Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 7.4.2 (2021-02-17)
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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 v7.4.2. 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)
- **Explore**: Do not show non queryable data sources in data source picker. #31144, @torkelo
- **Snapshots**: Disallow anonymous user to create snapshots. #31263, @marefr
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **CloudWatch**: Ensure empty query row errors are not passed to the panel. #31172, @sunker
- **DashboardLinks**: Fixes links always cause full page reload. #31178, @torkelo
- **DashboardListPanel**: Fixes issue with folder picker always showing All and using old form styles. #31160, @torkelo
- **IPv6**: Support host address configured with enclosing square brackets. #31226, @aknuds1
- **Permissions**: Fix team and role permissions on folders/dashboards not displayed for non Grafana Admin users. #31132, @AgnesToulet
- **Postgres**: Fix timeGroup macro converts long intervals to invalid numbers when TimescaleDB is enabled. #31179, @kurokochin
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/7.4.2)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Features and enhancements
* **Explore**: Do not show non queryable data sources in data source picker. [#31144](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31144), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Snapshots**: Disallow anonymous user to create snapshots. [#31263](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31263), [@marefr](https://github.com/marefr)
### Bug fixes
* **CloudWatch**: Ensure empty query row errors are not passed to the panel. [#31172](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31172), [@sunker](https://github.com/sunker)
* **DashboardLinks**: Fixes links always cause full page reload. [#31178](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31178), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **DashboardListPanel**: Fixes issue with folder picker always showing All and using old form styles. [#31160](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31160), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **IPv6**: Support host address configured with enclosing square brackets. [#31226](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31226), [@aknuds1](https://github.com/aknuds1)
* **Permissions**: Fix team and role permissions on folders/dashboards not displayed for non Grafana Admin users. [#31132](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31132), [@AgnesToulet](https://github.com/AgnesToulet)
* **Postgres**: Fix timeGroup macro converts long intervals to invalid numbers when TimescaleDB is enabled. [#31179](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31179), [@kurokochin](https://github.com/kurokochin)
* **Prometheus**: Fix enabling of disabled queries when editing in dashboard. [#31055](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31055), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **QueryEditors**: Fixes issue that happens after moving queries then editing would update other queries. [#31193](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31193), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **SqlDataSources**: Fixes the Show Generated SQL button in query editors. [#31236](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31236), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **StatPanels**: Fixes to palette color scheme is not cleared when loading panel. [#31126](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31126), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Variables**: Adds back default option for data source variable. [#31208](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31208), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)
* **Variables**: Fixes missing empty elements from regex filters. [#31156](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/31156), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)