Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 7.5.3 (2021-04-07)
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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 v7.5.3. 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)
- **Dashboard**: Do not include default datasource when externally exporting dashboard with row. #32494, @kaydelaney
- **Loki**: Remove empty annotations tags. #32359, @conorevans
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **AdHocVariable**: Add default data source to picker. #32470, @hugohaggmark
- **Configuration**: Prevent browser hanging / crashing with large number of org users. #32546, @jackw
- **Elasticsearch**: Fix bucket script variable duplication in UI. #32705, @Elfo404
- **Explore**: Fix bug where navigating to explore would result in wrong query and datasource to be shown. #32558, @aocenas
- **FolderPicker**: Prevent dropdown menu from disappearing off screen. #32603, @jackw
- **SingleStat**: Fix issue with panel links. #32721, @gjulianm
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/7.5.3)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Features and enhancements
* **Dashboard**: Do not include default datasource when externally exporting dashboard with row. [#32494](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32494), [@kaydelaney](https://github.com/kaydelaney)
* **Loki**: Remove empty annotations tags. [#32359](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32359), [@conorevans](https://github.com/conorevans)
### Bug fixes
* **AdHocVariable**: Add default data source to picker. [#32470](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32470), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)
* **Configuration**: Prevent browser hanging / crashing with large number of org users. [#32546](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32546), [@jackw](https://github.com/jackw)
* **Elasticsearch**: Fix bucket script variable duplication in UI. [#32705](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32705), [@Elfo404](https://github.com/Elfo404)
* **Explore**: Fix bug where navigating to explore would result in wrong query and datasource to be shown. [#32558](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32558), [@aocenas](https://github.com/aocenas)
* **FolderPicker**: Prevent dropdown menu from disappearing off screen. [#32603](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32603), [@jackw](https://github.com/jackw)
* **SingleStat**: Fix issue with panel links. [#32721](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32721), [@gjulianm](https://github.com/gjulianm)
* **Variables**: Confirm selection before opening new picker. [#32586](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32586), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)
* **Variables**: Confirm selection before opening new picker. [#32503](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32503), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)
* **Variables**: Fix unsupported data format error for null values. [#32480](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/32480), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)