diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/features.rs b/index-scheduler/src/features.rs
index ae8e6728a..fbb273e54 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/features.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/features.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@ impl RoFeatures {
             .into())
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn check_edit_documents_by_function(&self, disabled_action: &'static str) -> Result<()> {
+        if self.runtime.edit_documents_by_function {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(FeatureNotEnabledError {
+                disabled_action,
+                feature: "edit documents by function",
+                issue_link: "https://github.com/orgs/meilisearch/discussions/762",
+            }
+            .into())
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl FeatureData {
diff --git a/meilisearch-types/src/features.rs b/meilisearch-types/src/features.rs
index dda9dee51..f15a1c999 100644
--- a/meilisearch-types/src/features.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-types/src/features.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub struct RuntimeTogglableFeatures {
     pub vector_store: bool,
     pub metrics: bool,
     pub logs_route: bool,
+    pub edit_documents_by_function: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/features.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/features.rs
index 0e02309fa..14aece10f 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/routes/features.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/features.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ pub struct RuntimeTogglableFeatures {
     pub metrics: Option<bool>,
     #[deserr(default)]
     pub logs_route: Option<bool>,
+    #[deserr(default)]
+    pub edit_documents_by_function: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 async fn patch_features(
@@ -66,13 +68,21 @@ async fn patch_features(
         vector_store: new_features.0.vector_store.unwrap_or(old_features.vector_store),
         metrics: new_features.0.metrics.unwrap_or(old_features.metrics),
         logs_route: new_features.0.logs_route.unwrap_or(old_features.logs_route),
+        edit_documents_by_function: new_features
+            .0
+            .edit_documents_by_function
+            .unwrap_or(old_features.edit_documents_by_function),
     };
 
     // explicitly destructure for analytics rather than using the `Serialize` implementation, because
     // the it renames to camelCase, which we don't want for analytics.
     // **Do not** ignore fields with `..` or `_` here, because we want to add them in the future.
-    let meilisearch_types::features::RuntimeTogglableFeatures { vector_store, metrics, logs_route } =
-        new_features;
+    let meilisearch_types::features::RuntimeTogglableFeatures {
+        vector_store,
+        metrics,
+        logs_route,
+        edit_documents_by_function,
+    } = new_features;
 
     analytics.publish(
         "Experimental features Updated".to_string(),
@@ -80,6 +90,7 @@ async fn patch_features(
             "vector_store": vector_store,
             "metrics": metrics,
             "logs_route": logs_route,
+            "edit_documents_by_function": edit_documents_by_function,
         }),
         Some(&req),
     );
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
index 3b1dcba22..9faf8bc67 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
@@ -595,6 +595,11 @@ pub async fn edit_documents_by_function(
     analytics: web::Data<dyn Analytics>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, ResponseError> {
     debug!(parameters = ?params, "Edit documents by function");
+
+    index_scheduler
+        .features()
+        .check_edit_documents_by_function("Using the documents edit route")?;
+
     let index_uid = IndexUid::try_from(index_uid.into_inner())?;
     let index_uid = index_uid.into_inner();
     let params = params.into_inner();