Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 8.0.4 (2021-07-01)
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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 v8.0.4. 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 (3)
- **Live:** Rely on app url for origin check. #35983, @FZambia
- **PieChart:** Sort legend descending, update placeholder to show default …. #36062, @ashharrison90
- **TimeSeries panel:** Do not reinitialize plot when thresholds mode change. #35952, @dprokop
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **Elasticsearch:** Allow case sensitive custom options in date_histogram interval. #36168, @Elfo404
- **Elasticsearch:** Restore previous field naming strategy when using variables. #35624, @Elfo404
- **Explore:** Fix import of queries between SQL data sources. #36210, @ivanahuckova
- **InfluxDB:** InfluxQL query editor: fix retention policy handling. #36022, @gabor
- **Loki:** Send correct time range in template variable queries. #36268, @ivanahuckova
- **TimeSeries:** Preserve RegExp series overrides when migrating from old graph panel. #36134, @ashharrison90
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.0.4)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Features and enhancements
* **Live:** Rely on app url for origin check. [#35983](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35983), [@FZambia](https://github.com/FZambia)
* **PieChart:** Sort legend descending, update placeholder to show default …. [#36062](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36062), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90)
* **TimeSeries panel:** Do not reinitialize plot when thresholds mode change. [#35952](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35952), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
### Bug fixes
* **Elasticsearch:** Allow case sensitive custom options in date_histogram interval. [#36168](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36168), [@Elfo404](https://github.com/Elfo404)
* **Elasticsearch:** Restore previous field naming strategy when using variables. [#35624](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/35624), [@Elfo404](https://github.com/Elfo404)
* **Explore:** Fix import of queries between SQL data sources. [#36210](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36210), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **InfluxDB:** InfluxQL query editor: fix retention policy handling. [#36022](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36022), [@gabor](https://github.com/gabor)
* **Loki:** Send correct time range in template variable queries. [#36268](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36268), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
* **TimeSeries:** Preserve RegExp series overrides when migrating from old graph panel. [#36134](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36134), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90)