Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana v5.2.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: grafana · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v5.2.2. Source highlight: Download Page
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.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (3)
- **Prometheus**: Fix graph panel bar width issue in aligned prometheus queries #12379
- **Postgres/MySQL/MSSQL**: Fix connection leak #12636 #9827
- **Plugins**: Fix loading of external plugins #12551
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download Page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/5.2.2)
[Installation Guide](http://docs.grafana.org/installation/)
[Release Notes](https://community.grafana.com/t/release-notes-v5-2-x/7894)
* **Prometheus**: Fix graph panel bar width issue in aligned prometheus queries [#12379](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/12379)
* **Dashboard**: Dashboard links not updated when changing variables [#12506](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/12506)
* **Postgres/MySQL/MSSQL**: Fix connection leak [#12636](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/12636) [#9827](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/9827)
* **Plugins**: Fix loading of external plugins [#12551](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/12551)
* **Dashboard**: Remove unwanted scrollbars in embedded panels [#12589](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/12589)
* **Prometheus**: Prevent error using $__interval_ms in query [#12533](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/12533), thx [@mtanda](https://github.com/mtanda)