Dgraph Cloud Support Terms
These Dgraph Cloud Support Terms (these “Support Terms”) set forth the support services that are included with the Dgraph Service. Capitalized terms used in these Support Terms and not otherwise defined have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Dgraph Cloud Terms of Service located at https://dgraph.io/legal-notices/cloud-terms
1. Definitions.
1.1. “Authorized Contact” means those persons referenced in Section 4.5 of these Support Terms.
1.2. “Business Hours” means 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Pacific US Time, Monday through Friday, excluding U.S. Federal Holidays.
1.3. “Error” means an error in the Dgraph Service, which significantly degrades use of the Dgraph Service as compared to the published and functional performance Documentation for the Dgraph Service.
1.4. “Fix” means the repair of the Dgraph Service to remedy an Error.
1.5. “Severity 1 – Production Outage” means that the Dgraph Service is non-operational and there is no known Workaround.
1.6. “Severity 2 – Question” means a non-critical problem in the Dgraph Service and where Customer is able to continue to use the Dgraph Service and a Workaround is available.
1.7. “Severity 3 – Feedback” means any feedback on the Service.
1.8. “Service Hours” means twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
1.9. “Support” means (a) the provision of Updates related to the Dgraph Service; (b) assistance by email with respect to the use of the Dgraph Service including without limitation (i) clarification of functions and features of the Dgraph Service, (ii) clarification of the Documentation, and/or (iii) guidance in the operation of the Dgraph Service; and (c) Error verification, analysis and correction.
1.10. “Support Request” means to report a Severity 1 Error or Severity 2, or Severity 3 Error, a notification from Customer to Dgraph requesting Support.
1.11. “Support Initial Reply Time” means the elapsed time between the receipt of a Support Request and the target time within which Dgraph begins Support as verified by a verbal or email confirmation to Customer.
1.12. “Update” means an update, enhancement, modification, bug-fix, patch or error correction that Dgraph makes generally available to the Dgraph Service, excluding hardware, Dgraph Service or services for which Dgraph would generally charge an additional fee.
1.13. “Workaround” means a change in the procedures followed or data supplied by Customer to avoid an Error without substantially impairing Customer’s use of the Dgraph Service.
2. Support Services
For so long as Customer is current in payment of its fees for the Dgraph Service, Customer will receive Support as specified in these Support Terms.
2.1. Customer Support Center. If the Customer request is to report an Error, Dgraph will assign an Error priority level to the request when received.
2.2. Support Request Logging. Dgraph will acknowledge receipt of Support Requests by email with a tracking number within the Support Reply Times.
2.3. Support Initial Reply Times. Support for the Dgraph Service is available with the following Support Initial Reply Times:
2.4. Response. Following acknowledgement by Dgraph in response to a Support Request in respect of a Severity 1 Error, Dgraph will work uninterrupted during Service Hours or Business Hours as the case may be, using commercially reasonable efforts to provide Customer with a Workaround or Fix. Following acknowledgement of a Severity 2 or 3 Error, Dgraph will use reasonable commercial efforts to incorporate any necessary changes with the next release of the Dgraph Service, or provide a Fix or Workaround thereto, in its sole discretion.
2.5. External Issues. If Dgraph believes that a problem reported by Customer may not be due to an Error in the Dgraph Service, Dgraph will notify Customer.
3. Exclusions
Support does not include services requested as a result of, or with respect to, causes which are not attributable to Dgraph or the Dgraph Service (“Excluded Services”). Causes which are not attributable to Dgraph or the Dgraph Service include, but are not limited to:
a) modification, customization, alteration or addition or attempted installation, modification, customization, alteration or addition of the Dgraph Service undertaken by any party other than Dgraph or an authorized designee of Dgraph;
b) Errors arising out of misuse, negligence, misapplication, or willful acts of Customer or any third party;
c) any combination of the Dgraph Service with any computer hardware or Dgraph Service not provided or approved in writing by Dgraph; or
d) use of the Dgraph Service other than in accordance with its Documentation or the Dgraph Cloud Terms of Use.
4. Customer Responsibilities
Dgraph’s provision of Support to Customer is subject to the following.
4.1. Information. Customer is responsible for providing sufficient information and data to allow Dgraph to readily reproduce all reported Errors.
4.2. Access. Customer shall provide Dgraph with necessary access to its personnel during Service Hours.
4.3. Report Errors. Customer shall document and promptly report all detected Errors to Dgraph. At Dgraph’s direction, Customer shall take all steps necessary to carry out procedures for the rectification of Errors within a reasonable time after such procedures have been received from Dgraph.
4.4. Training. Customer shall properly train Customer’s personnel in the use and application of the Dgraph Service.
DGRAPH MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUPPORT OR ANY OTHER SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY MAINTENANCE RELEASES, SOFTWARE UPDATES, DOCUMENTATION, OR ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THESE SUPPORT TERMS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.