Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: v7.2.1 (2020-10-08)
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v7.2.1. 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 (5)
- **Api**: Add /healthz endpoint for health checks. #27536, @bergquist
- **Api**: Healthchecks should not be rejected due to domain enforcement checks. #27981, @bergquist
- **Instrumentation**: Removes invalid chars from label names. #27921, @bergquist
- **Orgs**: Remove organisations deprecation notice from backend. #27788, @wbrowne
- **Toolkit**: Add --coverage flag to plugin build command. #27743, @gassiss
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **BarGauge**: Fixed scrollbar showing for bar gauge in Firefox. #27784, @torkelo
- **Dashboard**: Honour root_url for Explore link. #27654, @tiagomotasantos
- **DashboardLinks**: values in links are updated when variables change. #27926, @hugohaggmark
- **Elasticsearch**: Add query's refId to each series returned by a query. #27614, @Elfo404
- **Elasticsearch**: Fix ad-hoc filter support for Raw Data query and new table panel. #28064, @Elfo404
- **Graph**: Fixed histogram bucket calculations to avoid missing buckets. #27883, @torkelo
📄 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)
# 7.2.1 (2020-10-08)
### Features / Enhancements
* **Api**: Add /healthz endpoint for health checks. [#27536](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27536), [@bergquist](https://github.com/bergquist)
* **Api**: Healthchecks should not be rejected due to domain enforcement checks. [#27981](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27981), [@bergquist](https://github.com/bergquist)
* **Instrumentation**: Removes invalid chars from label names. [#27921](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27921), [@bergquist](https://github.com/bergquist)
* **Orgs**: Remove organisations deprecation notice from backend. [#27788](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27788), [@wbrowne](https://github.com/wbrowne)
* **Toolkit**: Add --coverage flag to plugin build command. [#27743](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27743), [@gassiss](https://github.com/gassiss)
### Bug Fixes
* **BarGauge**: Fixed scrollbar showing for bar gauge in Firefox. [#27784](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27784), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Dashboard**: Honour root_url for Explore link. [#27654](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27654), [@tiagomotasantos](https://github.com/tiagomotasantos)
* **DashboardLinks**: values in links are updated when variables change. [#27926](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27926), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)
* **Elasticsearch**: Add query's refId to each series returned by a query. [#27614](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27614), [@Elfo404](https://github.com/Elfo404)
* **Elasticsearch**: Fix ad-hoc filter support for Raw Data query and new table panel. [#28064](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/28064), [@Elfo404](https://github.com/Elfo404)
* **Graph**: Fixed histogram bucket calculations to avoid missing buckets. [#27883](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27883), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Loki**: Run instant query only in Explore. [#27974](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27974), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **Units**: bps & Bps default scale remains decimal (backwards-compatibility). [#27838](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27838), [@Berbe](https://github.com/Berbe)
* **ValueMappings**: Fix issue with value mappings in override applying to all columns. [#27718](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27718), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)