diff --git a/agent/Dockerfile b/agent/Dockerfile
index 20a33b59..a2cb0186 100644
--- a/agent/Dockerfile
+++ b/agent/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags="-s -w -X github.com/TerrifiedBug/vectorflow
 
 # Stage 2: Download Vector
 FROM alpine:3.21 AS vector
-ARG VECTOR_VERSION=0.44.0
+ARG VECTOR_VERSION=0.53.0
 RUN apk add --no-cache curl && \
     curl -sSfL -o /tmp/vector.tar.gz \
       "https://packages.timber.io/vector/${VECTOR_VERSION}/vector-${VECTOR_VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz" && \
diff --git a/agent/install.sh b/agent/install.sh
index 04795b1d..9256a9cd 100755
--- a/agent/install.sh
+++ b/agent/install.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ VECTOR_DATA_DIR="/var/lib/vector"
 CONFIG_DIR="/etc/vectorflow"
 ENV_FILE="${CONFIG_DIR}/agent.env"
 SERVICE_NAME="vf-agent"
-VECTOR_VERSION="0.44.0"
+VECTOR_VERSION="0.53.0"
 
 # Defaults
 VF_URL=""
diff --git a/docker/server/Dockerfile b/docker/server/Dockerfile
index 1e500556..84960ce5 100644
--- a/docker/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/server/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.local/share/pnpm/store \
 
 # ---- Stage 2: Download Vector binary (cached unless VECTOR_VERSION changes) ----
 FROM alpine:3.21 AS vector
-ARG VECTOR_VERSION=0.44.0
+ARG VECTOR_VERSION=0.53.0
 RUN apk add --no-cache curl && \
     curl -sSfL -o /tmp/vector.tar.gz \
       "https://packages.timber.io/vector/${VECTOR_VERSION}/vector-${VECTOR_VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz" && \
diff --git a/src/components/flow/detail-panel.tsx b/src/components/flow/detail-panel.tsx
index 1b6f77fd..8c26f23c 100644
--- a/src/components/flow/detail-panel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/flow/detail-panel.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
-import { Copy, Trash2, Lock, Info, MousePointerClick } from "lucide-react";
+import { Copy, Trash2, Lock, Info, MousePointerClick, ExternalLink } from "lucide-react";
 import { useFlowStore } from "@/stores/flow-store";
 import { SchemaForm } from "@/components/config-forms/schema-form";
 import { VrlEditor } from "@/components/vrl-editor/vrl-editor";
@@ -255,8 +255,17 @@ export function DetailPanel({ pipelineId, isDeployed }: DetailPanelProps) {
             <Card className="gap-4 py-4">
               <CardHeader className="pb-0">
                 <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
-                  <CardTitle className="truncate text-base">
+                  <CardTitle className="flex items-center gap-1.5 truncate text-base">
                     {componentDef.displayName}
+                    <a
+                      href={`https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/${componentDef.kind}s/${componentDef.type}/`}
+                      target="_blank"
+                      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                      className="inline-flex text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
+                      aria-label="Open Vector docs"
+                    >
+                      <ExternalLink className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+                    </a>
                   </CardTitle>
                   <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
                     <Badge
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/shared.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/shared.ts
index 3f156f3f..c099206b 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/shared.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/shared.ts
@@ -175,14 +175,19 @@ export function requestSchema() {
 
 export function encodingSchema(
   codecs: string[] = [
+    "avro",
+    "cef",
+    "csv",
+    "gelf",
     "json",
-    "ndjson",
-    "text",
     "logfmt",
-    "csv",
-    "avro",
-    "raw_message",
+    "native",
     "native_json",
+    "otlp",
+    "protobuf",
+    "raw_message",
+    "syslog",
+    "text",
   ],
 ) {
   return {
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/aws.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/aws.ts
index b13e0235..2bd833e1 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/aws.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/aws.ts
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ export const awsSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description: "Timezone for date specifiers in templates (default: UTC)",
         },
-        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "protobuf", "raw_message", "text"]),
-        ...compressionSchema(["none", "gzip"], "gzip"),
+        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "otlp", "protobuf", "raw_message", "syslog", "text"]),
+        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"], "gzip"),
         ...authAwsSchema(),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "10MB", timeout_secs: "300" }),
@@ -197,15 +197,15 @@ export const awsSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description: "KMS key ARN for encrypting logs",
         },
-        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "protobuf", "raw_message", "text"]),
-        ...compressionSchema(["none", "gzip"], "none"),
+        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "otlp", "protobuf", "raw_message", "syslog", "text"]),
+        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"], "none"),
         ...authAwsSchema(),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "1MB", timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["group_name", "stream_name"],
+      required: ["group_name", "stream_name", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ export const awsSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description: "Custom endpoint for use with AWS-compatible services",
         },
-        ...compressionSchema(["none", "gzip"], "none"),
+        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"], "none"),
         ...authAwsSchema(),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ timeout_secs: "1" }),
@@ -269,15 +269,15 @@ export const awsSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description: "Log field to use as the partition key for Kinesis records",
         },
-        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "protobuf", "raw_message", "text"]),
