Grafana: 11.6.0

[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/11.6.0) [What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/) ### Features and enhancements - **API keys:** Migrate API keys to service accounts at startup [#96924](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/96924), [@dmihai](https://github.com/dmihai) - **AccessControl:** Allow plugin roles to include `plugins:write` [#101089](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101089), [@gamab](https://github.com/gamab) - **Alerting:** Add DAG errors to alert rule creation and view [#99423](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99423), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Alerting:** Add Jira integration to cloud AMs [#100482](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100482), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Alerting:** Add alert rule version history - part1 [#99490](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99490), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Alerting:** Add migration to clean up rule versions table [#102562](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/102562), [@yuri-tceretian](https://github.com/yuri-tceretian) - **Alerting:** Add multiple threshold operators [#99516](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99516), [@paulojmdias](https://github.com/paulojmdias) - **Alerting:** Add tracking for the mode used in query and notifications step when c… [#100824](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100824), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Alerting:** Adding color option for slack receiver [#99615](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99615), [@wymangr](https://github.com/wymangr) - **Alerting:** Allow selection of recording rule write target on per-rule basis. [#101778](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101778), [@stevesg](https://github.com/stevesg) - **Alerting:** Allow specifying uid for new rules added to groups [#99858](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99858), [@moustafab](https://github.com/moustafab) - **Alerting:** Improve template testing by trying non-root scopes [#101471](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101471), [@JacobsonMT](https://github.com/JacobsonMT) - **Alerting:** Include time range in template dashboard and panel urls [#101095](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101095), [@JacobsonMT](https://github.com/JacobsonMT) - **Alerting:** Keep the latest version of deleted rule in version table [#101481](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101481), [@yuri-tceretian](https://github.com/yuri-tceretian) - **Alerting:** Promote alertingSaveStateCompressed flag to public preview [#99935](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99935), [@alexander-akhmetov](https://github.com/alexander-akhmetov) - **Alerting:** Remove ID and OrgID from hash calculation [#100140](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100140), [@yuri-tceretian](https://github.com/yuri-tceretian) - **Alerting:** Remove feature toggle alertingNoNormalState [#99905](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99905), [@yuri-tceretian](https://github.com/yuri-tceretian) - **Alerting:** Remove rule group edit from single rule editor [#100191](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100191), [@gillesdemey](https://github.com/gillesdemey) - **Alerting:** Return 404 when /api/ruler/grafana/api/v1/rules/{Namespace}/{Groupname} does not exist [#100264](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100264), [@fayzal-g](https://github.com/fayzal-g) - **Alerting:** Rule history restore feature [#100609](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100609), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Alerting:** Support Jira Integration [#100480](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100480), [@yuri-tceretian](https://github.com/yuri-tceretian) - **Alerting:** Track if new gm rules are created with queries and expressions transformable to simple mode [#101121](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101121), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Alerting:** Update IRM copies in Configuration Tracker [#100069](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100069), [@teodosii](https://github.com/teodosii) - **Alerting:** Update design of rule details tab and add `updated by` [#99895](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99895), [@tomratcliffe](https://github.com/tomratcliffe) - **Alerting:** Update irm links for incident and oncall in case new irm plugin is present [#99952](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99952), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Alerting:** Use exponential backoff in the remote Alertmanager readiness check [#99756](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99756), [@santihernandezc](https://github.com/santihernandezc) - **Alerting:** Use uid instead of id in AnnotationsStateHistory [#101207](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101207), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Auth:** Add IP address login attempt validation [#98123](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/98123), [@colin-stuart](https://github.com/colin-stuart) - **Auth:** Add support for the TlsSkipVerify parameter to JWT Auth [#91514](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/91514), [@Ret2Me](https://github.com/Ret2Me) - **Auth:** Make ssoSettingsSAML GA and enabled by default [#101766](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101766), [@mgyongyosi](https://github.com/mgyongyosi) - **Azure Monitor:** Filter namespaces by resource group [#100325](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100325), [@alyssabull](https://github.com/alyssabull) - **Azure:** Resource picker improvements [#101462](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101462), [@aangelisc](https://github.com/aangelisc) - **Azure:** Variable editor and resource picker improvements [#101695](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101695), [@alyssabull](https://github.com/alyssabull) - **Badge:** Add darkgrey color [#100699](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100699), [@Clarity-89](https://github.com/Clarity-89) - **Canvas:** One click links and actions [#99616](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99616), [@adela-almasan](https://github.com/adela-almasan) - **Chore:** Bump Go to 1.23.7 [#101576](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101576), [@macabu](https://github.com/macabu) - **Chore:** Bump Go to 1.23.7 (Enterprise) - **Chore:** Bump github.com/expr-lang/expr to v1.17.0 to address CVE-2025-29786 [#102533](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/102533), [@macabu](https://github.com/macabu) - **Chore:** Remove `sqlQuerybuilderFunctionParameters` feature toggle [#100809](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100809), [@zoltanbedi](https://github.com/zoltanbedi) - **CloudWatch:** Track Logs Insights query language [#100254](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100254), [@idastambuk](https://github.com/idastambuk) - **Configuration tracker:** Update copy in IRM and point to new IRM slack integration [#100440](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100440), [@teodosii](https://github.com/teodosii) - **Dashboard:** Folder move unexpected behavior [#100394](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100394), [@yincongcyincong](https://github.com/yincongcyincong) - **Dashboards:** Allow custom quick time ranges specified in dashboard model [#93724](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/93724), [@sknaumov](https://github.com/sknaumov) - **Dashboards:** Monitor dashboard loading performance [#99629](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99629), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop) - **Dashboards:** Remove default empty string from variable create view [#98922](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/98922), [@yincongcyincong](https://github.com/yincongcyincong) - **Dashboards:** WeekStart is now of type WeekStart | undefined instead of string [#101123](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101123), [@oscarkilhed](https://github.com/oscarkilhed) - **DesignSystem:** Menu and popover styling update to use new elevated background token [#100255](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100255), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo) - **Docker:** Use our own glibc 2.40 binaries [#99903](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99903), [@DanCech](https://github.com/DanCech) - **Docs:** Add a note on query caching for Cloudwatch datasource [#100180](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100180), [@idastambuk](https://github.com/idastambuk) - **Drilldown:** Require `datasources:explore` RBAC action [#101366](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101366), [@svennergr](https://github.com/svennergr) - **Elasticsearch:** Remove frontend testDatasource method [#99894](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99894), [@idastambuk](https://github.com/idastambuk) - **Elasticsearch:** Replace level in adhoc filters with level field name [#100315](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100315), [@iwysiu](https://github.com/iwysiu) - **Elasticsearch:** Replace term size dropdown with text input [#99718](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99718), [@iwysiu](https://github.com/iwysiu) - **Explore:** Add `hide_logs_download` and hide button to download logs [#99512](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99512), [@svennergr](https://github.com/svennergr) - **Explore:** Move drilldown apps from Explore to a new navbar item "Drilldown" [#100409](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100409), [@adrapereira](https://github.com/adrapereira) - **ExploreMetrics:** Add toggle to enable routing to externalized Explore Metrics app plugin [#99481](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99481), [@NWRichmond](https://github.com/NWRichmond) - **Feat:** OSS connections page state filter and update all added [#100688](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100688), [@s4kh](https://github.com/s4kh) - **Features:** Remove openSearchBackendFlowEnabled feature toggle [#99068](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99068), [@idastambuk](https://github.com/idastambuk) - **Folders:** Add validation that folder is not a parent of itself [#101569](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101569), [@stephaniehingtgen](https://github.com/stephaniehingtgen) - **Geomap:** WebGL for Marker Layer [#95457](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/95457), [@drew08t](https://github.com/drew08t) - **Grafana/ui:** Export UsersIndicator [#100698](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100698), [@Clarity-89](https://github.com/Clarity-89) - **Graphite:** Compare query builder query to raw query [#101104](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101104), [@bossinc](https://github.com/bossinc) - **Histogram:** Handle multiple native histograms [#98404](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/98404), [@domasx2](https://github.com/domasx2) - **Image Renderer:** Add support for SSL in plugin mode [#98009](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/98009), [@nmarrs](https://github.com/nmarrs) - **ImportDashboards:** Use NestedFolderPicker [#99696](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99696), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt) - **Loki:** Removal of `Resolution` in query editors [#101860](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101860), [@svennergr](https://github.com/svennergr) - **Menu:** Uniform padding to make menu item hover state look better [#100275](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100275), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo) - **MetricsDrilldown:** Update name of queryless metrics experience [#100675](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100675), [@yangkb09](https://github.com/yangkb09) - **MultiCombobox:** Export from grafana/ui [#100368](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100368), [@Clarity-89](https://github.com/Clarity-89) - **NodeGraph:** Improve view traces for uninstrumented services [#98442](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/98442), [@edvard-falkskar](https://github.com/edvard-falkskar) - **PluginExtensions:** Added support for sharing functions [#98888](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/98888), [@theSuess](https://github.com/theSuess) - **PluginExtensions:** Added support for sharing functions (Enterprise) - **PluginExtensions:** Exposing registry meta for components returned via `usePluginComponents` [#100587](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100587), [@mckn](https://github.com/mckn) - **Plugins:** Improve plugin details UX for core plugins [#99830](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99830), [@oshirohugo](https://github.com/oshirohugo) - **Plugins:** Remove managedPluginsInstall feature toggle [#100416](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100416), [@oshirohugo](https://github.com/oshirohugo) - **Plugins:** Remove managedPluginsInstall feature toggle (Enterprise) - **Plugins:** Remove uninstall plugin step from cli plugins update-all [#101632](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101632), [@oshirohugo](https://github.com/oshirohugo) - **Prometheus:** Get the utcOffset value of timezone when it's specified [#99910](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99910), [@itsmylife](https://github.com/itsmylife) - **Prometheus:** Remove query assistant and related components [#100669](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100669), [@edwardcqian](https://github.com/edwardcqian) - **QueryOptions:** Handle invalid time shift values [#101670](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101670), [@ivanortegaalba](https://github.com/ivanortegaalba) - **RBAC:** Remove accessControlOnCall feature toggle [#101222](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101222), [@gamab](https://github.com/gamab) - **RBAC:** Remove accessControlOnCall feature toggle (Enterprise) - **Reporting:** Add email subject support (Enterprise) - **Security:** Update to Go 1.23.5 (Enterprise) - **Tempo:** Support TraceQL instant metrics queries [#99732](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99732), [@joey-grafana](https://github.com/joey-grafana) - **Tempo:** TraceQL metrics streaming [#99037](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99037), [@adrapereira](https://github.com/adrapereira) - **Time regions:** Add option for cron syntax to support complex schedules [#99548](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99548), [@leeoniya](https://github.com/leeoniya) - **TimePicker:** Ability to manually specify quick ranges [#101465](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101465), [@Sergej-Vlasov](https://github.com/Sergej-Vlasov) - **TimeRangePicker:** Options list padding [#100343](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100343), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo) - **TopNav:** Move news into profile menu [#99535](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99535), [@bergquist](https://github.com/bergquist) - **Trace View:** Add link from the Trace View to the Profiles Drilldown [#101422](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101422), [@joey-grafana](https://github.com/joey-grafana) - **Transformation:** Add support for variables to ALL transformations [#100225](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100225), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop) - **Transformations:** Add round() to Unary mode of `Add field from calc` [#101295](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101295), [@leeoniya](https://github.com/leeoniya) - **VizActions:** Add confirmation message [#100012](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100012), [@adela-almasan](https://github.com/adela-almasan) - **grafana-ui:** Update InlineField error prop type to React.ReactNode [#100347](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100347), [@Clarity-89](https://github.com/Clarity-89) ### Bug fixes - **Alerting:** Add error handling for missing data source [#101508](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101508), [@gillesdemey](https://github.com/gillesdemey) - **Alerting:** Call RLock() before reading sendAlertsTo map [#99812](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99812), [@santihernandezc](https://github.com/santihernandezc) - **Alerting:** Disable create rule menu item from panel when unifiedAlerting is disabled [#100701](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100701), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Alerting:** Fix KeyValueMap input bug [#101367](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101367), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Alerting:** Fix crash when invalid matcher is used in silence query params [#101500](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101500), [@gillesdemey](https://github.com/gillesdemey) - **Alerting:** Fix evaluation of rules with no-op math expressions [#101436](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101436), [@moustafab](https://github.com/moustafab) - **Alerting:** Fix exporting new rule with a new group [#101404](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101404), [@soniaAguilarPeiron](https://github.com/soniaAguilarPeiron) - **Alerting:** Fix fieldSelector encoding [#99751](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99751), [@gillesdemey](https://github.com/gillesdemey) - **Alerting:** Fix inheritance of the timing options for policy tree [#99398](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99398), [@gillesdemey](https://github.com/gillesdemey) - **Alerting:** Fix notification templates layout [#101232](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101232), [@gillesdemey](https://github.com/gillesdemey) - **Alerting:** Fix state reason [#101530](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101530), [@yuri-tceretian](https://github.com/yuri-tceretian) - **Alerting:** Fix token-based Slack image upload to work with channel names [#100988](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100988), [@JacobsonMT](https://github.com/JacobsonMT) - **App Platform:** Pin bleve to fix CVE-2022-31022 [#102531](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/102531), [@Proximyst](https://github.com/Proximyst) - **App:** Fix web app