Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 8.0.1 (2021-06-10)
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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 v8.0.1. 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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🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **Alerting/SSE:** Fix "count_non_null" reducer validation. #35451, @kylebrandt
- **Cloudwatch:** Fix duplicated time series. #35433, @sunker
- **Cloudwatch:** Fix missing defaultRegion. #35436, @andresmgot
- **Dashboard:** Fix Dashboard init failed error on dashboards with old singlestat panels in collapsed rows. #35425, @torkelo
- **Datasource:** Fix storing timeout option as numeric. #35441, @marefr
- **Postgres/MySQL/MSSQL:** Fix annotation parsing for empty responses. #35367, @marcbachmann
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.0.1)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Bug fixes
* **Alerting/SSE:** Fix "count_non_null" reducer validation. [#35451](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35451), [@kylebrandt](https://github.com/kylebrandt)
* **Cloudwatch:** Fix duplicated time series. [#35433](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35433), [@sunker](https://github.com/sunker)
* **Cloudwatch:** Fix missing defaultRegion. [#35436](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35436), [@andresmgot](https://github.com/andresmgot)
* **Dashboard:** Fix Dashboard init failed error on dashboards with old singlestat panels in collapsed rows. [#35425](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35425), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Datasource:** Fix storing timeout option as numeric. [#35441](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35441), [@marefr](https://github.com/marefr)
* **Postgres/MySQL/MSSQL:** Fix annotation parsing for empty responses. [#35367](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35367), [@marcbachmann](https://github.com/marcbachmann)
* **Postgres/MySQL/MSSQL:** Fix so that numeric/non-string values are returned from query variables. [#35411](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35411), [@marefr](https://github.com/marefr)
* **Postgres:** Fix error thrown when annotation query does not return any results. [#35382](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35382), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
* **StatPanel:** Fix issue with graph look when switching color mode. [#35460](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35460), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Visualizations:** Fix Stat/BarGauge/Gauge/PieChart all values mode showing same name if same value. [#35368](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35368), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
### Plugin development fixes & changes
* **Toolkit:** Resolve external fonts when Grafana is served from a sub path. [#35352](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35352), [@jackw](https://github.com/jackw)