Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 8.4.5 (2022-03-31)
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v8.4.5. Source highlight: Download page
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
โจ 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
๐ง 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
๐ 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)