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Documents the new opt-in mask-pii setting for Ask Fern (ai-search block in docs.yml), shipped in fern-api/fern#17040 and fern-api/fern-platform#13097. Masking of PII in the user's question is now off by default and runs client-side only when mask-pii: true.

  • fern/products/docs/pages/navigation/site-level-settings.mdx: added a mask-pii row to the ai-search example and a <ParamField> documenting it (boolean, defaults to false).
  • fern/products/docs/pages/changelog/2026-07-15.mdx: new Docs changelog entry (ai, security, docs.yml) linking to the Ask Fern configuration section.
ai-search:
  mask-pii: true   # absent / false => masking disabled (default)

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## Opt-in PII masking for Ask Fern

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📝 [vale] reported by reviewdog 🐶
[FernStyles.Acronyms] 'PII' has no definition.


<ChangelogTags>ai, security, docs.yml</ChangelogTags>

Ask Fern can now mask personally identifiable information in a user's question. When enabled, structured PII (emails, phone numbers, SSNs, and credit card numbers) is redacted in the browser and never sent to Fern.

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📝 [vale] reported by reviewdog 🐶
[FernStyles.Acronyms] 'PII' has no definition.

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