet: FilteringAdvancedSnippet
   rules: FilteringRule[]
   validation: FilteringRulesValidation
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export interface Connector {
   custom_scheduling: ConnectorCustomScheduling
   description?: string
   error?: string
-  features: ConnectorFeatures
+  features?: ConnectorFeatures
   filtering: FilteringConfig[]
   id?: Id
   index_name?: IndexName
diff --git a/specification/connector/_types/SyncJob.ts b/specification/connector/_types/SyncJob.ts
index c8ac3deed2..542fc6e725 100644
--- a/specification/connector/_types/SyncJob.ts
+++ b/specification/connector/_types/SyncJob.ts
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ import { Dictionary } from '@spec_utils/Dictionary'
 import { UserDefinedValue } from '@spec_utils/UserDefinedValue'
 import {
   ConnectorConfiguration,
-  FilteringConfig,
+  FilteringRules,
   IngestPipelineParams,
   SyncStatus
 } from './Connector'
 
 interface SyncJobConnectorReference {
   configuration: ConnectorConfiguration
-  filtering: FilteringConfig
+  filtering: FilteringRules
   id: Id
   index_name: string
   language?: string
diff --git a/specification/connector/delete/ConnectorDeleteRequest.ts b/specification/connector/delete/ConnectorDeleteRequest.ts
index ebfd921566..92ebc4870b 100644
--- a/specification/connector/delete/ConnectorDeleteRequest.ts
+++ b/specification/connector/delete/ConnectorDeleteRequest.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,7 @@ export interface Request extends RequestBase {
      */
     connector_id: Id
   }
+  query_parameters: {
+    delete_sync_jobs: boolean
+  }
 }
diff --git a/specification/connector/update_active_filtering/ConnectorUpdateActiveFilteringRequest.ts b/specification/connector/update_active_filtering/ConnectorUpdateActiveFilteringRequest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a92fb2b7bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specification/connector/update_active_filtering/ConnectorUpdateActiveFilteringRequest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+import { RequestBase } from '@_types/Base'
+import { Id } from '@_types/common'
+
+/**
+ * Activates the valid draft filtering for a connector.
+ * @rest_spec_name connector.update_active_filtering
+ * @availability stack since=8.12.0 stability=experimental
+ * @availability serverless stability=experimental visibility=public
+ * @doc_id connector-update-filtering
+ */
+export interface Request extends RequestBase {
+  path_parts: {
+    /**
+     * The unique identifier of the connector to be updated
+     */
+    connector_id: Id
+  }
+}
diff --git a/specification/connector/update_active_filtering/ConnectorUpdateActiveFilteringResponse.ts b/specification/connector/update_active_filtering/ConnectorUpdateActiveFilteringResponse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc194d6f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specification/connector/update_active_filtering/ConnectorUpdateActiveFilteringResponse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Result } from '@_types/Result'
+
+export class Response {
+  body: {
+    result: Result
+  }
+}
diff --git a/specification/connector/update_filtering/ConnectorUpdateFilteringRequest.ts b/specification/connector/update_filtering/ConnectorUpdateFilteringRequest.ts
index 7c66ecfc2d..1341328e30 100644
--- a/specification/connector/update_filtering/ConnectorUpdateFilteringRequest.ts
+++ b/specification/connector/update_filtering/ConnectorUpdateFilteringRequest.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
  */
 import { RequestBase } from '@_types/Base'
 import { Id } from '@_types/common'
-import { FilteringConfig } from '../_types/Connector'
+import {
+  FilteringAdvancedSnippet,
+  FilteringConfig,
+  FilteringRule
+} from '../_types/Connector'
 
 /**
  * Updates the filtering field in the connector document
@@ -35,10 +39,12 @@ export interface Request extends RequestBase {
     connector_id: Id
   }
   /**
-   * The connector filtering configuration
+   * The connector draft filtering configuration
    */
   /** @codegen_name filtering */
   body: {
-    filtering: FilteringConfig[]
+    filtering?: FilteringConfig[]
+    rules?: FilteringRule[]
+    advanced_snippet?: FilteringAdvancedSnippet
   }
 }
diff --git a/specification/connector/update_filtering_validation/ConnectorUpdateFilteringValidationRequest.ts b/specification/connector/update_filtering_validation/ConnectorUpdateFilteringValidationRequest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbdb80f4ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specification/connector/update_filtering_validation/ConnectorUpdateFilteringValidationRequest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+import { RequestBase } from '@_types/Base'
+import { Id } from '@_types/common'
+import { FilteringRulesValidation } from 'connector/_types/Connector'
+
+/**
+ * Updates the draft filtering validation info for a connector.
+ * @rest_spec_name connector.update_filtering_validation
+ * @availability stack since=8.12.0 stability=experimental
+ * @availability serverless stability=experimental visibility=public
+ * @doc_id connector-update-filtering-validation
+ */
+export interface Request extends RequestBase {
+  path_parts: {
+    /**
+     * The unique identifier of the connector to be updated
+     */
+    connector_id: Id
+  }
+  body: {
+    validation: FilteringRulesValidation
+  }
+}
diff --git a/specification/connector/update_filtering_validation/ConnectorUpdateFilteringValidationResponse.ts b/specification/connector/update_filtering_validation/ConnectorUpdateFilteringValidationResponse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc194d6f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specification/connector/update_filtering_validation/ConnectorUpdateFilteringValidationResponse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Result } from '@_types/Result'
+
+export class Response {
+  body: {
+    result: Result
+  }
+}