-        ...compressionSchema(["none", "gzip"], "none"),
+        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "otlp", "protobuf", "raw_message", "syslog", "text"]),
+        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"], "none"),
         ...authAwsSchema(),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "4MB", timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["stream_name"],
+      required: ["stream_name", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -308,15 +308,15 @@ export const awsSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description: "Custom endpoint for use with AWS-compatible services",
         },
-        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "protobuf", "raw_message", "text"]),
-        ...compressionSchema(["none", "gzip"], "none"),
+        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "otlp", "protobuf", "raw_message", "syslog", "text"]),
+        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"], "none"),
         ...authAwsSchema(),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "5MB", timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["stream_name"],
+      required: ["stream_name", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ export const awsSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description: "Deduplication ID for FIFO queues (template-enabled)",
         },
-        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "protobuf", "raw_message", "text"]),
+        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "otlp", "protobuf", "raw_message", "syslog", "text"]),
         ...authAwsSchema(),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["queue_url"],
+      required: ["queue_url", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ export const awsSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
     configSchema: {
       type: "object",
       properties: {
-        queue_url: {
+        topic_arn: {
           type: "string",
-          description: "SQS queue URL for SNS publishing",
+          description: "The ARN of the SNS topic to publish to",
         },
         region: {
           type: "string",
@@ -392,13 +392,13 @@ export const awsSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description: "Deduplication ID for FIFO queues (template-enabled)",
         },
-        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "protobuf", "raw_message", "text"]),
+        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "otlp", "protobuf", "raw_message", "syslog", "text"]),
         ...authAwsSchema(),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["queue_url"],
+      required: ["topic_arn", "encoding"],
     },
   },
 ];
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/azure.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/azure.ts
index a909d425..75052c2a 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/azure.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/azure.ts
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ export const azureSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           "logfmt",
           "native",
           "native_json",
+          "otlp",
           "protobuf",
           "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
           "text",
         ]),
         ...compressionSchema(
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ export const azureSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["connection_string", "container_name"],
+      required: ["connection_string", "container_name", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/gcp.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/gcp.ts
index 4d6585ad..8b371d71 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/gcp.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/gcp.ts
@@ -108,8 +108,10 @@ export const gcpSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           "logfmt",
           "native",
           "native_json",
+          "otlp",
           "protobuf",
           "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
           "text",
         ]),
         ...compressionSchema(
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ export const gcpSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["bucket"],
+      required: ["bucket", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ export const gcpSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["log_id"],
+      required: ["log_id", "resource"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -269,7 +271,7 @@ export const gcpSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["project_id"],
+      required: ["project_id", "resource"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -308,8 +310,10 @@ export const gcpSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           "logfmt",
           "native",
           "native_json",
+          "otlp",
           "protobuf",
           "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
           "text",
         ]),
         ...tlsSchema(),
@@ -317,7 +321,7 @@ export const gcpSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["project", "topic"],
+      required: ["project", "topic", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -357,7 +361,6 @@ export const gcpSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
             "us",
             "eu",
             "asia",
-            "australia-southeast1",
             "canada",
             "dammam",
             "doha",
@@ -396,17 +399,19 @@ export const gcpSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           "logfmt",
           "native",
           "native_json",
+          "otlp",
           "protobuf",
           "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
           "text",
         ]),
-        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none"], "none"),
+        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"], "none"),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "1MB", timeout_secs: "15" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["customer_id", "log_type"],
+      required: ["customer_id", "log_type", "encoding"],
     },
   },
 ];
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/logging.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/logging.ts
