Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana v6.5.3 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v6.5.3. 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)
- **API**: Validate redirect_to cookie has valid (Grafana) url . #21057, @papagian
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **AdHocFilter**: Shows SubMenu when filtering directly from table. #21017, @hugohaggmark
- **Cloudwatch**: Fixed crash when switching from cloudwatch data source. #21376, @torkelo
- **DataLinks**: Sanitize data/panel link URLs. #21140, @dprokop
- **Elastic**: Fix multiselect variable interpolation for logs. #20894, @ivanahuckova
- **Prometheus**: Fixes so user can change HTTP Method in config settings. #21055, @hugohaggmark
- **Prometheus**: Prevents validation of inputs when clicking in them without changing the value. #21059, @hugohaggmark
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download Page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/6.5.3)
[What's New Highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/guides/whats-new-in-v6-5/)
[Release Notes](https://community.grafana.com/t/release-notes-v6-5-x/22704)
### Features / Enhancements
* **API**: Validate redirect_to cookie has valid (Grafana) url . [#21057](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21057), [@papagian](https://github.com/papagian)
### Bug Fixes
* **AdHocFilter**: Shows SubMenu when filtering directly from table. [#21017](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21017), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)
* **Cloudwatch**: Fixed crash when switching from cloudwatch data source. [#21376](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21376), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **DataLinks**: Sanitize data/panel link URLs. [#21140](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21140), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
* **Elastic**: Fix multiselect variable interpolation for logs. [#20894](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/20894), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **Prometheus**: Fixes so user can change HTTP Method in config settings. [#21055](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21055), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)
* **Prometheus**: Prevents validation of inputs when clicking in them without changing the value. [#21059](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21059), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)
* **Rendering**: Fix panel PNG rendering when using sub url & serve_from_sub_path = true. [#21306](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21306), [@bgranvea](https://github.com/bgranvea)
* **Table**: Matches column names with unescaped regex characters. [#21164](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21164), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)