Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana v5.4.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: grafana · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v5.4.2. 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)
- **Datasource admin**: Fix for issue creating new data source when same name exists #14467
- **OAuth**: Fix for oauth auto login setting, can now be set using env variable #14435
- **Dashboard search**: Fix for searching tags in tags filter dropdown.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download Page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/5.4.2)
[Installation Guide](http://docs.grafana.org/installation/)
[Release Notes](https://community.grafana.com/t/release-notes-v5-4-x/12215)
# 5.4.2 (2018-12-13)
* **Datasource admin**: Fix for issue creating new data source when same name exists [#14467](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/14467)
* **OAuth**: Fix for oauth auto login setting, can now be set using env variable [#14435](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/14435)
* **Dashboard search**: Fix for searching tags in tags filter dropdown.