Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana v7.1.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v7.1.0. 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 (3)
- **Backend**: Use latest go plugin sdk (0.74.0) to sort wide frames. #26207, @kylebrandt
- **Elasticsearch**: Create Raw Doc metric to render raw JSON docs in columns in the new table panel. #26233, @ivanahuckova
- **PluginsListPage**: More plugins button should open in new window. #26305, @zoltanbedi
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **AdminUsers**: Reset page to zero on query change. #26293, @hshoff
- **CloudWatch Logs**: Fixes grouping of results by numeric field. #26298, @kaydelaney
- **DashboardLinks**: Do not over-query search endpoint. #26311, @torkelo
- **Docker**: Make sure to create default plugin provisioning directory. #26017, @marefr
- **Elastic**: Fix error "e.buckets[Symbol.iterator] is not a function" when using filter. #26217, @ivanahuckova
- **Explore/Loki**: Escape \ in labels for show context queries. #26116, @ivanahuckova
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download Page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/7.1.0)
[What's New Highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/guides/whats-new-in-v7-1/)
[Release Notes](https://community.grafana.com/t/release-notes-v7-1-x/32967)
### Features / Enhancements
* **Backend**: Use latest go plugin sdk (0.74.0) to sort wide frames. [#26207](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26207), [@kylebrandt](https://github.com/kylebrandt)
* **Elasticsearch**: Create Raw Doc metric to render raw JSON docs in columns in the new table panel. [#26233](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26233), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **PluginsListPage**: More plugins button should open in new window. [#26305](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26305), [@zoltanbedi](https://github.com/zoltanbedi)
### Bug Fixes
* **AdminUsers**: Reset page to zero on query change. [#26293](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26293), [@hshoff](https://github.com/hshoff)
* **CloudWatch Logs**: Fixes grouping of results by numeric field. [#26298](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26298), [@kaydelaney](https://github.com/kaydelaney)
* **DashboardLinks**: Do not over-query search endpoint. [#26311](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26311), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Docker**: Make sure to create default plugin provisioning directory. [#26017](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26017), [@marefr](https://github.com/marefr)
* **Elastic**: Fix error "e.buckets[Symbol.iterator] is not a function" when using filter. [#26217](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26217), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **Explore/Loki**: Escape \ in labels for show context queries. [#26116](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26116), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **Jaeger/Zipkin**: URL-encode service names and trace ids for API calls. [#26115](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26115), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **Prometheus**: Fix prom links in mixed mode. [#26244](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26244), [@zoltanbedi](https://github.com/zoltanbedi)
* **Provisioning**: Fix bug when provision app plugins using Enterprise edition. [#26340](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26340), [@marefr](https://github.com/marefr)
* **Sign In** Use correct url for the Sign In button. [#26239](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26239), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)