index d59f4d2a..24030646 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/logging.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/logging.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const loggingSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["endpoint"],
+      required: ["endpoint", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export const loggingSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["endpoint"],
+      required: ["endpoint", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export const loggingSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["endpoint", "default_token"],
+      required: ["endpoint", "default_token", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/messaging.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/messaging.ts
index e1b271a3..99465c64 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/messaging.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/messaging.ts
@@ -58,23 +58,25 @@ export const messagingSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         },
         ...kafkaSaslSchema(),
         ...encodingSchema([
-          "json",
-          "text",
-          "raw_message",
           "avro",
           "cef",
           "csv",
           "gelf",
+          "json",
           "logfmt",
           "native",
           "native_json",
+          "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...compressionSchema(["none", "gzip", "snappy", "lz4", "zstd"], "none"),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["bootstrap_servers", "topic"],
+      required: ["bootstrap_servers", "topic", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -133,22 +135,24 @@ export const messagingSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "AMQP message properties",
         },
         ...encodingSchema([
-          "json",
-          "text",
-          "raw_message",
           "avro",
           "cef",
           "csv",
           "gelf",
+          "json",
           "logfmt",
           "native",
           "native_json",
+          "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["connection_string", "exchange"],
+      required: ["connection_string", "exchange", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -232,22 +236,24 @@ export const messagingSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "Authentication configuration",
         },
         ...encodingSchema([
-          "json",
-          "text",
-          "raw_message",
           "avro",
           "cef",
           "csv",
           "gelf",
+          "json",
           "logfmt",
           "native",
           "native_json",
+          "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["endpoint", "topic"],
+      required: ["endpoint", "topic", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -310,24 +316,25 @@ export const messagingSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "Sorted set-specific configuration",
         },
         ...encodingSchema([
-          "json",
-          "text",
-          "raw_message",
           "avro",
           "cef",
           "csv",
           "gelf",
+          "json",
           "logfmt",
           "native",
           "native_json",
+          "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
-        ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "10MB", timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["endpoint", "key"],
+      required: ["endpoint", "key", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -421,22 +428,24 @@ export const messagingSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "Authentication configuration",
         },
         ...encodingSchema([
-          "json",
-          "text",
-          "raw_message",
           "avro",
           "cef",
           "csv",
           "gelf",
+          "json",
           "logfmt",
           "native",
           "native_json",
+          "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["url", "subject"],
+      required: ["url", "subject", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -509,22 +518,24 @@ export const messagingSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           sensitive: true,
         },
         ...encodingSchema([
-          "json",
-          "text",
-          "raw_message",
           "avro",
           "cef",
           "csv",
           "gelf",
+          "json",
           "logfmt",
           "native",
           "native_json",
+          "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["host", "topic"],
+      required: ["host", "topic", "encoding"],
     },
   },
 ];
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/network.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/network.ts
index 3ce37730..1cfd8bed 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/network.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/network.ts
@@ -28,15 +28,10 @@ export const networkSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         },
         method: {
           type: "string",
-          enum: ["get", "post", "put", "patch", "delete", "head", "options"],
+          enum: ["delete", "get", "head", "options", "patch", "post", "put", "trace"],
           description: "HTTP method",
           default: "post",
         },
-        headers: {
-          type: "object",
-          additionalProperties: { type: "string" },
-          description: "Additional HTTP headers (template-enabled)",
-        },
         payload_prefix: {
           type: "string",
           description: "JSON prefix for payload body",
@@ -47,20 +42,19 @@ export const networkSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         },
         ...authBasicBearerSchema(),
         ...encodingSchema([
+          "avro",
+          "cef",
+          "csv",
+          "gelf",
           "json",
-          "ndjson",
-          "text",
           "logfmt",
-          "csv",
-          "avro",
-          "raw_message",
           "native",
           "native_json",
-          "gelf",
-          "cef",
-          "syslog",
           "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...compressionSchema(["none", "gzip", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"]),
         ...tlsSchema(),
@@ -68,7 +62,7 @@ export const networkSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["uri"],
+      required: ["uri", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -87,6 +81,7 @@ export const networkSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description:
