Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 8.0.5 (2021-07-08)
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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 v8.0.5. 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.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (3)
- **Cloudwatch Logs:** Send error down to client. #36277, @zoltanbedi
- **Folders:** Return 409 Conflict status when folder already exists. #36429, @dsotirakis
- **TimeSeries:** Do not show series in tooltip if it's hidden in the viz. #36353, @dprokop
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **AzureMonitor:** Fix issue where resource group name is missing on the resource picker button. #36400, @joshhunt
- **Chore:** Fix AWS auth assuming role with workspace IAM. #36430, @wbrowne
- **DashboardQueryRunner:** Fixes unrestrained subscriptions being created. #36371, @hugohaggmark
- **DateFormats:** Fix reading correct setting key for use_browser_locale. #36428, @torkelo
- **Links:** Fix links to other apps outside Grafana when under sub path. #36498, @torkelo
- **Snapshots:** Fix snapshot absolute time range issue. #36350, @torkelo
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.0.5)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Features and enhancements
* **Cloudwatch Logs:** Send error down to client. [#36277](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36277), [@zoltanbedi](https://github.com/zoltanbedi)
* **Folders:** Return 409 Conflict status when folder already exists. [#36429](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36429), [@dsotirakis](https://github.com/dsotirakis)
* **TimeSeries:** Do not show series in tooltip if it's hidden in the viz. [#36353](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36353), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
### Bug fixes
* **AzureMonitor:** Fix issue where resource group name is missing on the resource picker button. [#36400](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36400), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt)
* **Chore:** Fix AWS auth assuming role with workspace IAM. [#36430](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36430), [@wbrowne](https://github.com/wbrowne)
* **DashboardQueryRunner:** Fixes unrestrained subscriptions being created. [#36371](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36371), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark)
* **DateFormats:** Fix reading correct setting key for use_browser_locale. [#36428](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36428), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Links:** Fix links to other apps outside Grafana when under sub path. [#36498](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36498), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Snapshots:** Fix snapshot absolute time range issue. [#36350](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36350), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Table:** Fix data link color. [#36446](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36446), [@tharun208](https://github.com/tharun208)
* **Time Series:** Fix X-axis time format when tick increment is larger than a year. [#36335](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36335), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
* **Tooltip Plugin:** Prevent Tooltip render if field is undefined. [#36260](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36260), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90)