⚠️ Breaking Change
Impact Score: 7/10
Grafana v3.1.0
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Component: grafana · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
Breaking-change evidence from the source
Breaking changes - **Logging** format have been changed to improve log filtering. - **Graphite PNG** Graphite PNG support dropped from Graph panel (use Grafana native PNG instead).
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v3.1.0. Source highlight: For full details read the Grafana 3.1 Release blog post.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)
- Breaking changes - **Logging** format have been changed to improve log filtering. - **Graphite PNG** Graphite PNG support dropped from Graph panel (use Grafana native PNG instead).
✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- **Constant Template Variable** have been added to make dashboard sharing easier (use as metric prefix).
⚡ Performance & Enhancements (1)
- **Logging** format have been changed to improve log filtering.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
For full details read the [Grafana 3.1 Release](http://grafana.org/blog/2016/07/12/grafana-3-1-released.html) blog post.
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[Installation](http://docs.grafana.org/installation/)
### Release Highlights
- **Dashboard Repository** at [Grafana.net](https://grafana.net). You can now discover and upload dashboards.
- **Dashboard** time range and variables values are now always synced with URL.
- **Constant Template Variable** have been added to make dashboard sharing easier (use as metric prefix).
- **Singlestat** can now map ranges to text.
- **Metrics** Grafana now supports sending metrics about itself.
- [Full changelog](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
### Breaking changes
- **Logging** format have been changed to improve log filtering.
- **Graphite PNG** Graphite PNG support dropped from Graph panel (use Grafana native PNG instead).
- **Migration** No longer possible to migrate dashboards from 1.x (Stored in ES or Influx 0.8).