Grafana v4.4.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

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🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

**GrafanaDB(mysql)**: Fix for dashboard_version.data column type, now changed to MEDIUMTEXT, fixes #8813
**Dashboard(settings)**: Closing setting views using ESC key did not update url correctly, fixes #8869
**InfluxDB**: Wrong username/password parameter name when using direct access, fixes #8789
**Forms(TextArea)**: Bug fix for no scroll in text areas #8797
**Png Render API**: Bug fix for timeout url parameter. It now works as it should. Default value was also increased from 30 to 60 seconds #8710
**Search**: Fux fir not being able to close search by clicking on right side of search result container, 8848

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

[Download Page](http://grafana.org/download) [Installation Guide](http://docs.grafana.org/installation/) To view screenshots and examples of the new features read the [What's New in v4.4](http://docs.grafana.org/guides/whats-new-in-v4-4/) article. ## Bug Fixes * **GrafanaDB(mysql)**: Fix for dashboard_version.data column type, now changed to MEDIUMTEXT, fixes [#8813](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8813) * **Dashboard(settings)**: Closing setting views using ESC key did not update url correctly, fixes [#8869](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8869) * **InfluxDB**: Wrong username/password parameter name when using direct access, fixes [#8789](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8789) * **Forms(TextArea)**: Bug fix for no scroll in text areas [#8797](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8797) * **Png Render API**: Bug fix for timeout url parameter. It now works as it should. Default value was also increased from 30 to 60 seconds [#8710](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8710) * **Search**: Fux fir not being able to close search by clicking on right side of search result container, [8848](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8848) * **Cloudwatch**: Fix for using variables in templating metrics() query, [8965](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8965) ## Changes * **Settings(defaults)**: allow_sign_up default changed from true to false [#8743](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8743) * **Settings(defaults)**: allow_org_create default changed from true to false

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