Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 8.0.3 (2021-06-18)
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: grafana · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v8.0.3. Source highlight: Download page
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (4)
- **Alerting:** Increase alertmanager_conf column if MySQL. #35657, @kylebrandt
- **Time series/Bar chart panel:** Handle infinite numbers as nulls when converting to plot array. #35638, @dprokop
- **TimeSeries:** Ensure series overrides that contain color are migrated, and migrate the previous `fieldConfig` when changing the panel type. #35676, @ashharrison90
- **ValueMappings:** Improve singlestat value mappings migration. #35578, @dprokop
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **Annotations:** Fix annotation line and marker colors. #35608, @torkelo
- **AzureMonitor:** Fix KQL template variable queries without default workspace. #35836, @joshhunt
- **CloudWatch/Logs:** Fix missing response data for log queries. #35724, @aocenas
- **Elasticsearch:** Restore previous field naming strategy when using variables. #35624, @Elfo404
- **LibraryPanels:** Fix crash in library panels list when panel plugin is not found. #35907, @torkelo
- **LogsPanel:** Fix performance drop when moving logs panel in dashboard. #35379, @aocenas
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.0.3)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Features and enhancements
* **Alerting:** Increase alertmanager_conf column if MySQL. [#35657](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35657), [@kylebrandt](https://github.com/kylebrandt)
* **Time series/Bar chart panel:** Handle infinite numbers as nulls when converting to plot array. [#35638](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35638), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
* **TimeSeries:** Ensure series overrides that contain color are migrated, and migrate the previous `fieldConfig` when changing the panel type. [#35676](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35676), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90)
* **ValueMappings:** Improve singlestat value mappings migration. [#35578](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35578), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
### Bug fixes
* **Annotations:** Fix annotation line and marker colors. [#35608](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35608), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **AzureMonitor:** Fix KQL template variable queries without default workspace. [#35836](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35836), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt)
* **CloudWatch/Logs:** Fix missing response data for log queries. [#35724](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35724), [@aocenas](https://github.com/aocenas)
* **Elasticsearch:** Restore previous field naming strategy when using variables. [#35624](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35624), [@Elfo404](https://github.com/Elfo404)
* **LibraryPanels:** Fix crash in library panels list when panel plugin is not found. [#35907](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35907), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **LogsPanel:** Fix performance drop when moving logs panel in dashboard. [#35379](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35379), [@aocenas](https://github.com/aocenas)
* **Loki:** Parse log levels when ANSI coloring is enabled. [#35607](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35607), [@olbo98](https://github.com/olbo98)
* **MSSQL:** Fix issue with hidden queries still being executed. [#35787](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35787), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **PanelEdit:** Display the VisualizationPicker that was not displayed if a panel has an unknown panel plugin. [#35831](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35831), [@jackw](https://github.com/jackw)
* **Plugins:** Fix loading symbolically linked plugins. [#35635](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35635), [@domasx2](https://github.com/domasx2)
* **Prometheus:** Fix issue where legend name was replaced with name Value in stat and gauge panels. [#35863](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35863), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **State Timeline:** Fix crash when hovering over panel. [#35692](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35692), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)