What happens to your indexed data when Mistral flips the switch?

Mistral is giving enterprise customers until August 31 to replace Google Drive and Microsoft SharePoint Knowledge Connectors in Vibe Work with MCP-based alternatives. Once the deadline is reached, the existing connectors will be shut down and deleted, requiring administrators to install the MCP replacements before users reconnect their Google or Microsoft accounts.

Mistral stores a searchable index of documents, processing files chosen by administrators and storing the resulting index in its European data centers. The retrieval architecture behind the new connectors is not fully detailed by Mistral, leaving customers uncertain about how their data will be retrieved and stored. The indexing process can take from a few minutes to several hours, and administrators will need to install the MCP replacements before users can search in Vibe Work.

Permissions rules for the new connectors have not been clearly defined by Mistral, and it remains unclear how data will be retrieved and whether search results will be of the same quality as before. The company does not promise that searches will be as fast or return results of the same quality, as the MCP protocol layer was not designed to enforce enterprise permission models.

Deleting indexed data is permanent, but it is unclear whether the deletion process will be automatic or take a certain amount of time.