Grafana: 8.1.2 (2021-08-19)

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✨ Features 6 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

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Grafana v8.1.2. Source highlight: Download page

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)

**AzureMonitor:** Add support for PostgreSQL and MySQL Flexible Servers. #38075, @joshhunt
**Datasource:** Change HTTP status code for failed datasource health check to 400. #37895, @stephaniehingtgen
**Explore:** Add span duration to left panel in trace viewer. #37806, @connorlindsey
**Plugins:** Use file extension allowlist when serving plugin assets instead of checking for UNIX executable. #37688, @wbrowne
**Profiling:** Support binding pprof server to custom network interfaces. #36580, @cinaglia
**Search:** Make search icon keyboard navigable. #37865, @tskarhed

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

**Alerting:** Fix saving LINE contact point. #37744, @xy-man
**Alerting:** Fix saving LINE contact point. #37718, @xy-man
**Annotations:** Fix alerting annotation coloring. #37412, @kylebrandt
**Annotations:** Fixes so alert annotations are visible in the correct Panel. #37959, @hugohaggmark
**Auth:** Hide SigV4 config UI and disable middleware when its config flag is disabled. #37293, @wbrowne
**Dashboard:** Prevent incorrect panel layout by comparing window width against theme breakpoints. #37868, @ashharrison90

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[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.1.2) [What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/) ### Features and enhancements * **AzureMonitor:** Add support for PostgreSQL and MySQL Flexible Servers. [#38075](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/38075), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt) * **Datasource:** Change HTTP status code for failed datasource health check to 400. [#37895](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37895), [@stephaniehingtgen](https://github.com/stephaniehingtgen) * **Explore:** Add span duration to left panel in trace viewer. [#37806](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37806), [@connorlindsey](https://github.com/connorlindsey) * **Plugins:** Use file extension allowlist when serving plugin assets instead of checking for UNIX executable. [#37688](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37688), [@wbrowne](https://github.com/wbrowne) * **Profiling:** Support binding pprof server to custom network interfaces. [#36580](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36580), [@cinaglia](https://github.com/cinaglia) * **Search:** Make search icon keyboard navigable. [#37865](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37865), [@tskarhed](https://github.com/tskarhed) * **Template variables:** Keyboard navigation improvements. [#38001](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/38001), [@tskarhed](https://github.com/tskarhed) * **Tooltip:** Display milliseconds (ms) within minute time range. [#37569](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37569), [@nikki-kiga](https://github.com/nikki-kiga) ### Bug fixes * **Alerting:** Fix saving LINE contact point. [#37744](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37744), [@xy-man](https://github.com/xy-man) * **Alerting:** Fix saving LINE contact point. [#37718](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37718), [@xy-man](https://github.com/xy-man) * **Annotations:** Fix alerting annotation coloring. [#37412](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37412), [@kylebrandt](https://github.com/kylebrandt) * **Annotations:** Fixes so alert annotations are visible in the correct Panel. [#37959](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37959), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark) * **Auth:** Hide SigV4 config UI and disable middleware when its config flag is disabled. [#37293](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37293), [@wbrowne](https://github.com/wbrowne) * **Dashboard:** Prevent incorrect panel layout by comparing window width against theme breakpoints. [#37868](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37868), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90) * **Elasticsearch:** Fix metric names for alert queries. [#37871](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37871), [@dsotirakis](https://github.com/dsotirakis) * **Explore:** Fix showing of full log context. [#37442](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37442), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova) * **PanelEdit:** Fix 'Actual' size by passing the correct panel size to Das…. [#37885](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37885), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90) * **Plugins:** Fix TLS data source settings. [#37797](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37797), [@wbrowne](https://github.com/wbrowne) * **Variables:** Fix issue with empty drop downs on navigation. [#37776](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37776), [@hugohaggmark](https://github.com/hugohaggmark) * **Variables:** Fix URL util converting `false` into `true`. [#37402](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37402), [@simPod](https://github.com/simPod) ### Plugin development fixes & changes * **Toolkit:** Fix matchMedia not found error. [#37643](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37643), [@zoltanbedi](https://github.com/zoltanbedi)

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