Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: v7.2.0 (2020-09-23)
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Component: grafana · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v7.2.0. 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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✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)
- **Alerting**: Ensuring notifications displayed correctly in mobile device with Google Chat. #27578, @alvarolmedo
- **TraceView**: Show full traceID and better discern multiple stackTraces in span details. #27710, @aocenas
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **DataLinks**: Fixes issue with data links not interpolating values with correct field config. #27622, @torkelo
- **DataProxy**: Ignore empty URL's in plugin routes. #27653, @domasx2
- **Field config**: Respect config paths when rendering default value of field config property. #27652, @dprokop
- **Field config**: Fix mismatch in field config editor types. #27657, @dprokop
- **Panel editor**: Prevents adding transformations in panels with alerts. #27706, @hugohaggmark
- **Stat panel**: Fix problem where string values where always green. #27656, @peterholmberg
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download Page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/7.2.0)
[What's New Highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/guides/whats-new-in-v7-2/)
[Release Notes](https://community.grafana.com/t/release-notes-v7-2-x/36321)
### Features / Enhancements
* **Alerting**: Ensuring notifications displayed correctly in mobile device with Google Chat. [#27578](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27578), [@alvarolmedo](https://github.com/alvarolmedo)
* **TraceView**: Show full traceID and better discern multiple stackTraces in span details. [#27710](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27710), [@aocenas](https://github.com/aocenas)
### Bug Fixes
* **DataLinks**: Fixes issue with data links not interpolating values with correct field config. [#27622](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27622), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **DataProxy**: Ignore empty URL's in plugin routes. [#27653](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27653), [@domasx2](https://github.com/domasx2)
* **Field config**: Respect config paths when rendering default value of field config property. [#27652](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27652), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
* **Field config**: Fix mismatch in field config editor types. [#27657](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27657), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
* **Panel editor**: Prevents adding transformations in panels with alerts. [#27706](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27706), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)
* **Stat panel**: Fix problem where string values where always green. [#27656](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27656), [@peterholmberg](https://github.com/peterholmberg)