             "Socket address to connect to (e.g., 92.12.333.224:5000). Required for tcp and udp modes.",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: ["tcp", "udp"] },
         },
         mode: {
           type: "string",
@@ -97,43 +92,33 @@ export const networkSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description:
             "Unix socket path (absolute path, required for unix_stream and unix_datagram modes)",
-        },
-        keepalive: {
-          type: "object",
-          properties: {
-            time_secs: {
-              type: "number",
-              description:
-                "The time to wait before starting to send TCP keepalive probes on an idle connection",
-            },
-          },
-          description: "TCP keepalive settings (relevant when mode = tcp)",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: ["unix_datagram", "unix_stream"] },
         },
         send_buffer_bytes: {
           type: "number",
           description:
             "Configures the send buffer size (SO_SNDBUF) for the socket. Relevant for tcp and udp modes.",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: ["tcp", "udp"] },
         },
         ...encodingSchema([
+          "avro",
+          "cef",
+          "csv",
+          "gelf",
           "json",
-          "text",
-          "raw_message",
-          "ndjson",
           "logfmt",
-          "csv",
-          "avro",
           "native",
           "native_json",
-          "gelf",
-          "cef",
-          "syslog",
           "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["mode"],
+      required: ["mode", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -163,32 +148,26 @@ export const networkSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description:
             "Maximum wait time in seconds for Pong responses. Connection re-establishes on timeout. Ignored unless ping_interval is set.",
         },
-        headers: {
-          type: "object",
-          additionalProperties: { type: "string" },
-          description: "Custom headers for the WebSocket handshake",
-        },
         ...authBasicBearerSchema(),
         ...encodingSchema([
+          "avro",
+          "cef",
+          "csv",
+          "gelf",
           "json",
-          "text",
-          "raw_message",
-          "ndjson",
           "logfmt",
-          "csv",
-          "avro",
           "native",
           "native_json",
-          "gelf",
-          "cef",
-          "syslog",
           "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["uri"],
+      required: ["uri", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -209,25 +188,24 @@ export const networkSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "Address to listen on (must include port, e.g., 0.0.0.0:80)",
         },
         ...encodingSchema([
+          "avro",
+          "cef",
+          "csv",
+          "gelf",
           "json",
-          "text",
-          "raw_message",
-          "ndjson",
           "logfmt",
-          "csv",
-          "avro",
           "native",
           "native_json",
-          "gelf",
-          "cef",
-          "syslog",
           "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["address"],
+      required: ["address", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -283,25 +261,24 @@ export const networkSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           default: 30,
         },
         ...encodingSchema([
-          "json",
-          "ndjson",
-          "text",
+          "avro",
+          "cef",
           "csv",
-          "raw_message",
+          "gelf",
+          "json",
           "logfmt",
-          "avro",
           "native",
           "native_json",
-          "gelf",
-          "cef",
-          "syslog",
           "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
-        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none", "zstd"], "none"),
+        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"], "none"),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["path"],
+      required: ["path", "encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -350,23 +327,23 @@ export const networkSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           default: "stdout",
         },
         ...encodingSchema([
+          "avro",
+          "cef",
+          "csv",
+          "gelf",
           "json",
-          "text",
           "logfmt",
-          "csv",
-          "avro",
-          "raw_message",
           "native",
           "native_json",
-          "gelf",
-          "cef",
-          "syslog",
           "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...bufferSchema(),
       },
-      required: [],
+      required: ["encoding"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -398,27 +375,25 @@ export const networkSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
             "Directory prefix for organizing stored objects (template-enabled, should end with /)",
         },
         ...encodingSchema([
-          "json",
-          "ndjson",
-          "text",
+          "avro",
+          "cef",
           "csv",
-          "raw_message",
+          "gelf",
+          "json",
           "logfmt",
-          "avro",
           "native",
           "native_json",
-          "gelf",
-          "cef",
-          "syslog",
           "otlp",
           "protobuf",
+          "raw_message",
+          "syslog",
+          "text",
         ]),
         ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"], "gzip"),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "10MB", timeout_secs: "300" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
-        ...requestSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["endpoint", "prefix"],
+      required: ["endpoint", "prefix", "encoding"],
     },
   },
 ];
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/observability.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/observability.ts
index fa9f6cd5..62a0271b 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/observability.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/observability.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export const observabilitySinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           ["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"],
           "gzip",
         ),
-        ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "1MB", timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ export const observabilitySinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           ["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"],
           "zstd",
         ),
-        ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "100KB", timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
@@ -221,7 +219,6 @@ export const observabilitySinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           items: { type: "string" },
           description: "Tags to attach to events",
         },
-        ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "10MB", timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
@@ -257,7 +254,6 @@ export const observabilitySinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description:
             "Custom Sematext endpoint URL (overrides region setting)",
         },
-        ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "10MB", timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
@@ -298,7 +294,6 @@ export const observabilitySinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description:
             "Custom Sematext endpoint URL (overrides region setting)",
         },
-        ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
@@ -366,7 +361,7 @@ export const observabilitySinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
             "Field for the nanosecond timestamp value (default: @timestamp.nanos)",
           default: "@timestamp.nanos",
         },
-        ...encodingSchema(["json", "text"]),
+        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "otlp", "protobuf", "raw_message", "syslog", "text"]),
         ...compressionSchema(
           ["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"],
           "none",
@@ -475,7 +470,6 @@ export const observabilitySinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           default:
             "http://localhost:8080/alerts/event/vectordev?provider_id=test",
         },
-        ...tlsSchema(),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "100KB", timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/search-db.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/search-db.ts
index e3149142..6bea5f81 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/search-db.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sinks/search-db.ts
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ export const searchDbSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "Document type for Elasticsearch indexing (ES 6.x and below)",
           default: "_doc",
         },
-        suppress_type_name: {
-          type: "boolean",
-          description:
-            "Suppress the _type field in requests. Deprecated; use api_version instead",
-          default: false,
-        },
         opensearch_service_type: {
           type: "string",
           enum: ["managed", "serverless"],
@@ -206,7 +200,7 @@ export const searchDbSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         },
         format: {
           type: "string",
-          enum: ["json_as_object", "json_as_string", "json_each_row"],
+          enum: ["arrow_stream", "json_as_object", "json_as_string", "json_each_row"],
           description: "Data format for parsing input data",
           default: "json_each_row",
         },
@@ -434,9 +428,8 @@ export const searchDbSinks: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           default: "NULL",
         },
         ...authBasicBearerSchema(),
-        ...encodingSchema(["json", "csv"]),
-        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none"], "none"),
-        ...tlsSchema(),
+        ...encodingSchema(["avro", "cef", "csv", "gelf", "json", "logfmt", "native", "native_json", "otlp", "protobuf", "raw_message", "syslog", "text"]),
+        ...compressionSchema(["gzip", "none", "snappy", "zlib", "zstd"], "none"),
         ...batchSchema({ max_bytes: "10MB", timeout_secs: "1" }),
         ...bufferSchema(),
         ...requestSchema(),
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/container.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/container.ts
index 6a8fbc79..6a81fe7b 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/container.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/container.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const containerSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
             },
             mode: {
               type: "string",
-              enum: ["halt_before", "halt_after", "continue_through", "continue_past"],
+              enum: ["halt_before", "halt_with", "continue_through", "continue_past"],
               description: "Multi-line mode",
             },
             timeout_ms: {
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/local.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/local.ts
index 1c847e7a..afdeb914 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/local.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/local.ts
@@ -143,19 +143,6 @@ export const localSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           },
           description: "Multiline aggregation configuration",
         },
-        internal_metrics: {
-          type: "object",
-          properties: {
-            include_file_tag: {
-              type: "boolean",
-              description:
-                "Whether to include the file tag on internal metrics",
-              default: false,
-            },
-          },
-          description: "Configuration of internal metrics for this source",
-        },
-        ...decodingSchema().decoding && { decoding: decodingSchema().decoding },
       },
       required: ["include"],
     },
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/messaging.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/messaging.ts
index f13367fe..fd4cc513 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/messaging.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/messaging.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export const messagingSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...decodingSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["bootstrap_servers", "topics"],