behaviour on iOS [#100382](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100382), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90) - **Auth:** Fix AzureAD config UI's ClientAuthentication dropdown [#100752](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100752), [@mgyongyosi](https://github.com/mgyongyosi) - **Auth:** Fix redirect with JWT auth URL login [#100295](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100295), [@mgyongyosi](https://github.com/mgyongyosi) - **AuthN:** Refetch user on "ErrUserAlreadyExists" [#100346](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100346), [@kalleep](https://github.com/kalleep) - **Caching:** Fix duplicate metric registration for cache size (Enterprise) - **CloudWatch:** Fix condition for running annotation queries to require dimensions [#101660](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101660), [@kevinwcyu](https://github.com/kevinwcyu) - **Combobox:** Fix list not being virtualized initially in some cases [#100188](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100188), [@tskarhed](https://github.com/tskarhed) - **Dashboard:** Fix for overwriting an edited dashboard in the old architecture [#100247](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100247), [@bfmatei](https://github.com/bfmatei) - **Dashboard:** Fix the unintentional time range and variables updates on saving [#101475](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101475), [@harisrozajac](https://github.com/harisrozajac) - **Dashboard:** Playlist - Fix issue with back button [#99401](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99401), [@yincongcyincong](https://github.com/yincongcyincong) - **DashboardList:** Throttle the re-renders [#99982](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99982), [@bfmatei](https://github.com/bfmatei) - **Dashboards:** Bring back scripted dashboards [#100575](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100575), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop) - **Dashboards:** Fix missing `v/e/i` keybindings to return back to dashboard [#102364](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/102364), [@mdvictor](https://github.com/mdvictor) - **Explore:** Fix resizing split view with Loki query editor [#100257](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100257), [@ifrost](https://github.com/ifrost) - **ExploreMetrics:** Fix escaping of regex metacharacters in label filters [#100513](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100513), [@NWRichmond](https://github.com/NWRichmond) - **Fix:** Optimise frontend Postgresql plugin cache busting [#100406](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100406), [@jackw](https://github.com/jackw) - **InfluxDB:** Improve handling of template variables contained in regular expressions (InfluxQL) [#100762](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100762), [@aangelisc](https://github.com/aangelisc) - **Interval variable:** Fix $\_\_auto value behavior [#100479](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100479), [@yincongcyincong](https://github.com/yincongcyincong) - **Log Context:** Fix bug where variables are not replaced in dashboards [#100433](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100433), [@svennergr](https://github.com/svennergr) - **OpenTSDB:** Support v2.4 [#100673](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100673), [@aangelisc](https://github.com/aangelisc) - **PDF:** Fix repeating panels when there are less items than maxPerRow (Enterprise) - **Plugin Metrics:** Eliminate data race in plugin metrics middleware [#99396](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99396), [@clord](https://github.com/clord) - **Plugins:** Fix update button behavior on downgrade [#101048](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101048), [@oshirohugo](https://github.com/oshirohugo) - **Plugins:** Fix version tab breaking for non semantic version [#101225](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101225), [@oshirohugo](https://github.com/oshirohugo) - **PromLib:** Take AdHoc filters into account when requesting suggestions without label [#101555](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101555), [@tskarhed](https://github.com/tskarhed) - **Prometheus:** Fix cursor jump in prometheus code editor [#100273](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100273), [@itsmylife](https://github.com/itsmylife) - **Prometheus:** Fix operator handling when making label expressions utf-8 friendly [#100475](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100475), [@NWRichmond](https://github.com/NWRichmond) - **Prometheus:** Fix setting utcOffset when absolute time range is used [#101065](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101065), [@itsmylife](https://github.com/itsmylife) - **RBAC:** Don't check folder access if `annotationPermissionUpdate` FT is enabled [#99717](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99717), [@IevaVasiljeva](https://github.com/IevaVasiljeva) - **SSO:** Fix team_ids validation for Generic OAuth [#100732](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100732), [@dmihai](https://github.com/dmihai) - **Service Accounts:** Don't show error pop-ups for Service Account and Renderer UI flows [#101776](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/101776), [@IevaVasiljeva](https://github.com/IevaVasiljeva) - **Share:** Fix short links when root_url is different from the browser URL [#99950](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/99950), [@AgnesToulet](https://github.com/AgnesToulet) ### Breaking changes - **Data source:** Change Permissions for query to only have query and not `read OR query` (Enterprise) ### Plugin development fixes & changes - **GrafanaUI:** Deprecate Select in favor of Combobox [#100294](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100294), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt) - **Multi/Combobox:** Use pointer cursor when not focused [#100878](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100878), [@tskarhed](https://github.com/tskarhed) - **Slider:** Fix text input box being too wide [#100138](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/100138), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt)