⚠️ Breaking Change
Impact Score: 7/10
Grafana v6.2.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Breaking-change evidence from the source
Breaking Changes * **Plugins**: Data source plugins that process hidden queries need to add a "hiddenQueries: true" attribute in plugin.json. [#17124](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/17124), [@ryantxu](https://github.com/ryantxu)
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v6.2.0. Source highlight: Download Page
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)
- Breaking Changes * **Plugins**: Data source plugins that process hidden queries need to add a "hiddenQueries: true" attribute in plugin.json. [#17124](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/17124), [@ryantxu](https://github.com/ryantxu)
✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- **Plugins**: Data source plugins that process hidden queries need to add a "hiddenQueries: true" attribute in plugin.json. #17124, @ryantxu
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (4)
- **BarGauge**: Fix for negative min values. #17192, @torkelo
- **Gauge/BarGauge**: Fix for issues editing min & max options. #17174
- **Search**: Make only folder name only open search with current folder filter. #17226
- **AzureMonitor**: Revert to clearing chained dropdowns. #17212
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download Page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download)
[What's New Highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/guides/whats-new-in-v6-2/)
[Release Notes](https://community.grafana.com/t/release-notes-v6-2-x/17037)
# 6.2.0 (2019-05-22)
### Bug Fixes
* **BarGauge**: Fix for negative min values. [#17192](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/17192), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Gauge/BarGauge**: Fix for issues editing min & max options. [#17174](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/17174)
* **Search**: Make only folder name only open search with current folder filter. [#17226](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/17226)
* **AzureMonitor**: Revert to clearing chained dropdowns. [#17212](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/17212)
### Breaking Changes
* **Plugins**: Data source plugins that process hidden queries need to add a "hiddenQueries: true" attribute in plugin.json. [#17124](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/17124), [@ryantxu](https://github.com/ryantxu)