Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana v5.3.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v5.3.2. 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.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- **Docker**: adds curl back into the docker image for utility. #13794
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **Postgres**: Fix template variables error #13692, thx @svenklemm
- **Cloudwatch**: Fix service panic because of race conditions #13674, thx @mtanda
- **Cloudwatch**: Fix check for invalid percentile statistics #13633, thx @apalaniuk
- **Variables**: Fix text box template variable doesn't work properly without a default value #13666
- **Variables**: Fix variable dependency check when using `${var}` format #13600
- **Dashboard**: Fix kiosk=1 url parameter should put dashboard in kiosk mode #13764
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download Page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/5.3.2)
[Installation Guide](http://docs.grafana.org/installation/)
[Release Notes](https://community.grafana.com/t/release-notes-v5-3-x/10244)
* **InfluxDB/Graphite/Postgres**: Prevent cross site scripting (XSS) in query editor [#13667](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13667), thx [@svenklemm](https://github.com/svenklemm)
* **Postgres**: Fix template variables error [#13692](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13692), thx [@svenklemm](https://github.com/svenklemm)
* **Cloudwatch**: Fix service panic because of race conditions [#13674](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13674), thx [@mtanda](https://github.com/mtanda)
* **Cloudwatch**: Fix check for invalid percentile statistics [#13633](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13633), thx [@apalaniuk](https://github.com/apalaniuk)
* **Stackdriver/Cloudwatch**: Allow user to change unit in graph panel if cloudwatch/stackdriver datasource response doesn't include unit [#13718](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13718), thx [@mtanda](https://github.com/mtanda)
* **Stackdriver**: stackdriver user-metrics duplicated response when multiple resource types [#13691](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13691)
* **Variables**: Fix text box template variable doesn't work properly without a default value [#13666](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13666)
* **Variables**: Fix variable dependency check when using `${var}` format [#13600](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13600)
* **Dashboard**: Fix kiosk=1 url parameter should put dashboard in kiosk mode [#13764](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/13764)
* **LDAP**: Fix super admins can also be admins of orgs [#13710](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13710), thx [@adrien-f](https://github.com/adrien-f)
* **Provisioning**: Fix deleting provisioned dashboard folder should cleanup provisioning meta data [#13280](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13280)
### Minor
* **Docker**: adds curl back into the docker image for utility. [#13794](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/13794)