# Grafana v8.1.2 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Grafana (https://grafana.com)
- **Version:** v8.1.2
- **Released:** Aug 19, 2021
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/grafana/updates/v8.1.2/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v8.1.2. Source highlight: Download page

## New Features
- **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
- **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