Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 8.4.4 (2022-03-16)
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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 v8.4.4. 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 (4)
- **Loki:** Add unpack to autocomplete suggestions (#44623). #46573, @glintik
- **Plugins:** allow using both Function and Class components for app plugins. #46148, @leventebalogh
- **TimeSeries:** Add migration for Graph panel's transform series override. #46577, @dprokop
- **TimeSeries:** Preserve null/undefined values when performing negative y transform. #46584, @dprokop
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **CloudWatch:** Use default http client from aws-sdk-go. #46370, @sunker
- **Dashboards:** Fixes repeating by row and no refresh. #46565, @torkelo
- **Gauge:** Fixes blank viz when data link exists and orientation was horizontal. #46335, @torkelo
- **Search:** sort results correctly when using postgres. #46466, @xlson
- **TagsInput:** fix tags remove button accessibility issues. #46254, @Elfo404
- **TextPanel:** Sanitize after markdown has been rendered to html. #46166, @ashharrison90
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.4.4)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Features and enhancements
- **Loki:** Add unpack to autocomplete suggestions (#44623). [#46573](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46573), [@glintik](https://github.com/glintik)
- **Plugins:** allow using both Function and Class components for app plugins. [#46148](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46148), [@leventebalogh](https://github.com/leventebalogh)
- **TimeSeries:** Add migration for Graph panel's transform series override. [#46577](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46577), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
- **TimeSeries:** Preserve null/undefined values when performing negative y transform. [#46584](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46584), [@dprokop](https://github.com/dprokop)
### Bug fixes
- **CloudWatch:** Use default http client from aws-sdk-go. [#46370](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46370), [@sunker](https://github.com/sunker)
- **Dashboards:** Fixes repeating by row and no refresh. [#46565](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46565), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
- **Gauge:** Fixes blank viz when data link exists and orientation was horizontal. [#46335](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46335), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
- **Search:** sort results correctly when using postgres. [#46466](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46466), [@xlson](https://github.com/xlson)
- **TagsInput:** fix tags remove button accessibility issues. [#46254](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46254), [@Elfo404](https://github.com/Elfo404)
- **TextPanel:** Sanitize after markdown has been rendered to html. [#46166](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46166), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90)