Document behavior of absent Splunk sourcetype in Custom Destinations (#3960)

Co-authored-by: ci.datadog-api-spec <packages@datadoghq.com>

Author: api-clients-generation-pipeline[bot]

.generator/schemas/v2/openapi.yaml

@@ -18679,9 +18679,10 @@ components:
           description: |-
             The Splunk sourcetype for the events sent to this Splunk destination.
 
-            If absent, the default sourcetype `_json` is used. If set to null, the `sourcetype`
-            field is omitted from the Splunk HEC payload entirely. Otherwise, the provided string
-            value is used as the sourcetype.
+            If the field is absent from the request and no sourcetype has been previously set on this destination, the default sourcetype `_json` is used.
+            On update, if the field is absent from the request but a sourcetype was previously set, the previous value is kept.
+            If set to `null`, the sourcetype field is omitted from the forwarded event entirely.
+            Otherwise, the provided string value is used as the sourcetype.
           example: my-source
           nullable: true
           type: string
@@ -18964,9 +18965,10 @@ components:
           description: |-
             The Splunk sourcetype for the events sent to this Splunk destination.
 
-            If absent, the default sourcetype `_json` is used. If set to null, the `sourcetype`
-            field is omitted from the Splunk HEC payload entirely. Otherwise, the provided string
-            value is used as the sourcetype.
+            If the field is absent from the request and no sourcetype has been previously set on this destination, the default sourcetype `_json` is used.
+            On update, if the field is absent from the request but a sourcetype was previously set, the previous value is kept.
+            If set to `null`, the sourcetype field is omitted from the forwarded event entirely.
+            Otherwise, the provided string value is used as the sourcetype.
           example: my-source
           nullable: true
           type: string

packages/datadog-api-client-v2/models/CustomDestinationForwardDestinationSplunk.ts

@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ export class CustomDestinationForwardDestinationSplunk {
   /**
    * The Splunk sourcetype for the events sent to this Splunk destination.
    *
-   * If absent, the default sourcetype `_json` is used. If set to null, the `sourcetype`
-   * field is omitted from the Splunk HEC payload entirely. Otherwise, the provided string
-   * value is used as the sourcetype.
+   * If the field is absent from the request and no sourcetype has been previously set on this destination, the default sourcetype `_json` is used.
+   * On update, if the field is absent from the request but a sourcetype was previously set, the previous value is kept.
+   * If set to `null`, the sourcetype field is omitted from the forwarded event entirely.
+   * Otherwise, the provided string value is used as the sourcetype.
    */
   "sourcetype"?: string;
   /**

packages/datadog-api-client-v2/models/CustomDestinationResponseForwardDestinationSplunk.ts

@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ export class CustomDestinationResponseForwardDestinationSplunk {
   /**
    * The Splunk sourcetype for the events sent to this Splunk destination.
    *
-   * If absent, the default sourcetype `_json` is used. If set to null, the `sourcetype`
-   * field is omitted from the Splunk HEC payload entirely. Otherwise, the provided string
-   * value is used as the sourcetype.
+   * If the field is absent from the request and no sourcetype has been previously set on this destination, the default sourcetype `_json` is used.
+   * On update, if the field is absent from the request but a sourcetype was previously set, the previous value is kept.
+   * If set to `null`, the sourcetype field is omitted from the forwarded event entirely.
+   * Otherwise, the provided string value is used as the sourcetype.
    */
   "sourcetype"?: string;
   /**