Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana v7.1.1 — 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 v7.1.1. 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 (2)
- **Graph**: Support setting field unit & override data source (automatic) unit. #26529, @ryantxu
- **Tracing**: Add errorIconColor prop to TraceSpanData. #26509, @zoltanbedi
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **Branding**: Fix login app title. #26425, @benrubson
- **Bring back scripts evaluation in TextPanel**. #26413, @dprokop
- **Dashboard**: Fix empty panels after scrolling on Safari/iOS. #26495, @torkelo
- **Dashboard**: Fix for viewer can enter panel edit mode by modifying url (but cannot not save anything). #26556, @torkelo
- **Elasticsearch**: Fix displaying of bucket script input. #26552, @ivanahuckova
- **Explore**: parse queryType from explore url. #26349, @zoltanbedi
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download Page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/7.1.1)
[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
* **Graph**: Support setting field unit & override data source (automatic) unit. [#26529](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26529), [@ryantxu](https://github.com/ryantxu)
* **Tracing**: Add errorIconColor prop to TraceSpanData. [#26509](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26509), [@zoltanbedi](https://github.com/zoltanbedi)
### Bug Fixes
* **Branding**: Fix login app title. [#26425](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26425), [@benrubson](https://github.com/benrubson)
* **Bring back scripts evaluation in TextPanel**. [#26413](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26413), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
* **Dashboard**: Fix empty panels after scrolling on Safari/iOS. [#26495](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26495), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Dashboard**: Fix for viewer can enter panel edit mode by modifying url (but cannot not save anything). [#26556](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26556), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Elasticsearch**: Fix displaying of bucket script input. [#26552](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26552), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **Explore**: parse queryType from explore url. [#26349](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26349), [@zoltanbedi](https://github.com/zoltanbedi)
* **Tracing**: upstream fix for hovering on log lines. [#26426](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26426), [@zoltanbedi](https://github.com/zoltanbedi)