# Grafana v12.0.9 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Grafana (https://grafana.com)
- **Version:** v12.0.9
- **Released:** Jan 27, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/grafana/updates/v12.0.9/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v12.0.9. Source highlight: Download page

## New Features
- **API:** Add missing scope check on dashboards #116892, @Proximyst
- **Avatar:** Require sign-in, remove queue, respect timeout #116897, @macabu
- **Go:** Update to 1.25.6 #116401, @macabu

## Bug Fixes
- **Alerting:** Fix a race condition panic in ResetStateByRuleUID #115692, @alexander-akhmetov