+      required: ["bootstrap_servers", "topics", "group_id"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export const messagingSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...decodingSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["url", "subject"],
+      required: ["url", "subject", "connection_name"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -238,10 +238,6 @@ export const messagingSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "Number of messages per batch (default: 1000)",
           default: 1000,
         },
-        dead_letter_queue_topic: {
-          type: "string",
-          description: "Topic for dead letter messages",
-        },
         auth: {
           type: "object",
           properties: {
@@ -311,10 +307,6 @@ export const messagingSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description: "MQTT client identifier",
         },
-        qos: {
-          type: "number",
-          description: "Quality of Service level (0, 1, or 2)",
-        },
         keep_alive: {
           type: "number",
           description: "Connection keep-alive interval in seconds (default: 60)",
@@ -386,7 +378,6 @@ export const messagingSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description: "Field name to add the Redis key to each event",
         },
-        ...tlsSchema(),
         ...decodingSchema(),
       },
       required: ["url", "key"],
@@ -490,8 +481,8 @@ export const messagingSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         visibility_timeout_secs: {
           type: "number",
           description:
-            "Visibility timeout for received messages in seconds (default: 30)",
-          default: 30,
+            "Visibility timeout for received messages in seconds (default: 300)",
+          default: 300,
         },
         delete_message: {
           type: "boolean",
@@ -526,12 +517,6 @@ export const messagingSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "Address to listen on (default: 0.0.0.0:443)",
           default: "0.0.0.0:443",
         },
-        access_key: {
-          type: "string",
-          description:
-            "Deprecated: use access_keys instead. Firehose access key for request validation",
-          sensitive: true,
-        },
         access_keys: {
           type: "array",
           items: { type: "string" },
@@ -551,7 +536,7 @@ export const messagingSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...decodingSchema(),
       },
-      required: ["address"],
+      required: ["address", "store_access_key"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -635,12 +620,6 @@ export const messagingSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "Address to listen on (default: 0.0.0.0:8088)",
           default: "0.0.0.0:8088",
         },
-        token: {
-          type: "string",
-          description:
-            "Deprecated: use valid_tokens instead. HEC token for authentication",
-          sensitive: true,
-        },
         valid_tokens: {
           type: "array",
           items: { type: "string" },
@@ -727,11 +706,6 @@ export const messagingSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "boolean",
           description: "Parse Datadog tags from incoming events",
         },
-        log_namespace: {
-          type: "boolean",
-          description: "Use Vector namespaced log schema (default: false)",
-          default: false,
-        },
         ...tlsSchema(),
       },
       required: ["address"],
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/metrics.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/metrics.ts
index 51fdc0a8..fe44fd59 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/metrics.ts
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ export const metricSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           items: {
             type: "string",
             enum: [
+              "cgroups",
               "cpu",
               "disk",
               "filesystem",
-              "load",
               "host",
+              "load",
               "memory",
               "network",
               "process",
-              "cgroups",
+              "tcp",
             ],
           },
           description: "List of metric collectors to enable",
@@ -223,7 +224,6 @@ export const metricSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "Namespace for metric names (default: mongodb)",
           default: "mongodb",
         },
-        ...tlsSchema(),
       },
       required: ["endpoints"],
     },
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ export const metricSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "Namespace for metric names (default: eventstoredb)",
           default: "eventstoredb",
         },
-        ...tlsSchema(),
       },
       required: [],
     },
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/network.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/network.ts
index f50022f6..6298c150 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/network.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/sources/network.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description:
             "The socket address to listen for connections on, or systemd{#N} for systemd socket activation",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: ["tcp", "udp"] },
         },
         mode: {
           type: "string",
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         path: {
           type: "string",
           description: "Unix socket path. Must be an absolute path (when mode is unix)",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: "unix" },
         },
         max_length: {
           type: "number",
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "number",
           description:
             "Unix file mode bits to be applied to the unix socket file as its designated file permissions",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: "unix" },
         },
         ...tlsSchema(),
       },
@@ -77,11 +80,6 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description: "The socket address to listen for connections on (e.g., 0.0.0.0:80)",
         },
-        encoding: {
-          type: "string",
-          enum: ["text", "json", "ndjson", "binary"],
