⚠️ Breaking Change
Impact Score: 7/10
Grafana: 8.0.0 (2021-06-08)
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Component: grafana · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
Breaking-change evidence from the source
Breaking changes
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v8.0.0. 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
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)
- Breaking changes
✨ New Features & Capabilities (5)
- **AzureMonitor:** Require default subscription for workspaces() template variable query. #35181, @joshhunt
- **AzureMonitor:** Use resource type display names in the UI. #35060, @joshhunt
- **Dashboard:** Remove support for loading and deleting dashboard by slug. #35104, @dsotirakis
- **InfluxDB:** Deprecate direct browser access in data source. #35105, @gabor
- **VizLegend:** Add a read-only property. #35096, @dprokop
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **AzureMonitor:** Fix Azure Resource Graph queries in Azure China. #35235, @kostrse
- **Checkbox:** Fix vertical layout issue with checkboxes due to fixed height. #35022, @torkelo
- **Dashboard:** Fix Table view when editing causes the panel data to not update. #34998, @axelavargas
- **Dashboard:** Fix issues where unsaved-changes warning is not displayed. #34989, @torkelo
- **Login:** Fixes Unauthorized message showing when on login page or snapshot page. #35311, @torkelo
- **NodeGraph:** Fix sorting markers in grid view. #35200, @aocenas
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.0.0)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Features and enhancements
* **AzureMonitor:** Require default subscription for workspaces() template variable query. [#35181](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35181), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt)
* **AzureMonitor:** Use resource type display names in the UI. [#35060](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35060), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt)
* **Dashboard:** Remove support for loading and deleting dashboard by slug. [#35104](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35104), [@dsotirakis](https://github.com/dsotirakis)
* **InfluxDB:** Deprecate direct browser access in data source. [#35105](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35105), [@gabor](https://github.com/gabor)
* **VizLegend:** Add a read-only property. [#35096](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35096), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
### Bug fixes
* **AzureMonitor:** Fix Azure Resource Graph queries in Azure China. [#35235](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35235), [@kostrse](https://github.com/kostrse)
* **Checkbox:** Fix vertical layout issue with checkboxes due to fixed height. [#35022](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35022), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Dashboard:** Fix Table view when editing causes the panel data to not update. [#34998](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/34998), [@axelavargas](https://github.com/axelavargas)
* **Dashboard:** Fix issues where unsaved-changes warning is not displayed. [#34989](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/34989), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Login:** Fixes Unauthorized message showing when on login page or snapshot page. [#35311](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35311), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **NodeGraph:** Fix sorting markers in grid view. [#35200](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35200), [@aocenas](https://github.com/aocenas)
* **Short URL:** Include orgId in generated short URLs. [#34696](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/34696), [@farodin91](https://github.com/farodin91)
* **Variables:** Support raw values of boolean type. [#34727](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/34727), [@simPod](https://github.com/simPod)
### Breaking changes
The following endpoints were deprecated for Grafana v5.0 and support for them has now been removed:
* GET `/dashboards/db/:slug`
* GET `/dashboard-solo/db/:slug`
* GET `/api/dashboard/db/:slug`
* DELETE `/api/dashboards/db/:slug` Issue [#35104](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/35104)