Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana v6.6.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v6.6.0. 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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✨ New Features & Capabilities (4)
- **CloudWatch**: Add DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) metrics & dimensions. #21644, @kenju
- **CloudWatch**: Auto period snap to next higher period. #21659, @sunker
- **Template variables**: Add error for failed query variable on time range update. #21731, @tskarhed
- **XSS**: Sanitize column link. #21735, @tskarhed
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (5)
- **Elasticsearch**: Fix adhoc variable filtering for logs query. #21346, @ceh
- **Explore**: Fix colors for log level when level value is capitalised. #21646, @ivanahuckova
- **Explore**: Fix context view in logs, where some rows may have been filtered out.. #21729, @aocenas
- **Loki**: Fix Loki with repeated panels and interpolation for Explore. #21685, @ivanahuckova
- **SQLStore**: Fix PostgreSQL failure to create organisation for first time. #21648, @papagian
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download Page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/6.6.0)
[What's New Highlights](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/6.6.0)
[Release Notes](https://community.grafana.com/t/release-notes-v6-6-x/24924)
# 6.6.0 (2020-01-27)
### Features / Enhancements
* **CloudWatch**: Add DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) metrics & dimensions. [#21644](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21644), [@kenju](https://github.com/kenju)
* **CloudWatch**: Auto period snap to next higher period. [#21659](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21659), [@sunker](https://github.com/sunker)
* **Template variables**: Add error for failed query variable on time range update. [#21731](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21731), [@tskarhed](https://github.com/tskarhed)
* **XSS**: Sanitize column link. [#21735](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21735), [@tskarhed](https://github.com/tskarhed)
### Bug Fixes
* **Elasticsearch**: Fix adhoc variable filtering for logs query. [#21346](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21346), [@ceh](https://github.com/ceh)
* **Explore**: Fix colors for log level when level value is capitalised. [#21646](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21646), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **Explore**: Fix context view in logs, where some rows may have been filtered out.. [#21729](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21729), [@aocenas](https://github.com/aocenas)
* **Loki**: Fix Loki with repeated panels and interpolation for Explore. [#21685](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21685), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **SQLStore**: Fix PostgreSQL failure to create organisation for first time. [#21648](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/21648), [@papagian](https://github.com/papagian)