-          description: "Expected encoding of incoming data",
-        },
         path: {
           type: "string",
           description: "The HTTP path to listen on",
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         },
         method: {
           type: "string",
-          enum: ["POST", "PUT", "GET"],
+          enum: ["DELETE", "GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS", "PATCH", "POST", "PUT"],
           description: "HTTP method to accept",
           default: "POST",
         },
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         },
         method: {
           type: "string",
-          enum: ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "HEAD"],
+          enum: ["DELETE", "GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS", "PATCH", "POST", "PUT"],
           description: "HTTP method to use",
           default: "GET",
         },
@@ -194,6 +192,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         address: {
           type: "string",
           description: "Socket address to listen on (e.g., 0.0.0.0:9000)",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: ["tcp", "udp"] },
         },
         mode: {
           type: "string",
@@ -203,6 +202,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         path: {
           type: "string",
           description: "Unix socket path. Must be an absolute path (for unix modes)",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: ["unix_datagram", "unix_stream"] },
         },
         max_length: {
           type: "number",
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "number",
           description:
             "Unix file mode bits to be applied to the unix socket file as its designated file permissions",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: ["unix_datagram", "unix_stream"] },
         },
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...decodingSchema(),
@@ -260,6 +261,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description:
             "The socket address to listen for connections on, or systemd{#N} for systemd socket activation",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: "tcp" },
         },
         mode: {
           type: "string",
@@ -269,6 +271,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         path: {
           type: "string",
           description: "The Unix socket path. Must be an absolute path (when mode is unix)",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: "unix" },
         },
         connection_limit: {
           type: "number",
@@ -283,6 +286,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "number",
           description:
             "Unix file mode bits to be applied to the unix socket file as its designated file permissions",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: "unix" },
         },
         ...tlsSchema(),
       },
@@ -334,6 +338,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "string",
           description:
             "The socket address to listen for connections on, or systemd{#N} for systemd socket activation",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: ["tcp", "udp"] },
         },
         mode: {
           type: "string",
@@ -343,6 +348,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         path: {
           type: "string",
           description: "The Unix socket path. Must be an absolute path (when mode is unix)",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: "unix" },
         },
         sanitize: {
           type: "boolean",
@@ -392,11 +398,13 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         address: {
           type: "string",
           description: "TCP address to listen on (when mode is tcp)",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: "tcp" },
         },
         socket_path: {
           type: "string",
           description:
             "Absolute path to the socket file to read DNSTAP data from (when mode is unix)",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: "unix" },
         },
         raw_data_only: {
           type: "boolean",
@@ -438,6 +446,7 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           type: "number",
           description:
             "Unix file mode bits to be applied to the unix socket file as its designated file permissions",
+          dependsOn: { field: "mode", value: "unix" },
         },
         ...tlsSchema(),
       },
@@ -462,19 +471,13 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
         },
         version: {
           type: "string",
-          enum: ["1", "2"],
+          enum: ["2"],
           description: "Vector protocol version",
           default: "2",
         },
-        shutdown_timeout_secs: {
-          type: "number",
-          description:
-            "The timeout before a connection is forcefully closed during shutdown in seconds",
-          default: 30,
-        },
         ...tlsSchema(),
       },
-      required: [],
+      required: ["address"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -516,9 +519,8 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           },
           description: "HTTP receiver configuration",
         },
-        ...tlsSchema(),
       },
-      required: [],
+      required: ["grpc", "http"],
     },
   },
   {
@@ -559,11 +561,6 @@ export const networkSources: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description:
             "Timeout for the initial message to be sent in seconds",
         },
-        headers: {
-          type: "object",
-          additionalProperties: { type: "string" },
-          description: "Custom headers to include in the WebSocket handshake",
-        },
         ...authBasicBearerSchema(),
         ...tlsSchema(),
         ...decodingSchema(),
diff --git a/src/lib/vector/schemas/transforms.ts b/src/lib/vector/schemas/transforms.ts
index db33ec68..a2b366f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/vector/schemas/transforms.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vector/schemas/transforms.ts
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ export const ALL_TRANSFORMS: VectorComponentDef[] = [
           description: "VRL condition — matching events bypass throttle",
         },
       },
-      required: ["threshold"],
+      required: ["threshold", "window_secs"],
     },
   },
 ];