From e225c2f8e0b9399a79ce0df5e71b39da224f6272 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukasz Szaszkiewicz <lukasz.szaszkiewicz@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:52:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add WatchListCompression feature gate documentation

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 .../feature-gates/WatchListCompression.md        | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/WatchListCompression.md

diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/WatchListCompression.md b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/WatchListCompression.md
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+---
+title: WatchListCompression
+content_type: feature_gate
+_build:
+  list: never
+  render: false
+
+stages:
+  - stage: beta
+    defaultValue: true
+    fromVersion: "1.37"
+---
+Enables compression for
+[_watch list_](/docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#streaming-lists)
+responses from the API server.
+This feature gate has no effect if `WatchList` is disabled.