Grafana v8.4.5stable Released Mar 31, 2022
Impact Score: 5/10

Grafana: 8.4.5 (2022-03-31)

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Grafana v8.4.5. Source highlight: Download page

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

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๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

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โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

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โœจ New Features & Capabilities (2)

  • **Instrumentation:** Make backend plugin metrics endpoints available with optional authentication. #46467, @marefr
  • **Table panel:** Show datalinks for cell display modes JSON View and Gauge derivates. #46020, @mdvictor

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (4)

  • **Azure Monitor:** Small bug fixes for Resource Picker. #46665, @sarahzinger
  • **Logger:** Use specified format for file logger. #46970, @sakjur
  • **Logs:** Handle missing fields in dataframes better. #46963, @gabor
  • **ManageDashboards:** Fix error when deleting all dashboards from folder view. #46877, @joshhunt
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.4.5) [What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/) ### Features and enhancements - **Instrumentation:** Make backend plugin metrics endpoints available with optional authentication. [#46467](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46467), [@marefr](https://github.com/marefr) - **Table panel:** Show datalinks for cell display modes JSON View and Gauge derivates. [#46020](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46020), [@mdvictor](https://github.com/mdvictor) ### Bug fixes - **Azure Monitor:** Small bug fixes for Resource Picker. [#46665](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46665), [@sarahzinger](https://github.com/sarahzinger) - **Logger:** Use specified format for file logger. [#46970](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46970), [@sakjur](https://github.com/sakjur) - **Logs:** Handle missing fields in dataframes better. [#46963](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46963), [@gabor](https://github.com/gabor) - **ManageDashboards:** Fix error when deleting all dashboards from folder view. [#46877](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46877), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt)