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Should we mention Online Schema Change in the docs?

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I can not find much about online schema change in the docs site. The top results are about data migration tools.
https://www.google.com/search?q=tidb+online+schema+change+site%3Adocs.pingcap.com&sxsrf=AJOqlzWWna-OGLul6DtShCBH_YODilpZTQ%3A1675056193297&ei=QVTXY4rzEaLIkPIPy62K-A4&ved=0ahUKEwjKl4XLxu78AhUiJEQIHcuWAu8Q4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=tidb+online+schema+change+site%3Adocs.pingcap.com&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzoKCAAQRxDWBBCwAzoGCAAQFhAeOgUIIRCgAToFCCEQqwJKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQ3QRY5TVg5TdoAnABeACAAbsBiAGBGJIBBDIuMjGYAQCgAQHIAQXAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1

Should we have a document like this: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/online-schema-changes.html

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