The Couchbase Autonomous Operator version 1.1.0 release improves the end-user experience by enhancing stateful services and persistent volumes, best practices, log collection, log retention, and cluster management. The new release allows servers to be backed by persistent storage, ensuring data is not lost in case of a server process crashing or accidental deletion. This feature is essential for many reasons, including business-critical information and the need to restore data in the event of a power outage. The Operator also introduces improvements to log collection, retention, and cluster management, making it easier for users to deploy supportable clusters and collect logs. These enhancements aim to prevent data loss scenarios and ensure that logs are available for collection, allowing diagnosis and solution to root causes of crashes.